by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, June 26.
- Greenhouse gas emissions from global energy industry still rising – report (“Researchers say ‘urgent action’ needed as rise in renewables is eclipsed by increase in world’s total energy consumption”)
- Renewables growth did not dent fossil fuel dominance in 2022, report says
- Wagner Mutiny Revives U.S. Fears Over Control of Russia’s Nuclear Weapons
- Wagner Revolt Puts Putin in a Weaker Position (“Most key players in country’s worst political crisis in decades stay out of sight following mutiny”)
- Russia seeks calm after aborted mutiny, West sees cracks in Putin’s power
- The ‘mayfly’ mutiny evaporates, but Russia is a changed place
- Putin’s humiliation will require the West to reexamine its balancing act to save Ukraine
- Putin Is Caught in His Own Trap (“The Russian president spent years cultivating public apathy, only to find his people indifferent to his fate.”)
- ‘A huge humiliation’: failed putsch exposes deep flaws in Putin’s regime
- Officials question whether truce will hold in Kremlin, Wagner standoff
- The chaos in Russia is a morale booster for Ukraine as it pushes forward with its counteroffensive
- Mercenary boss warned of revolution in Russia, but his own was short-lived
- Wagner’s Aborted Mutiny Leaves No Winners in Russia
- Putin’s Weakness Unmasked
- Biden and Zelenskyy Discuss ‘Recent Events in Russia
- Full Blinken: Russia mutiny is Putin’s ‘latest failure’ in Ukraine war
- Putin Faces Historic Threat to Absolute Grip on Power in Russia
- Russia Latest: NATO Chief Says Mutiny Reflects Putin’s Mistake
- Putin Suppressed a Mutiny. But What’s Next for Him and Russia? (“Fourteen Russia experts on what we learned about Putin over the past few days, and what the attempted mutiny could mean for Russia and the West.”)
- Fox News Has an Interesting New Theory About the Wagner Group and Hunter Biden (Fox “News” is completely deranged.)
- Prigozhin mutiny was monster acting against his creator, says top EU diplomat
- Putin’s humiliation means new dangers for Russia — and the world
- Russia: Instability ratchets up pressure on Vladimir Putin
- Wagner chief remains under investigation for inciting rebellion, state news says
- Prigozhin May Threaten Belarus, Opposition Leader Says
- Putin’s weaknesses laid bare after 24 hours of rebellion in Russia
- Russian defense minister makes first public appearance since mercenary revolt as uncertainty swirls
- Russia Disarray Creates a Moment of Uncertainty in China
- Xi’s Bet on Putin Looks Even More Risky After Russian Rebellion
- The U.S.-China Rivalry Is Complicating the World’s Debt Crisis
- China Economy Gloom Worsens With Weak Consumer Spending Data
- Biden admin reverses Trump policy that allowed funding to research in Israeli settlements
- Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis wins repeat election in early results, securing clear parliamentary majority
- Guatemala’s elections can’t undo years of government corruption (“Anti-establishment candidates were barred from running in Sunday’s elections.”)
- Covid isn’t over, but even the most cautious Americans are moving on
- What to Know About the Groundbreaking Climate Change Lawsuit in Montana
- Gas-fired capacity surges this year, solar poised to boom: FERC report (“About 113,700 MW of solar, wind and gas-fired generation is highly likely to start operating by April 2026 but could be offset by about 44,100 MW of power plant retirements, according to the report.”)
- The Supreme Court’s biggest decisions are coming. Here’s what they could say
- Supreme Court set for furious round of decisions in final days of June
- Fighting for trust: The painful journey of the Supreme Court after Dobbs (This Court deserves ZERO trust and ZERO legitimacy.)
- GOP senators want Roberts to take action on Supreme Court
- Nancy Pelosi Says Supreme Court Justices Should Face Term Limits
- Documents reveal Supreme Court justices’ long-running tensions over ethics
- Sheldon Whitehouse was right all along: The Supreme Court is corrupt (“The senator has long maintained that the court’s unprincipled, outcome-oriented and partisan decision-making is very much linked to the ethics problems.”)
- Will the GOP learn anything from the Trump-Boebert-Greene follies?
- It’s Time for a Reckoning With Donald Trump
- Conservative retired federal judge calls GOP ‘spineless’ in scathing rebuke of Trump
- Democrats warn party: The threat of Trump winning in 2024 is ‘very real’
- Check Out This Brilliant Response to (Glenn Youngkin’s Pal) Nikki Haley’s Embarrassing, Ignorant Nostalgia for a Supposed Time When Life Was “Simple” in America… (“We have a long, long, long way to go, but we’ve made a hell of a lot of progress. The righties want to undo all of it”)
- ‘We can’t rest or relent’: Pence reiterates support of staunch abortion restrictions (“Former vice-president hails Dobbs decision as ‘historic victory’ but says it didn’t go far enough and urges a nationwide abortion ban”)
- ‘It’s just stupid’: DeSantis stumbles in New Hampshire
- Chris Christie, responding to quips about his weight, tells Trump to ‘look in the mirror’
- Democrats have confirmed 4 judges during Tim Scott’s campaign absences
- Solar is Booming in the California Desert, if Water Issues Don’t Get in the Way
- Newsmax Staffers Hit With Subpoenas in 2020 Election Defamation Suit
- Flip-A-District (and Hold-A-District) Friday Volume I (Go Michael Feggans, Michelle Maldonado, Josh Cole, Marty Martinez, Elizabeth Bennett-Parker!)
- Solar developers ask regulators to suspend Dominion interconnection rules
- More patients in crisis falling through cracks of state psychiatric commitment system
- After two years, supporters say probation reform is working
- The Marsden Blueprint: How Sen. Dave Marsden (D-SD35) Beat Expectations on June 20, Winning His Primary by a Massive 26 Points – Despite Being Heavily Outpsent (Marsden’s campaign also was the second-most efficient in dollars-spent-per-vote-earned.)
- Progressive prosecutors won big in primary contests last week
- All but one Virginia locality have same-sex married couples
- Fairfax Co. band director says there was a coordinated effort to get him fired. Parents are outraged.
- Founding chancellor of Virginia Community College System dies at 99
- Beach It! festival evacuated as severe storms move through Hampton Roads
- D.C.-area forecast: Severe storm threat today; storm chance tomorrow
********************************************************
Sign up for the Blue Virginia weekly newsletter
