by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 16.
- Major summit set to back Ukraine’s territorial integrity
- LGBT soldiers in Ukraine hope their service is changing attitudes as they rally for legal rights
- Ukraine summit strives for broad consensus to lean on Russia to end war (“Western powers and other nations sought a consensus on the second day of a summit in Switzerland on Sunday on condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and underscoring the war’s human cost.”)
- Russia Tries to Erase Evangelical Churches From Occupied Ukraine
- Trump’s possible return looms over deals Biden cut at G7 summit
- Israel’s army says it will pause daytime fighting along a route in southern Gaza to help ramp up aid
- On Eid al-Adha, Gazans are marking another somber holiday amid war.
- With Rafah crossing closed by Israel, Gazans have no way out
- Gen Z Palestinians See Door Slamming Shut on Coexistence With Israel
- Eight Israeli soldiers killed as fighting continues in Rafah
- Global leader of ISIS targeted and possibly killed in U.S. airstrike
- UK polls point to ‘electoral extinction’ for Prime Minister Sunak’s Conservatives
- Jordan Bardella could soon be French PM at 28. But for many he remains an enigma (“…what he thinks, where he stands ideologically, what kind of person he is – these are unknowns. The French have the distinct feeling that the man they see is a package. Nicely-wrapped, but the contents are a mystery.”)
- After the European Elections, President Macron Makes a Gamble (“The rise of the far right in Europe might help Americans deprovincialize their own crisis. The single wave has struck many coastlines.”)
- Le Pen Says She’s Ready to Work Alongside Macron in France
- Biden knows ‘exactly what he is doing’ and will likely win election, says German chancellor
- Extreme heat scorches US before summer’s official start (“The year’s first significant heat wave is expected to roast a significant portion of the country with potentially record-breaking high temperatures”)
- How John Roberts Lost His Court
- Biden says the next president may get to name two Supreme Court justices
- Trump’s 78 Radical Right-Wing Wishes for His 78th Birthday (Also “MAGA Malarkey: The Extremism You Missed From Republicans This Week”)
- Donald Trump’s 78th birthday becomes a show of loyalty for his fans and fellow Republicans
- Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but confuses the name of the doctor who tested him
- Trump gets name of his doctor wrong as he challenges Biden to cognitive test
- The Resistance to a New Trump Administration Has Already Started
- Trump Michigan trip includes Black church, far-right activists’ meeting
- Donald Trump’s Crowd at Black Detroit Church Raises Eyebrows (“…critics accused Trump of filling the historically Black church with white supporters and even ‘staging’ the event to show a robust crowd.”)
- Trump blasts immigrants for taking jobs as he courts voters at a Black church, MAGA event in Detroit (Disgusting.)
- Biden and Trump campaigns agreed to mic muting, podiums among rules for upcoming CNN debate
- Ex-Trump Official Makes Stunning Revelation: Trump Talked About Executing People At Several WH Meetings
- Tips, TikTok and Epstein Docs: Is There Anything Trump Won’t Promise?
- Biden goes straight from G7 to Hollywood fundraiser, balancing geopolitics with his reelection bid (Silly headline.)
- Johnson faces bipartisan uproar over House Intel picks (Worst Speaker ever?)
- How Rubio Went From ‘Little Marco’ to Trump’s VP Shortlist (Rubio is a disgrace.)
- Rubio’s name rises toward top of Trump’s VP shortlist
- Biden’s Love for His Son Is Beautiful — and It Hits Home for Me
- MAGA Youth Activist Charlie Kirk’s Big Conservative Shindig Is Full of Old Folks
- Multiple people hurt in Michigan shooting, say police
- Washington Post Publisher and Incoming Editor Are Said to Have Used Stolen Records in Britain (This paper is a f’ing mess.)
- Can Will Lewis Survive at the Washington Post? A guide to the unfolding drama.
- Derrick Anderson talks Biden, the border and inflation ahead of Tuesday’s GOP primary (This guy’s a total right wingnut.)
- A school board reinstated Confederate names. It split the community again.
- Editorial: ODU-EVMS merger set to usher in a promising era for regional health
- Stone quarries prepare for new silica rule, which goes into effect June 17
- Norfolk judge rejects police Flock camera evidence without warrant
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny and warm for Father’s Day with a long stretch of 90s on the way
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