by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 15.
- The Death of the Electric Vehicle Has Been Greatly Exaggerated (“EVs are more omnipresent than ever before, but people don’t quite seem to realize it yet.”)
- Jaguars, Macaws and Tropical Dry Forest Have a Right To Exist, a Colombian Court Is Told
- War is lead cause behind huge drop in global vaccinations, UN warns
- Ukrainian startups are creating a low-cost robot army to fight Russia
- China and Russia start joint naval drills, days after NATO allies called Beijing a Ukraine war enabler
- China’s economy falters, raises pressure for more stimulus
- China Is Holding a Major Meeting on the Economy That You Can’t Watch
- Hamas says Gaza cease-fire talks haven’t paused and claims military chief survived Israeli strike
- Israeli Military Struck Twice in Attack on Gaza, Videos and Photos Show
- Israel’s military, worn down by Gaza, looks warily toward war in Lebanon (“As Israel trades threats with Hezbollah, there are fears that the military is overstretched and its resources depleted after nine months of war against Hamas.”)
- Heated rhetoric is dangerous, but honest disagreement is necessary for democracy
- ‘This just isn’t going to add up’: experts warn Trumponomics would hurt US (“Trump says he has plan to immediately lower inflation. Economists predict high tariffs and tax cuts would raise it”)
- Inside the Trump Plan for 2025 (“A network of well-funded far-right activists is preparing for the former President’s return to the White House.”)
- RNC kicks off In Milwaukee after Trump assassination attempt
- Tragedy at Trump rally upends election campaign – for now
- Donald Trump and the language of violence
- The Gunman and the Would-Be Dictator (“Violence stalks the president who has rejoiced in violence to others.”)
- MAGA Narratives about the Trump Assassination Attempt
- America is staring into the abyss
- Shooting Plunges an Already Tumultuous Campaign Into Shock and Uncertainty
- Biden pleads with Americans to cool down the political temperature
- Joe Biden Calls for “Unity” After Trump Assassination Attempt (“The president’s message comes as prominent Republicans have cast blame on Democrats and the media for the shooting—and as investigators have yet to establish the 20-year-old suspected gunman’s motive.”)
- Video: President Biden Says “an assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation,” Argues “nothing is [more] important than [unity] right now”
- Biden orders independent review of security measures around Trump assassination attempt
- Democrats fret about the political fallout from the Trump rally shooting
- The Republican National Convention Suddenly Has an Unprecedented Task (“The Trump assassination attempt will change what comes next. The question is how.”)
- FBI probing motives, background of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the Western Pa. gunman behind Donald Trump assassination attempt
- Why Thomas Matthew Crooks tried to assassinate Donald Trump is a mystery to investigators and his ex-classmates
- Local officer retreated from shooter at Trump rally before shots were fired
- Will Trump’s shooting change everything? Or surprisingly little?
- Minute-by-minute: Visual timeline of the Trump assassination attempt
- Trump Speaks Out After Shooting, Reveals ‘Whole Different’ Angle To RNC Speech
- Trump Assassination Attempt Makes 2024 Election More Bonkers Than Ever But will it cinch a victory for him?
- Ex-Secret Service agents say ‘massive realignment’ warranted after Trump rally shooting
- Attempted Trump Assassination Triggers a Flood of MAGA BS (“In black-is-white fashion, MAGA rushes to blame Biden and Democrats for political violence.”)
- Trump Survived the Violence, and May Benefit From It
- How conspiracy theories and hate dominated social feeds after assassination attempt on Trump
- Trump’s Republican Convention Is Suddenly Anyone’s Guess
- What the Republicans Blaming Democrats for Trump’s Shooting Are Really Up To (“This response is a trap. Don’t fall for it.”)
- An Eerie Quiet Hangs Over the Republican National Convention (“The attempted assassination of Donald Trump has rattled the nation and potentially upended a presidential election. Here in Milwaukee, there’s tension and uncertainty, but also a show-must-go-on sentiment among the politicos, attendees, and journalists descending on the midwestern city.”)
- Liars and trolls overwhelm social media after Trump rally shooting
- History is not on Bob Good’s side
- New Virginia law outlaws popular reading instruction method
- Grand jury indicts former Virginia Del. Matt Fariss on drug charges
- Data centers, proliferating statewide, could soon be built on mined lands in Southwest Virginia
- Proposed high school in Hampton Roads would build on anti-drug successes elsewhere
- CEO of company that sought to reopen Patrick County hospital indicted on embezzlement charges in Chicago
- As a century-old dam comes down, Danville residents wonder what it will mean for their river
- D.C.-area forecast: Oppressively hot today and tomorrow, with triple digit highs (One of the worst summers ever, both weather-wise and in just about every other way too.)
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