by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, May 21.
- If bird flu starts to spread among people, existing vaccines may be inadequate, experts say
- Europe’s energy market faces 3 key challenges this year, the IEA’s chief says
- G7 disappoints on climate progress without deadlines on gas and coal use
- U.N. chief backs reform of Security Council, global financial system
- Russia says Wagner private army, with help from Russian troops, seized Bakhmut
- With Bakhmut ‘only in our hearts,’ Zelensky makes impassioned G-7 plea
- Russia does not occupy Bakhmut, defiant Zelensky tells G7
- Among the 500 people singled out for Russian sanctions were Americans seen as adversaries by Donald Trump. (That tells us a LOT!)
- Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in Mali village, UN report finds (“Report implicates Wagner group fighters in Moura atrocity, including the torture and rape of civilians”)
- Ukraine Leader, Brazil’s Lula Don’t Plan to Meet at G-7 Summit
- Russia Again Denies Consular Visit for WSJ Reporter
- G7: Taking a stand against China’s economic coercion
- China poses biggest threat to global security, says Sunak
- Sudan’s warring factions sign agreement for seven-day ceasefire
- Far-right minister says Israel ‘in charge’ during visit to Jerusalem holy site
- Greece Holds Elections Amid Economic Recovery and Political Scandal (“Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s center-right government is expected to finish first but a repeat national vote is likely.”)
- Statement from White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt on a Reasonable Bipartisan Budget Agreement
- White House Calls Republican Budget Pact Offer ‘A Big Step Back’
- GOP rejects White House compromise to limit spending as talks stall
- McCarthy signals debt limit negotiations can’t move forward until Biden returns (Ridiculous.)
- Biden to call McCarthy to discuss debt ceiling after G7 summit
- Few are following the debate closely, but most want Congress to increase the debt limit with deficit reduction conditions (The key part of this is that most people are NOT following the debt limit, nor do they know what’s in the budget, etc.)
- Biden: GOP must move off ‘extreme’ positions, no debt limit deal solely on its ‘partisan terms’
- Biden says he thinks he has authority to use 14th Amendment on debt ceiling (Good, do it!)
- The poor are being held hostage in the debt ceiling standoff
- EPA Proposes to Expand its Regulations on Dumps of Toxic Waste From Burning Coal
- Republicans deploy new playbook for abortion bans, citing political backlash
- How Republican states are eroding local democracy (“Republican leaders in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas are targeting Democratic communities and institutions”)
- Former key Trump attorney says he left because of legal team infighting
- The GOP’s heart of darkness: Why Ron DeSantis can never beat Donald Trump
- Who’s Paying For All of Ron DeSantis’s Private Flights? (“For a guy with a reported net worth of just over $300,000, the Florida Governor sure travels in style.”)
- Guns, Trump, and the G.O.P. (“The right’s push to loosen restrictions is resulting in a judicial and legislative free-for-all that is intersecting, disastrously, with the 2024 Presidential race.”)
- NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state ‘has become hostile to Black Americans’
- Doug Mastriano says he’ll announce next week if he’ll run for U.S. Senate, teasing ‘crazy good news’
- He Became Convinced the School Board Was Pushing “Transgender Bullshit.” He Ended Up Arrested — and Emboldened.
- Tensions Flare Inside The Messenger, a Fledgling News Site (“The Messenger” is complete crap.)
- New York Christian university fires two staff for including pronouns in emails – reports
- National Treasure wins the Preakness in a Triple Crown clouded by horse deaths (Horse racing is a disgrace and should be banned.)
- What kind of Republican is Gov. Youngkin? Here’s what political experts had to say. (Here we go again about what a supposed “mystery” Youngkin is, even though he campaigned last year across the country for far-right extremists like Kari Lake, Paul LePage, Tudor Dixon, Yesli Vega, Hung Cao, etc.)
- Editorial: Virginia continues to shift the cost burden of higher education to students
- 5 Fairfax County School Board Candidates Endorsed In Democratic Caucus
- BREAKING: Ilryong Moon, Ryan McElveen, Kyle McDaniel Win Fairfax Dems’ Endorsements for School Board At-Large Positions
- Former congressman Garrett comes from behind to win Republican nomination for House of Delegates district (Yuuuuuck.)
- Former Va. Congressman Tom Garrett wins GOP nod – this time for General Assembly
- Opinion: Want to solve the housing crisis? Follow Richmond’s lead
- A Republican in Democrat’s Clothing, Part II: Reid Voss Continues to Mislead Voters About His GOP Identity
- Fairfax Co. Park Authority says this Va. nature preserve is ‘not the place’ for bikinis or beer
- Virginia ABC’s rare liquor lottery glitch leads to ‘statistically abnormal’ results
- D.C.-area forecast: Comfortably warm and dry through at least tomorrow
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