by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, August 31.
- Ukraine war briefing: Russian bomb attack on Kharkiv kills seven including child in playground (Evil.)
- Zelenskiy fires head of air force after fatal crash of donated F-16 fighter jet
- Ukraine General’s Plan Surprised the Russians—and His Own Troops
- Israeli leaders’ shouting match exposes sharp divides over Gaza deal
- Contempt for Palestinian Authority in West Bank after deadly Israeli strikes (“Opinion differs only over whether leadership is merely incompetent or actively working with Netanyahu”)
- Far right eyes political earthquake as Germans head to the polls
- Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders
- FDA Authorizes Updated Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants
- NEW: Inflation at Three-Year Low as Biden-Harris Administration Continues To Fight to Bring Down Costs, While Trump-Vance Ticket Would Raise Them
- Spending, incomes and inflation were all heading the right direction in July
- The Fed’s favorite inflation indicator increased 0.2% in July, as expected (Yep, inflation is under control and super low.)
- Stocks close higher Friday, S&P 500 posts fourth straight winning month: Live updates
- Americans’ Mood on the Economy Brightens—a Bit
- Harris and Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy (The headline should just say that Trump is a climate science denier, enemy of clean energy, fossil fuel industry tool, etc.)
- Trump appears to tie high bacon prices to ‘horrible’ wind energy (Trump is an imbecile, ignoramus and pathological liar.)
- ‘Political poison’: How Trump’s tariffs could raise gasoline prices
- Trump pushes for lengthy pre-trial process in election subversion case as special counsel leaves schedule to judge
- Harris slams Trump for saying he’s voting against Florida abortion amendment (“The former president said he would not support the amendment in his home state just 24 hours after suggesting he might”)
- Trump contradicts himself on abortion, searching for a winning message
- Donald Trump Contorts Himself on Abortion in Search of Political Gain
- Trump’s Latest Move to Avoid Abortion Is His Strangest One Yet (“Congress has the power to outlaw abortion in the capital. Activists don’t buy the candidate’s new claim that he won’t use it.”)
- Trump Says He’ll Vote Against Florida Abortion Measure After All (“The referendum would broaden abortion rights, currently limited in Florida to the first six weeks of a pregnancy.”)
- Trump questions acceptance of transgender people as he courts his base at Moms for Liberty gathering
- Donald Trump at Moms for Liberty says Ivanka ‘hired millions of people’ (“Republican candidate tells conservative group his daughter should have been UN ambassador and the ‘most brilliant leaders’ come from Scotland like his mother”)
- Trump speaks at Heritage-sponsored event after disavowing Project 2025
- The question Trump should be asked every single day (“The Jan. 6 insurrection is far from old news.”)
- In a test of character, Trump shows his true grift
- Pushing Back on Trump’s Latest Lies About IVF
- Trump’s latest waffling on reproductive health shows he’s still struggling to find an answer for what he created
- Trump in damage-control mode over abortion backlash from the right
- Trump denies exploiting visit to US soldiers’ graves: ‘I don’t need publicity’ (Trump is insane.)
- Trump’s appalling desecration of Arlington National Cemetery shows he still can’t be trusted
- House Democrats ask Army for report on Arlington incident involving Trump campaign staff
- Team Trump Makes Arlington Cemetery Fight Way Worse With Army Insult
- Why Trump’s Arlington Debacle Is So Serious (“The former president violated one of America’s most sacred places.”)
- How Fox helped Trump break the law and turn his Arlington National Cemetery visit into a political event
- Miss Teen USA Runner-Up Shames JD Vance for Cruel Video Post (Vance is such a bad person.)
- JD Vance’s Latest Humor Fail: Mocking a Miss Teen USA Contestant
- JD Vance Won’t Apologize To Miss Teen USA Contestant He Insulted To Mock Kamala Harris
- There’s Only One Reason CNN’s Dana Bash Asked VP Harris What She’ll Do On Day One (“Enough with this question already.”)
- Harris’s interview: Democrats swoon while Republicans grimace
- Harris-Walz Interview Ratings Nearly Double Trump’s Last Big CNN Sit-Down (“The CNN interview also outpaced the ratings for Donald Trump and JD Vance’s first joint interview on Fox News.”)
- If Trump loses, expect a Republican civil war
- Hot-Button Trump Flick ‘The Apprentice’ Acquired by Briarcliff for Pre-election Release, Awards Campaign (Exclusive)
- Video: In Manassas, Gwen Walz Speaks Out on Trump’s Attacks on Fertility Treatments, Tells JD Vance to “Mind Your Own Business”
- Gwen Walz Uses ‘English Teacher Voice’ to Tear into JD Vance
- ‘Mind your own business’: Gwen Walz scolds JD Vance after IVF comments
- Gwen Walz headlines ‘Educators for Harris-Walz’ event in Manassas, Va.
- Cheney, on the Sidelines as Harris Courts Her Endorsement, Plans to Weigh In Soon
- “Organized conspiracy”: Experts warn Trump allies on Georgia election board are “sowing chaos”
- Georgia election workers launch bid to seize Giuliani’s assets as they try to collect $148 million defamation verdict
- Pope & Schapiro: Campaigns and election preps pick up speed
- FOIA Friday: Pursuits for UVA shooting report, Richmond records continue
- Video: Fairfax County School Board Chair Karl Frisch BLASTS Youngkin for Dishonestly “disrespecting our hard-working educators and the students that they teach” (“So we’re being penalized by [Youngkin] for allowing our students to take a college-level exam instead of an outdated SOL exam. Wonderful. It’s good to know what side he’s on.”)
- Williams: How Black politicians shaped Richmond, for better and for worse
- Virginia Tech students hold first pro-Palestinian protest of the school year
- New lawsuit seeks to remove Chesapeake councilman Don Carey from ballot for mayor
- D.C.-area forecast: Morning gloom gives way to increased sun today
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