by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, April 7.
- Poor countries say rich world betraying them over climate pledges on shipping (“Proposal that ships pay levy on emissions to fund climate action in poor countries opposed by powerful economies”)
- Rural Human Rights Defenders Face Serious and Growing Risks, UN Report Reveals
- U.S. crude oil falls below $60 a barrel to lowest since 2021 on tariff-fueled recession fears (“Worries are mounting that tariffs could lead to higher prices for businesses, which could lead to a slowdown in economic activity that would ultimately hurt demand for oil.”)
- Live Updates: Stocks in Asia and Europe Plunge as Trump Says Tariffs Will Stay
- China Discusses Accelerating Stimulus to Counter Trump Tariffs
- World stocks nosedive and China accuses the US of bullying with tariffs
- Hong Kong’s Hang Seng plunges nearly 10%, mainland’s China CSI 300 slumps about 5% on trade war worries
- Stocks in Asia Fall Sharply, Extending a Rout Caused by Trump’s Tariffs
- Israel controls 50% of Gaza after razing land to expand its buffer zone
- Netanyahu heads to Washington to talk tariffs, Gaza and Iran with Trump
- Marine Le Pen ruling is fuel for the global right’s attacks on court authority (“Rightwing and populist leaders are seizing on conviction to push narrative they are being silenced – but legal experts disagree”)
- Trump’s emerging foreign policy is a disturbing 19th-century throwback
- Aggressive and arbitrary’ US tariffs need united EU response, says French minister
- Trump says he’s not backing down on tariffs, calls them ‘medicine’ as markets reel (More like poison.)
- U.S. Stock Futures, Nikkei Plunge as Tariff Turmoil Deepens
- Trump’s tariffs insanity begins to fracture the MAGA cult (“Republican resistance is helpful. But more of it is needed.”)
- Bill Ackman warns Trump to call a timeout on trade war: ‘This is not what we voted for’
- Ackman warns of “economic nuclear winter” from Trump’s tariffs
- JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Trump tariffs will boost inflation, slow an already weakening U.S. economy
- FTSE 100 plunges to one-year low amid market turmoil, as Goldman Sachs raises chances of US recession to 45%
- After a Blowout Week, Wall Street Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos
- Bessent calls tariffs ‘a one-time price adjustment’ (Uh, no.)
- The only national emergency is the law that empowers a mad king
- Americans braced for era of uncertainty as Trump doubles down on tariffs
- Trump Golfs, Fires Off Social Media Posts as Markets Convulse
- Trump Says Tariffs Are Reciprocal. They Aren’t. (Trump lies about EVERYTHING!)
- Dow futures fall 1,500 points Sunday as Trump tariff market rout escalates: Live updates
- Musk again distances himself from Trump tariffs by scoffing at Lutnick’s attempt to explain duties on penguin island
- Wall Street Starts to Speak Out Against Trump’s Tariffs
- Commerce Secretary Lutnick doesn’t back down in face of market sell-off: ‘The tariffs are coming’
- In Matter of Days, Outlook Shifts From Solid Growth to Recession Risk
- U.S. sent 238 migrants to Salvadoran mega-prison; documents indicate most have no apparent criminal records
- Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
- What to know as deadline looms for Trump administration to return man mistakenly deported to El Salvador (“A federal judge denied the Trump administration’s attempt to push back a Monday deadline to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S.” Sounds like most if not all of the deportees had no criminal record. So…order them ALL back to the US and give them due process!)
- NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it. (“A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.”)
- Kennedy announces support for measles vaccine amid outbreak
- ‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts
- Johnson and Trump scramble to show agenda progress amid tariff tumult
- Alarm as Republicans in Congress back Trump and Musk’s attacks on US judges
- In Trump’s Second Term, Retribution Comes in Many Forms
- Big protests — but not big news (“Throngs of anti-Trump and anti-Musk protesters gathered in every state. Why was some media coverage so quiet — or almost non-existent?”)
- The Right-Wing Media Machine Is What’s Saving Donald Trump—for Now. (“The president isn’t governing as if he wants to be popular, but he’s getting help sweeping his wreckage under the rug.”)
- Sen. Mullin suggests ‘fake news’ would decline if violence could ‘still’ settle disputes
- Republican senator floats using violence against journalists who report ‘fake news’ (This guy’s exactly what you’d expect from a far-right-wingnut from Oklahoma…)
- Washington worries Trump could bail out Zuckerberg
- The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked (“The unusual requests made of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s staff are raising concerns all the way to the White House.”)
- Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02), in a Competitive/Purple Seat, “doubled down on her support of Trump’s tariffs,” Said Constituent’s Concerns Amounted to “Fear Mongering” and Told Them to “Be Patient” (Kiggans also claimed Trump’s “playing the long game” LOL)
- Spanberger says she has raised $6.7 million in governor’s race this year
- Fmr. VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, a Conservative Republican and Trump Voter: “2025 [VA Governor’s Race] could look a lot like 2017, when Democrat Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillispie by 9%.”
- Sears and Spanberger Part 1: Their path to a historic matchup
- Virginia institutions face uncertainty as Trump admin suspends museum and library agency
- Va. school leaders face deadline to reject DEI practices or risk losing federal funds
- 7 things that will shape the coming year in Virginia
- In big cities and small towns, Virginians voice disapproval of Trump administration actions
- Leaked memo: Va. corrections officials freeze hiring amid ‘critical’ staff shortages
- CWG Live updates: Rain ends today as unseasonably chilly weather grips area
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