Saturday News: “Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready to launch counteroffensive”; “Biden says debt ceiling deal averted ‘economic collapse'”; Youngkin Sending Troops to Border “a political stunt”; Youngkin’s “stubborn un-subtlety”

by Lowell

Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, June 3.

• ‘The window is closing’: Cop28 must deliver change of course on climate
• Emirati hosts want UN climate talks to deliver ‘game-changing results,’ with big oil at the table
• To Fight Climate Change, We’ve Got to Quit Making So Much Plastic (“A 75 percent reduction is needed to limit warming to 1.5 C, new report says.”)
• Wind and solar romp across the globe
• More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demand (Absolutely disastrous.)
• OPEC+ Gathers to Make Choice Between Patience and Preemption
• Ukraine’s Zelensky: We Are Ready for Counteroffensive (“The Ukrainian president sat down with the WSJ’s editor in chief in Odesa.”)
• Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready to launch counteroffensive
• Inside the penal colonies: A glimpse at life for political prisoners swept up in Russia’s crackdowns
• Poland’s government will tell you I’m a Russian stooge. Don’t believe it. (“A new law on fighting ‘Russian influence’ actually targets the opposition.”)
• CIA director made unannounced trip to Beijing last month
• US Defense Secretary Austin says Washington won’t stand for ‘coercion and bullying’ from China
• Death toll in India train crash passes 260 as rescuers rush to site
• No more survivors found after India train crash kills over 280, injures 900; Modi heads to site
• NATO member Turkey to send troops to Kosovo amid unrest in the north
• The international donor community must rebuke Uganda for its anti-LGBTQ+ law
• As anti-gay sentiment grows, more LGBTQ+ people seek to flee Uganda
• Iraq’s oil boom blamed for worsening water crisis in drought-hit south
• Climate change is already making parts of America uninsurable
• U.S. Labor Market Shows Resilience With Strong May Hiring
• One reason for the surprise jobs boom? Immigrants are back.
• US jobs market remains strong despite high interest rates and debt ceiling fight
• The GOP no longer loves power lines. That’s bad for Biden’s climate goals.
• Biden says debt ceiling deal averted ‘economic collapse’
• Biden Lauds Debt Deal With GOP: ‘We Averted an Economic Crisis’
• ‘You don’t have another option’: Inside the Biden, McCarthy debt ceiling deal (“A frantic and acrimonious month of talks between GOP lawmakers and White House aides averted default — with little lasting change to the nation’s fiscal picture”)
• President Joe Biden, Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine React to Senate Passage of Debt Ceiling Bill (Warner and Kaine both “disappointed” at “inclusion of language pertaining to the Mountain Valley Pipeline”)
• Biden commends McCarthy for debt ceiling deal: ‘We were able to get along and get things done’
• Biden hails bipartisan deal to avert debt default in rare Oval Office address
• Biden praises passage of debt ceiling bill in Oval Office address ahead of signing it
• Democrats Want to End ‘Insanity’ of Debt-Limit Fights
• ‘Crisis averted’: Biden touts economic bonafides in first Oval Office address
• Biden’s Debt-Deal Strategy: Win in the Fine Print (“President Biden and his negotiators believe they worked out a deal that allowed Republicans to claim big spending cuts even as the reality was far more modest.”)
• Biden expected to sign budget deal to raise debt ceiling
• McCarthy impresses Senate GOP with surprise wins in debt ceiling battle
• Political winners and losers from the debt ceiling drama
• McCarthy got rolled. But it’s good for him — and America.
• ‘Judicial power grab’: Georgetown law professor details the Roberts Court’s overt ‘contempt’ for America
• This Is Not the End of the Supreme Court’s War on Labor
• To fix his court’s ethical woes, Roberts needs to be more like LBJ
• Extremists Are Running America Because No One Runs Against Them
• Everything is coming up Biden (“The president’s had a string of recent wins. So why do his numbers suck?”)
• Exclusive: Trump attorneys haven’t found classified document former president referred to on tape following subpoena
• Lawyers Unable to Find Document Trump Discussed in Recorded Conversation
• New evidence in Trump case bolsters two sets of charges
• Trump says ‘I’m at least as innocent as he is’ after Pence won’t face charges on classified documents
• Don’t be fooled – Trump’s presidential run is gaining more and more momentum
• Call It the Biden Two-Step: How to Stumble, and Grow Stronger
• Autism Advocates Are Dreading a Campaign Season of Insinuations About Ron DeSantis
• Will Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis Ever Meet on the Debate Stage? (“The first Republican face-off is set for August, but the date, venue, and criteria remain to be seen—along with whether the front-runner shows up. ‘The debates are in the hands of Donald Trump,” says one longtime network executive, “and everyone needs to accept that.'”)
• Churchill Downs to Cease Racing as It Investigates Deaths of Horses (This “sport” is barbaric and should be banned.)
• Greene flips on public release of Jan. 6 tapes, claims it could ‘put the security of the Capitol at risk’
• Musk’s response to an anti-trans video sparks 24 hours of chaos at Twitter
• Elon Musk Personally Elevates Transphobic Video Originally Flagged as Hate Speech
• Twitter Loses Second Safety Executive Within Days
• Scoop: YouTube reverses misinformation policy to allow U.S. election denialism (That’s f’ing brilliant, huh?)
• Inside the Meltdown at CNN (“CEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network’s reputation for serious journalism. How did it all go wrong?”)
• CNN Boss Chris Licht Wanted the Trump Town Hall Audience to Be “Extra Trumpy”: Report
• Utah governor removes LGBTQ+ references from Pride Month declaration
• The Bible is banned in these Utah elementary and middle schools now for ‘vulgarity or violence’
• Violence Erupts at Anti-Pride School Assembly Protest in North Hollywood
• Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04) Endorses Lashrecse Aird for Senate, Will Campaign Together Saturday
• “It’s a political stunt” – VA State Senator on Gov Youngkin sending troops to the border
• Virginia’s Guard deployment to Texas to cost $3.1 million for 30 days
• Schapiro: The stubborn un-subtlety of Glenn Youngkin
• $1M donation to Youngkin PAC shows loophole in law, legislators say
• How Virginia’s new SNAP work requirements could affect you (They’re not “Virginia’s new SNAP work requirements,” they’re national SNAP work requirements that impact Virginians.)
• Equivocation on abortion emerges in another Democratic primary (Whatever his political positioning in the past, Kellen Squire – a nurse who’s participated in abortion care – is definitely pro choice now.)
• Virginia Democrat tells voters he’s their delegate before the election (“Del. Dan Helmer’s campaign mailed voters in the newly drawn 10th District an official-looking letter that implies he’s already their state representative.”)
• Abortion plays key role in closely watched Virginia primary involving Democratic ‘pro-life’ lawmaker
• Virginia Beach superintendent Aaron Spence resigning; will lead Loudoun County school division
• Loudoun selects new superintendent amid ongoing sexual assault fallout
• Va. prosecutor handling Irvo Otieno murder case resigns (“Dinwiddie County Commonwealth’s Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill, who is resigning to pursue a postgraduate degree, said her office is now fully staffed.”)
• D.C.-area forecast: Shower or storm possible today as a cold front passes (“Friday heat was a one and done deal as cooler air spills back into the area. A passing shower or storm may move southward along the front this afternoon.”)