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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, April 11.
- Will global climate action be a casualty of Trump’s tariffs? (“Clean energy investors likely to pull back from US, but other countries may seize opportunity to speed transition”)
- Revealed: Meat Industry Behind Attacks on Flagship Climate-Friendly Diet Report (Heinous.)
- ‘Getting Heavier’: Climate Change Primes Storms to Drop More Rain
- Just 9.5% of plastic made in 2022 used recycled material, study shows (“Global research reveals most of 400m tonnes produced using fossil fuels, predominantly coal or oil”)
- Ukraine allies hold talks to ‘pile pressure’ on Putin as Trump envoy lands in Russia
- The big lesson for Europe? Trump backed down under pressure
- The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now
- EU will not rip up tech rules for trade deal with Trump, senior official says
- Space Force Colonel Removed After Disavowing JD Vance’s Comments About Acquiring Greenland (EVERYONE should be “disavowing JD Vance’s comments about acquiring Greenland.”)
- Pentagon fires Greenland base commander after she criticized JD Vance visit
- Who’s Advertising on Twitter? One of Its Biggest Investors: Saudi Arabia (“Elon Musk and his companies have deep ties to the kingdom’s billionaire royals.” Why are the Saudis propping up Musk???)
- Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With the U.S. (“Top Iranian officials pressed the country’s leader to agree, arguing that the risk of war with the U.S. and an economic crisis could topple the regime.”)
- A US-China trade war could be catastrophic. What is Trump’s endgame strategy?
- China raises U.S. tariff to 125%, won’t go higher
- Steeling China for a Fight, Xi Faces His Biggest Test Since Covid
- The U.S. and China Are Going to Economic War—and Everyone Will Suffer
- America’s financial system came close to the brink
- Gold hits record high as Trump tariffs trigger US-China trade war fears
- Trump Team Races to Cut Piecemeal Tariff Deals With More Than 70 Countries (Ridiculous; normally, trade deals take a long time to negotiate, because they are VERY complicated. They certainly shouldn’t be done in a rushed/panicked manner, like this)
- Deepening Trade Fight With China Poses New Threat to U.S. Farmers
- Fund managers quietly fear Trump doesn’t have a tariff plan and that he ‘might be insane’
- Trump blinked, but the global economy will never be the same
- The Tariff Madness Isn’t Over
- Trump Is Dumb. Is Wall Street Even Dumber? (“There’s no other explanation for the market fluctuations caused by Trump’s tariffs, which should have come as no surprise to anyone in the financial industry.” Yes, these people are really dumb.)
- Trump’s about-face on tariffs reveals chaos at the core of his presidency (“Time will tell how much damage has been inflicted on the credibility of Trump’s economic policy and administration”)
- “Art of the Deal”: Fox propagandists spin wildly for Trump’s “huge” tariff “win”
- Trump’s Trade War May Still Tank The Economy (“The U.S. still has higher import taxes than the ones that deepened and locked in the Great Depression, even after Trump’s partial backtrack on Wednesday”)
- Trade shake-up: Bessent leads on trade as Lutnick plays ‘bad cop’ — and Navarro is sidelined
- The Fiscal and Economic Effects of the Revised April 9 Tariffs (“The price level from all 2025 tariffs rises by 2.9% in the short-run, the equivalent of an average per household consumer loss of $4,700 in 2024$… US real GDP growth is -1.1pp lower from all 2025 tariffs. In the long-run, the US economy is persistently -0.6% smaller respectively, the equivalent of $170 billion annually in 2024$.”)
- Treasuries Are Trading Like Risky Assets in Warning to Trump
- Trump’s tariffs will open up the graft floodgates (“Complexity breeds corruption, and the tariff system is now tailor-made for both.”)
- Trump brags in Oval Office that his billionaire pals made a killing in stocks after he pulled the plug on tariffs
- This Is Why Dictatorships Fail (“The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.”)
- Wall Street is seeing right through the Trump 2.0 spin
- Stocks, dollar pummelled again as trade war roils markets
- As the trade war continues, the dollar may be caught in the crossfire
- Supreme Court says Trump administration must work to bring back mistakenly deported Maryland man
- The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived
- Breaking: SCOTUS says Trump admin must “facilitate” Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return
- Supreme Court Sides With Wrongly Deported Migrant
- Trump defied a court order. The Supreme Court just handed him a partial loss. (“Even Trump’s lawyers concede that deporting Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was illegal.”)
- The Supreme Court Finally Rules
- Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers
- Social Security classifies thousands of immigrants as dead, as part of Trump crackdown (Insane.)
- Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
- ICE Says It Will Stop ‘Ideas’ From Crossing The Border Illegally (“In a since-deleted social media post, the immigration enforcement agency declared itself the border thought police in a country that is supposed to believe in freedom of speech and thought.” Also fascistic/authoritarian crap.)
- Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward
- Gay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced Milwaukee cop’s report (“A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador’s notorious prison, according to documents reviewed by USA TODAY.” Maybe the former cop is the one who should be sent to prison, while the gay makeup artist sues him for a gazillion dollars???)
- Carnegie Mellon student with one semester left learns his visa was revoked with no explanation (“I only have a semester left and there’s only three weeks left for the semester. We have finals coming up. So, with everything going on, it’s kind of hard to process”)
- Tufts student says she has suffered multiple asthma attacks in Ice custody (“Rümeysa Öztürk says she’s experienced difficulty getting care and had her hijab ripped off without permission” Totally appalling.)
- CDC’s cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks
- How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claims measles vaccine protection ‘wanes very quickly’ (RFK Jr. is insane, a one-man disinformation machine.)
- Trump and RFK Jr. Want to Make America Poisoned Again
- Trump Deploys Justice Dept. to Scrutinize Ex-Officials and Perceived Foes (WILDLY unacceptable – fascist shit.)
- Trump moves to legally enforce 2020 election denialism (Also WILDLY unacceptable.)
- Donald Trump Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, Retaliating Against Anyone Who Resisted His Lies About the 2020 Election (“In a series of executive orders signed Wednesday, the president made his displeasure with his perceived enemies known. His latest targets include the New York law firm that defended Dominion Voting Systems.”)
- U.S. cyber defenders shaken by Trump’s attack on their former boss
- Now Trump Is Deploying Intimidation Tactics That Even Nixon Would’ve Tried to Keep Secret (“The president signed memorandums targeting two former officials from his first administration.”)
- How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives (Appalling!)
- Trump is trying to quietly wrest control of a top federal civil rights board (“He wants to demote the Democratic chair and replace her with a hand-picked Republican.”)
- Noaa fires hundreds of climate workers after court clears way for dismissals (Illegal, unconstitutional and also highly destructive/damaging – for no good reason whatsoever!)
- Trump Guts Agency Critical to Worker Safety as Temperatures Rise (Evil.)
- House Republicans Just Passed a Voter Suppression Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions (“It’s a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials.”)
- House passes bill that could make it harder for married women to vote (“Voting rights groups warn that the SAVE Act, which requires documentation proving citizenship, adds a burden to people who have changed their last names.”)
- Hillary Clinton warns women over House GOP voting bill (The US Senate had better stop this.)
- Fear spreads as Trump targets lawyers and non-profits in ‘authoritarian’ takedown
- Trump Close to Winning Concessions From More Law Firms (These people need to fight back, not give in!)
- Trump directs agencies to quietly repeal regulations — without public notice (That’s completely illegal!)
- MAGA’s war on empathy exposes misogynist fears (What’s astounding is that any women vote for this!)
- In Cabinet Meeting, Musk Seems to Drastically Lower DOGE’s Savings Goal (Terrible headline, as it takes at face value that Musk is actually saving money AT ALL. In fact, Musk is making government far LESS efficient, harming millions of people, etc., while the administration works to explode the deficit and debt. The media needs to report this clearly, in its headlines!)
- Elon Musk responds with ‘laughing emojis’ to stories of workers’ lives he’s ruined: report (Sociopathic.)
- Senate GOP divided over House demands for spending cuts
- Tensions arise over Speaker Mike Johnson’s efforts to bring Rep. Elise Stefanik back into the fold
- Dan Caine confirmed by Senate to become Trump’s Joint Chiefs chairman
- Kamala Harris’s Next Moves? A Big Speech, a Bigger Book, and Perhaps a Run for Office
- Trump Administration Wants to Install Federal Oversight of Columbia University (Universities need to fight back – HARD. And NOW!)
- Paxton is just the start of primary headaches for Senate Republicans
- There’s a Wingnut Sh*tstorm a’Brewin’ Down in Texas in the Next Race for the U.S. Senate
- Six people have died in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River in New York City, an AP source says
- U.S. House Passes Budget Framework, Kickstarting Process to Consider Proposal that Would Slash Medicaid and SNAP for Virginians (And it’s “all to pay for tax giveaways to the ultra-wealthy”)
- Video: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Blasts Republican Budget Resolution as “a recipe for economic disaster for our country”
- UVA’s “Crystal Ball” Debuts 2026 US House Ratings – Dems Favored. Here in Virginia, They Rate VA02 (Rep. Jen Kiggans) as Tossup; VA01 (Rep. Rob Wittman), VA07 (Rep. Eugene Vindman), VA10 (Rep. Suhas Subramanyam) as Competitive to Varying Degrees.
- Mark Rozell: With Trump, Virginia Republicans face an uphill climb (Yeah, no sh**.)
- Spanberger vows to sign gun bills, including ban on sales of assault-style weapons (Note: Winsome Earle-Sears would love to REPEAL gun violence prevention laws.)
- Virginia health care advocates join Capitol Hill rally against Republican spending cuts
- We must solve Virginia’s other health care workforce crisis: A lack of educators
- Va. lawmaker’s federal PEER Support Act aims to bolster recovery specialists
- Ranked-choice voting advocates hope gubernatorial veto won’t be a set back
- Democrats confirm two House primaries in Southwest and Southside; Republicans set for three
- Justice Department moves to drop case against alleged top MS-13 leader, seeks to deport him instead (“In an unusual move, his lawyer is now fighting prosecutors’ request to immediately dismiss the case, contending he’s in danger of being swiftly deported without due process and sent to an El Salvador prison.”)
- Energy demand will outstrip supply in Virginia as data centers proliferate (“Data center-driven demand is expected to double in a decade and continue rising. Experts are raising the alarm.”)
- Youngkin backs removal of alleged MS-13 gang leader without trial (“Youngkin’s comments come as President Donald Trump has sought to remove undocumented people at breakneck pace, often with little or no judicial review.”)
- News in Brief: Cuccinelli Officially Appointed to UVA Board (That’s wildly unacceptable; hopefully, General Assembly Dems will block this at their first opportunity to do so.)
- Editorial: Designation for Great Dismal Swamp would help preserve regional landmark
- Norfolk residents push for Jacox before-school program, collective bargaining in budget
- CWG Live updates: Showers build to a soaking today, then raindrops linger Saturday
