by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, October 27.
- Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30 (“Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit — even though food drives a third of global warming.”)
- People are having fewer kids. Their choice is transforming the world’s economy
- EU considers more flexible climate target in hunt for deal, draft shows
- Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing (Putin’s Russia is evil on so many levels.)
- Putin fears another coup as Russia finally begins to buckle (“Panic in the Kremlin as it runs out of cards to play just as Trump turns the screws”)
- Trump sanctions have swift impact but will world stop buying Russian oil and gas? (“Analysts say president’s war on Russia’s fossil fuel revenues is a chance to bring peace to Ukraine and profit to US”)
- Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level
- In Trump’s Visit, Asians See an American Democracy Under Pressure (“Several of the leaders the president will encounter this week represent dictatorships and ailing democracies. Some are fans of his approach.”
- US, China talks sketch out rare earths, tariff pause for Trump and Xi to consider
- Bessent says U.S. and China have reached framework in tariff negotiations (“Treasury secretary also alluded to deals on rare earth minerals and soybeans.”)
- US and China agree ‘framework’ for trade deal ahead of Xi-Trump meeting (“US treasury secretary anticipates tariff truce with China will be extended, and that China will revive substantial purchases of US soybeans”)
- Scott Bessent Claims He Feels Soybean Farmers’ Pain. He’s Worth $500 Million (“China’s boycott of American soy has farmers suffering. Trump’s very rich treasury secretary feigns empathy”)
- 5 crew members rescued in 2 separate Navy aircraft crashes in South China Sea
- Rare earth stocks tumble as U.S. expects China to delay export controls
- Trump dances as performers welcome him on arrival in Malaysia
- Trump open to extending Asia trip to meet with Kim Jong Un
- Japan’s new PM will hope the Abe effect endears Trump to her at crucial talks
- Is the U.S. Losing Vietnam? Russia, North Korea and China Are Thrilled. (“Vietnam had been a model of progress for American diplomacy in Asia. Now the country is drawing closer to powers hostile to the U.S.”)
- Could This Unserious, Mischievous, Frightening Man Be Britain’s Next Prime Minister? (That would be an unmitigated disaster.)
- International troops won’t want to enforce Gaza peace, says King of Jordan
- Grave fears for civilians after Sudanese paramilitary claims capture of El Fasher (Very bad.)
- What’s next for embattled Nicolás Maduro as Trump pressures Venezuela
- Republican senator calls Trump’s military airstrikes ‘extrajudicial killings’ (“Rand Paul’s comments come days after president claimed US lawmakers wouldn’t take issue with Venezuelan strikes”)
- Graham says lawmakers to be briefed on potential Venezuela land attack
- Javier Milei hails ‘tipping point’ as his far-right party wins Argentina’s midterm elections (“Result falls short of giving Milei a congressional majority but surprises many analysts after series of scandals”)
- Milei’s Party Wins Argentina Midterm Vote in Major Comeback
- Milei Wins Mandate for Free-Market Revolution in Argentina’s Election (“With nearly 99% of votes counted, Milei’s Freedom Advances party won almost 41% of the national vote, more than doubling its representation in Congress. That means his party and allies secured at least one-third of the seats in both chambers—the critical threshold that allows Milei to preserve his veto power and defend his sweeping decrees.” Ugh.)
- Jamaica braces for direct hit from potentially “catastrophic” Hurricane Melissa
- Hurricane Melissa threatens Jamaica with worst-case scenario as Category 5 (“Melissa is forecast to bring up to 40 inches of rain, 9 to 13 feet of storm surge and destructive winds when it makes landfall in Jamaica late Monday into Tuesday.”)
- No, Ronald Reagan Didn’t Love Tariffs (“He wasn’t a free-trade purist, but he was nothing like Trump.”)
- ICE detains British journalist after criticism of Israel on US tour
- The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later
- ICE is out of control and beyond repair (“This agency needs to be stripped down to the studs. Dems should start preparing now.”)
- 6 ways the shutdown is about to get worse
- US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
- USDA blames Democrats for potential SNAP benefits lapse in new message: ‘The well has run dry’ (That’s completely illegal AND false.)
- Federal Workers Struggle in Shutdown: ‘No Idea How Long People Can Hold Out’ (“As more than one million government employees go without pay, many are turning to side jobs and food banks to make ends meet.”)
- American Citizens Are Living in Fear of Their Own Government
- ‘King-like powers’: Chris Murphy says Trump prefers the government to remain closed
- Murphy: Trump trying to transition US to ‘something much closer to a totalitarian state’
- Can Democrats harness the energy of the No Kings protests to fight Trump? (“Millions took to US streets to oppose authoritarianism as Democrats acknowledge ‘People want to see us fighting’”)
- Trump, 79, Posts Deranged Medical Advice at 4am
- Trump Takes a Wrecking Ball to the People’s House (“The White House isn’t private property. The demolition of the East Wing is unprecedented.”)
- The Washington Post shamelessly defends Trump’s odious ballroom
- Trump’s megalomaniac White House project fits a global trend among far-right populists (“The president’s move is less an example of American exceptionalism than part of a familiar pattern”)
- How Jack Smith’s strongest case against Donald Trump collapsed (“Smith and his top deputies had concluded that trying the case in Florida put them on firmer legal ground, reducing the risk of the most serious charges being overturned on appeal. And members of their team had initially calculated that there was just a 1 in 6 chance that a case in Florida would land in Cannon’s courtroom…But the early calculation of the odds that Cannon would get the case — and Smith’s faith that the evidence could win her over even after she did — turned out to be wrong.”)
- Nation’s biggest law firms back off from challenging Trump policies (Disgraceful, pathetic, etc.)
- ‘You’ll go down as a wimp:’ Pence’s never-before-published notes key evidence in case against Trump, book says
- Why every website you used to love is getting worse (“The decay of Google, Amazon, and Facebook are part of a larger trend.” Facebook is almost unusable at this point.)
- Newsom Says He Will Consider a 2028 Presidential Run After the Midterms
- Flights to Los Angeles International Airport halted due to air traffic controller shortage
- If Mamdani, Spanberger, and Sherrill Win, What Will It Mean? Not Much. (“If Mamdani wins, progressives will say ‘go left!’ If Spanberger and Sherrill prevail, moderates will say ‘move to the center!’ The argument is superficial and corrosive.”)
- Trump’s outrage toward Canada ‘super childish behaviour,’ says U.S. Democratic senator (“Tim Kaine says Trump’s anger is a ‘temper tantrum’ that will blow over eventually”)
- Video: On Ending the Shutdown, Sen. Tim Kaine Says Trump Has “not been willing to even discuss a deal, much less guarantee that he’ll live by one” (Sen. Kaine also says Trump shouldn’t “be deciding on his own” whether to go to war with Venezuela)
- Wonder what Ben Cline thinks of Trump’s Argentina First beef policy? (“Ben Cline, of note on this, has yet to blurt a sliver of a thought on what Trump’s Argentina First beef policy is doing to cattle farmers in the Sixth.” Cline is PATHETIC.)
- Democrats could draw maps to put every Virginia Republican representative in a blue district. Here’s how.
- Virginia Democrats are set to join the redistricting war. Their candidate for governor is staying out of it
- Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro campaigns for Abigail Spanberger in Virginia
- Earle-Sears’ campaign ploy over transgender people is gutless, demonizes vulnerable population (“Gubernatorial candidate’s discriminatory tirades on trans issues also distract from critical concerns that impact all Virginians, like soaring food costs, impending health-care changes, and the chaos that has beset the federal government since the second Trump presidency, writes columnist Roger Chesley.”)
- House Democrats silent on proposed amendment to allow congressional redistricting before midterms, but some Democratic challengers like the idea
- Fresh look at the MAGA House seats Virginia Democrats could flip in the 2025 cycle
- ‘It goes quick’: Virginians stretch dollars and hope as SNAP funding freezes
- Virginia back at the crossroads on Metro, transit funding
- Va. cuts early childhood sites ‘needing support’ in half; instruction improvements ongoing
- Va. registrars share how they keep rolls accurate, reflect on their role in the democratic process
- Gambling hotline calls in Virginia trend younger with ease of online sports betting
- Richmond looks for holistic solutions to gun violence
- Virginia Beach police seek more authority to manage impromptu beach parties
- CWG Live updates: Cooler than normal this week, with rain before Halloween
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