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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 24.
- Cop29 agrees $1.3tn climate finance deal but campaigners brand it a ‘betrayal’ (“Deep divisions remain after high-stakes talks end with agreement to help developing world shift to low-carbon economy”)
- Cop29’s new carbon market rules offer hope after scandal and deadlock
- Revealed: Saudi Arabia accused of modifying official Cop29 negotiating text (“Exclusive: News of changes to usually non-editable document ‘risks placing climate summit in jeopardy'”)
- Climate summit ends with a long-fought deal — and a lot of anger
- World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert (“Countries must curb production now and tackle plastic’s full life cycle, says Norwegian minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim ahead of key UN talks this week”)
- Washington Post editorial warns of potential Ukraine abandonment under Trump
- Taiwan’s former president says Ukraine needs US weapons more urgently than Taipei
- Blinken heads to last G7 meeting of Biden presidency with Ukraine and Mideast topping the agenda
- NATO chief Rutte meets Trump for ‘global security’ talks
- Trump depends on the EU and UK to act as peacemakers more than he thinks
- Israel cracks down on Palestinian citizens who speak out against the war in Gaza
- Israel Says Body of Missing Israeli Rabbi in UAE is Found
- Rabbi in UAE killed in ‘antisemitic terror incident’, says Israel (“Zvi Kogan was found dead on Sunday ‘after being abducted on Thursday’, Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said”)
- War Between Hezbollah and Israel Drags Beirut Back Into Despair
- Biden aims to Trump-proof his legacy with policy blitz in final days
- I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.
- The lessons in progressives’ hidden 2024 victories (“Republicans are pivoting away from abortion and same-sex marriage — a promising sign for liberals.”)
- Trump is trying to control Congress. Republicans are quietly pushing back.
- Law Enforcement and Leaders in Blue States Are Hatching Plans to Stop Trump’s Mass Deportations
- Donald Trump Jr is helping his father pick the most controversial cabinet of modern times (Yet again, the media goes with a watered-down, anodyne, useless adjective – “controversial” – instead of “extreme,” “insane,” etc. PATHETIC.)
- Trump’s Pick to Lead His Budget Office Wants to Use It to Deliver on MAGA’s Big Dreams (“‘We want to put them in trauma,’ Russ Vought has said of federal workers.” Pure evil.)
- Trump AG Pick Pam Bondi Is About to Regret What She Just Signed Up For
- Pete Hegseth’s Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war-crimes case
- Trump Is Running His Transition Team on Secret Money
- Donald Trump’s Theory of Power Is More Power for Donald Trump
- John Bolton Slams Trump Cabinet Pick Seb Gorka as a ‘Con Man’
- Sebastian Gorka and his hard-right views on Islam are set to head back to the White House
- This Professor Has Taken on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Opposing Vaccines
- The Fundamental Problem with R.F.K., Jr.,’s Nomination to H.H.S. (“Kennedy has many bad ideas. Yet the irony of our political moment is that his more reasonable positions are the ones that could sink his candidacy.”)
- Auchincloss: Senate must reject ‘dangerous’ RFK Jr. as HHS head
- Trump taps loyalist Rollins for USDA chief in surprise pick —
- What Sherrod Brown says went wrong in his Senate race — and for Democrats
- WaPo Enthusiastically Joins Trump’s Attack on Rule of Law
- How tech bros bought ‘America’s most pro-crypto Congress ever’
- The Right Has a Bluesky Problem (“The X exodus is weakening a way for conservatives to speak to the masses.” Good!)
- Sen. Mark Warner discusses food insecurity issues at Salem event (This headline should read, “At Salem event, Sen. Mark Warner discusses food insecurity”)
- Schapiro: Spanberger’s unexpected problem – fellow Democrats
- Editorial: Judge correctly rules Youngkin acted unlawfully by ordering RGGI exit
- JJ Singh Wins HD26 Demnocratic Nomination
- Democrat Singh, GOP’s Venkatachalam to vie for Loudoun House seat
- JJ Singh is Democrats’ choice to run to for Virginia House District 26
- Singh Earns Democratic Nomination in 26th House District Primary
- Underground fire causes partial parking lot collapse at Williamsburg Premium Outlets
- A city’s ‘no cursing’ signs are being sold. People have spent thousands. (“The signs hung in Virginia Beach for decades, reminding visitors and locals alike of the family-friendly atmosphere the city’s leaders wanted to foster.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Mild for now. Shower chance early Tuesday, then a tricky Thanksgiving.
