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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, April 26.
- Pacific island states urge rich countries to expedite plans to cut emissions (“Developed countries pressed to submit national plans well before Cop30 as time runs out to avoid 1.5C temperature rise”)
- How a Changing Climate Is Reshaping the Spread of Infectious Diseases
- Will Cop30 in Belém help or harm the Amazon?
- Trump Just Fast-Tracked Deep Sea Mining, Despite Global Opposition (“The move opens the door for firms tired of waiting for permission to scrape the ocean floor.” Totally unacceptable!)
- Worries About Dollar Dominate a Gathering of Global Economic Leaders
- Mighty and meek bid farewell to Pope Francis at a funeral where he is remembered as pope of the people
- Vatican Caves and Puts Trump Front-Row at the Pope’s Funeral (“The Vatican abandoned convention and protocol to pander to the vanity of Trump, who was one of the few people at the funeral not to wear black.” Disrespectful.)
- Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool
- How Trump Plays Into Russia’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions
- Ukraine deserves a better peace deal (“Trump’s current proposal favors Russia more than it should.”)
- Trump pays his respects to a pope who publicly and pointedly disagreed with him, meets Zelenskyy
- Funeral told of Pope’s call to ‘build bridges’, as Trump and Zelensky pictured meeting inside St Peter’s Basilica
- Russia and Ukraine ‘very close to a deal’, says Trump
- Zelenskiy, Trump to Hold More Talks Saturday In Peace Plan Push
- Russia has regained control of Kursk border region from Ukraine, Putin says
- Cargo Shipments From China to U.S. Slide Toward a Standstill
- Why Trump is losing his trade war with China
- EXCLUSIVE: Dem Voters Overwhelmingly Say US Should Cut Aid to Israel Until It Stops Attacking Civilians
- Iran and the US begin expert talks in Oman over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program
- Exclusive: Syrian letter delivers response to US conditions for sanctions relief
- Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election (Meta is no better!)
- Trump Administration Lays Out Roadmap to Streamline Tariff Talks
- Ken Griffin Criticizes Trump Tariffs: ‘These Jobs Are Not Coming Back’
- As Trump destroys the economy, GOP and Wall Street execs stay mum (“They seem to think they can pressure Trump privately. It’s not working.”)
- US consumer sentiment sees largest drop since 1990 after Trump tariff chaos (“Experts warn of slowing economy after score based on Americans’ financial outlooks fell by 32% since January”)
- Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer (“Two families — among them three U.S. citizens aged two, four, and seven — were abruptly deported under “troubling circumstances,” says the ACLU of Louisiana”)
- ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation (ICE is really a disaster the way it’s currently constituted, being run, staffed, etc.)
- Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’
- Public isn’t buying Trump’s message about Kilmar Abrego García, polls show
- How the Trump Administration Flipped on Kilmar Abrego Garcia (“Officials were developing a plan to get him back to the United States. Why did they stop?”)
- The Coming Economic Nightmare (“Trump’s tariffs could cause stagflation for the first time in decades. It may go on for a long, long time.”)
- FBI Arrests Judge, in Dangerous Escalation of Immigration Enforcement
- The Arrest of Judge Dugan Is as Appalling as It Is Useless
- Fox News reacts to FBI arrest of Wisconsin judge: “This may be signs of an incoming crackdown on what the Trump administration considers … rogue judges” (That’s fascism right there.)
- Congress erupts over FBI arrest of Wisconsin judge
- Some see Trump weaponizing government in targeting of judge and Democratic fundraising site (This “some see” formulation is a classic, cowardly, pathetic formulation by the mainstream media, in this case the AP.)
- Trump’s Attorney General Warns Arrested Judge Is Just the Beginning (Bondi is a menace.)
- Courts Handed Trump A Slew of Legal Losses This Week
- Trump DOJ Ordered ICE to Invade Homes Without Search Warrant (Illegal and unconstitutional!)
- Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations (Why did that happen in the first place???)
- ICE is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the US
- Scoop: DOJ rescinds policy against subpoenaing journalists (Fascistic.)
- A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists
- Major offshore wind developer has stopped activities in United States
- ‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
- Medical journals complain of ‘harassment’ from Justice Department
- US judge blocks Trump from ending union bargaining for many federal workers
- Trump Budget to Take Ax to ‘Radical’ Safety Net Programs
- DOGE slashes disability and aging services (Illegal, unconstitutional and evil.)
- Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material
- DNC War Room: “Brick by brick, Trump is trying to take apart our democracy to fulfill his dream of being a dictator” (DNC Chair Ken Martin: “How much longer before all of us — Republicans, Democrats, and everyone in between — draw a line in the sand?”)
- American Values Are Threatened by the American President
- For the Trump administration, it’s amateur hour (“I wish there were a Yiddish insult that captured the missteps we’re seeing from the White House.”)
- Trump Just Did the Most Corrupt Thing Any President Has Ever Done (“He’s using the White House to get rich from anonymous investors—and it’s hardly even a news story.” The fact that it’s hardly even a news story says a GREAT deal about our news media – and nothing good!)
- Voters See Trump’s Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds
- Trump Is Suddenly Bleeding Independents. A Brutal New Poll Shows Why.
- The ‘F-ck You, Pay Me’ Presidency (“In a Time magazine cover story, Trump and his cronies reveal and revel in their Goodfellas playbook”)
- Musk Allies Made FAA Staff Sign NDAs to Keep New Project Secret (Wild corruption.)
- Trump’s third-term talk freezes the potential 2028 Republican field (It would have been so easy for NBC “News” to throw in the word “illegal” or “unconstitutional” before “third-term,” but nooooo…because they are COWARDS!)
- Trump Wants to Execute People Again — Starting With Luigi Mangione
- Trump budget draft ends Narcan program and other addiction measures.
- F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs
‘Everyone’s scared’: little appetite for mirth before White House correspondents’ dinner (“Annual event likely to prove gloomy affair amid Trump attacks on press and rise of Maga media ecosystem” This dinner kind of exemplifies everything wrong with the media, particularly “access journalism.”)- Big, big trouble at ‘60 Minutes’
- Fired, rehired, and fired again: Some federal workers find they’re suddenly uninsured
- Exclusive: Trump’s D.C. Prosecutor Threatens Wikipedia’s Tax-Exempt Status
- Yale classmates warn Trump Treasury Secretary Bessent he risks enabling descent ‘into fascism’ (Correct.)
- Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide
- Ossoff ‘strongly’ backs Trump impeachment but says Democrats need to flip House first
- Virginia Senator Mark Warner assesses the situation (“It is, I think, existential for my constituents. It’s been traumatizing to say the least”)
- Youngkin asks Richmond radio host John Reid to withdraw from LG race over alleged sexually explicit posts Reid denies are his
- “Major Shakeup” for VA GOP’s 2025 Ticket as Gov. Youngkin Calls on Presumptive LG Nominee John Reid to Withdraw “after GOP researchers found sexually explicit posts online that they believe are connected to Reid” (“Makes things even harder for Virginia GOP in already hard year” – Sam Shirazi)
- ‘I will not back down’: Reid says he has no plans to exit LG race, despite governor’s request
- UPDATE: John Reid says he will not step down as GOP nominee for Lt. Gov.
- Youngkin asks GOP nominee to quit over claim he posted lewd photos of men (“John Reid, the Virginia GOP’s lieutenant governor nominee, refused to drop out and said an account that reposted the photos was fabricated to smear him for being openly gay.”)
- Plain clothes, masks, unmarked vehicles: ICE agents target immigrants in Virginia
- Schapiro: Virginia GOP betting on a DEI ticket?
- Spanberger Calls on Youngkin to Sign Right to Contraception Act Ahead of May 2 Deadline (“Virginians Deserve the Continued Right to Choose When They Start and Grow Their Families”)
- After teachers union’s concerns, Va. education dep’t. extends deadline for grading system committees
- Will special rate classes protect Va. residents from the costs of serving data centers?
- Almost all Va. school division agree to Trump DEI policy (Should be “divisions”)
- Virginia wild birds hit with 200 bird flu cases this year
- Norfolk police shot woman who pointed weapon toward officers, police chief says
- CWG live updates: Showers and a storm chance today, then turning cooler
