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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, September 18.
- Climate change is on the agenda at the meeting of the U.N. General Assembly
- The United Nations General Assembly convenes on Tuesday, but most major world leaders are skipping it.
- Thousands march to demand end to fossil fuels ahead of UN climate summit
- Lots of Americans are in the global 1%. A tenth of their income could transform the world.
- In U.S. Visit, Zelensky to Make a Case for More Aid, and Say Thank You
- Halliburton equipment worth $7.1m imported into Russia in past year, customs records show (“Exclusive: US oil multinationals face questions over trade with Russia amid pressure to cease operations”)
- Elon Musk likes to think he saved us from Armageddon. He’s just brought it closer (“Whatever his new biography says, by giving into Russia’s nuclear blackmail the X boss can only encourage more threats from Putin “)
- War in Ukraine: Is the counter-offensive making progress?
- In Wagner’s largest African outpost, Russia looks to tighten its grip
- An Even Bigger Housing Crisis Threatens China’s Economy
- Xi’s Missing Defense Chief Opens Door for US Military Talks
- Americans jailed in Iran expected to fly home in prisoner swap deal
- Iran-US prisoner swap likely set in motion as $6 billion of once-frozen Iranian assets reaches Qatar
- Libya was mired in chaos and corruption. For years, warnings the Derna dams may burst went unheeded
- UK police urged to investigate sex assault allegations against comedian Russell Brand
- London facing 45C days ‘in foreseeable future’, mayor Sadiq Khan warns
- Stellantis offers raises, inflation protection measures to UAW as strikes continue
- UAW president Shawn Fain says 21% pay hike offered by Chrysler parent Stellantis is a “no-go”
- UAW strike Day 4: GM threatens to send 2,000 workers home, Ford cuts 600 jobs
- ‘Union Joe’ gets plenty of chances to prove his labor cred
- How Covid misinformation stayed one step ahead of Facebook
- America’s most iconic coral reef is dying. Only one thing will save it. (“An extreme heat wave has pushed Florida’s reef to the brink — and burned up years worth of progress.”)
- Red states quit nation’s oldest library group amid culture war over books (Really, really disturbing.)
- The Republican Party Has Devolved Into a Racket
- McCarthy Demands 8% Spending Cut, Border Wall to Avert Shutdown (Crazy.)
- House Republicans strike deal on short-term funding, but Senate likely to reject it (This headline doesn’t do so, but it SHOULD make clear that House Republicans are proposing extreme, draconian cuts that will NEVER be accepted – and shouldn’t be – by the US Senate.)
- McCarthy says defense spending bill will get a vote this week ‘win or lose’
- It’s McCarthy’s mess. Biden needs to make him own it.
- House GOP in midst of ‘civil war’ amid shutdown threat, warns Dem leader
- Dems urge McCarthy to face reality, work with them on spending bills
- Trump Says He Hopes Meadows Will Remain ‘Loyal’ to Him in Election Case
- Kristen Welker’s ‘Meet the Press’ Debut Derailed by Trump Derangement
- The Mainstream Media Still Hasn’t Learned Anything About Covering Donald Trump (“Sunday’s ‘Meet the Press’ interview was more of the same—as one critic put it, ‘pointless and inane.'”)
- ‘A colossal mistake to showcase this sociopath’: NBC facing backlash after ‘shameful’ Trump interview airs (“Meet the Press,” Chuck Todd and Kristen Welker are all disgraces to journalism.)
- Rhetoric expert explains why there’s no way to fact-check Trump’s ‘layers of lies’
- Fact-checking Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ interview (“Fact checking” afterwards is far, FAR from sufficient. Need to call out the torrent of lies in real time or not to do the interview at all.)
- Trump refuses to say in a TV interview how he watched the Jan. 6 attack unfold at the US Capitol
- Trump Says ‘It Was My Decision’ To Challenge 2020 Results, Didn’t ‘Respect’ His Attorneys
- ‘A Terrible Mistake’: Trump Criticizes DeSantis on Abortion Ban
- Trump moves to put the nail in DeSantis’ campaign coffin
- DeSantis Won’t Hesitate to Race Trump to the Bottom
- Multiple crises batter Washington and set up a fateful 2024 election (This is bizarre, including a ton of false equivalence.)
- The Cake Is Baked. Deal With It. (“Stop moaning about replacing Biden and Harris. This is the 2024 Democratic ticket, whether you like it or not.” Exactly!)
- Scoop: How GOP pressured Texas senators over Paxton’s impeachment trial
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will sign climate-focused transparency laws for big business
- Mitt Romney and me
- Boebert Claims She Was Booted from ‘Beetlejuice’ for Being ‘A Little Too Eccentric’ (Boebert is a disgrace to Congress.)
- Video: On “Face the Nation,” Sen. Mark Warner Says We’re “8 or 9 days away” From a Government Shutdown, That It’s Time for Speaker McCarthy to Ditch the Far Right and “put together a bipartisan effort…to keep the government funded” (Sen. Warner says AI poses “enormous risk” to upcoming U.S. elections and to public markets.)
- Va. Department of Education begins developing new accountability system
- 7/1-8/31 Campaign Finance Numbers Are In, and Early Voting Starts on Friday; Here’s Where We Stand in the Crucial Races for VA State Senate and House of Delegates
- Why Virginia Republicans Should Be Scared of National GOP’s Government Shutdown Gambit (Or maybe not much, based on what happened in 2013)
- New Census figures shows a declining median household income in Virginia
- Del. Rob Bell to join Office of Attorney General
- Demand for mental health services is growing. Regional health providers are expanding to meet it.
- For many defendants in Hampton Roads, pretrial freedom is a pipe dream
- D.C.-area forecast: After skies clear today, a beautiful workweek lies ahead
