by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, October 14.
- India installs record 29.5 GW of solar in first nine months of 2025 (“India’s solar additions surged 70% year on year to 29.5 GW in the first three quarters of 2025, driven by rapid utility-scale and rooftop deployment, according to JMK Research.” Excellent – crank it up!)
- White House’s Attention Switches to Ukraine With Zelensky Due in Washington on Friday
- Trump, Zelensky to discuss Tomahawks for Ukraine at White House Friday (GIVE UKRAINE EVERYTHING IT NEEDS TO WIN THIS WAR – NOW!)
- Zelenskyy urges world leaders not to lose momentum for finding peace, and says the war in Europe can also be ended
- Why Russia May Be Running Out of Time in Ukraine (“Putin’s aggressiveness toward Europe reflects a growing desperation.”)
- Fresh From Middle East Victory, Trump Sets His Sights on Peace in Ukraine (“Pressure on Hamas worked for Gaza, but ahead of Zelensky’s visit to the White House, Trump has yet to fully ramp up pressure on Russia”)
- How China and the U.S. Are Racing to De-Escalate the Trade War
- Trump’s Two Minds on China Sow a Chaotic Few Days
- Next steps for Israel and Gaza unclear after hostage and detainee release (“Key questions on Trump’s plan unanswered as Israelis await return of hostage bodies and Gaza aid efforts ramp up”)
- The End of Israel’s Hostage Ordeal
- Israelis and Palestinians celebrate as truce brings hope of ‘era of peace’ (“UN warns Gaza still needs ‘lifesaving aid’ as world leaders gather in Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss 20-point proposal”)
- Trump’s Big Gamble on Tackling the Middle East’s Intractable Problems
- After hostages and prisoners are freed, complex issues remain for Israel-Hamas ceasefire
- What to know about the 20 living hostages released by Hamas
- Biden, Clinton praise Trump for Gaza peace deal
- One Era Ends in Gaza, and Another Begins (“A moment for radical hope”)
- Video shows execution in Gaza City as armed groups vie for control
- Gaza’s Broken Politics (“Every movement that claimed to speak for Palestinians has failed them. The next chapter must belong to those who have endured the devastation.”)
- Experienced Mideast negotiators break down how Gaza peace deal came together
- As Trump Takes a Victory Lap, He Avoids Questions About What’s Next
- Trump Refuses To Let Go Of Macron During Aggressively Long Handshake At Egypt Summit
- Why the Gaza ceasefire won’t lead to lasting peace (“‘A new Middle East’ will require sacrifices that Israelis and Palestinians show no sign of making.”)
- What now for Israel and Gaza? (“In other words, an end to the war quite likely could have come much sooner had Netanyahu not been an impediment and Trump not been disengaged for so long. Understand that as long as Trump was offering unconditional support to Netanyahu and cheering on violence, the war dragged on. When he stopped, the war could end.”)
- Indonesian president asks Trump for meeting with son Eric in ‘hot mic’ moment
- What Happened to Campus Activism Against the War in Gaza? (Apparently, they only protest Democrats; including even Kamala Harris, who had very, very little if anything to do with the war in Gaza, and even now when she’s not VP or president or anything. WTF?)
- For Israel, Hamas and Trump’s Peace Plan, Now Comes the Hard Part
- A Divided Israel Unites in Joy as Hostages Come Home
- Israel identifies four dead hostages as next steps for Gaza peace plan uncertain
- Trump declares end of Israel-Hamas war, but experts see the hard work as just beginning
- Madagascar president dissolves lower house of parliament in midst of apparent coup attempt
- Trump Ramps Up Trade War as Tariffs on Lumber and Furniture Kick In (“The new taxes went into effect today as President Trump also threatened to widen his trade war with China.” Exactly – they are TAXES on Americans!
- America saved him from the Taliban. Trump wants to send him back. (“He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the United States. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.”)
- Trump says immigrants are driving violent crime in Illinois, but ICE can’t find many who are (“Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.”)
- Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent
- Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver (Appalling.)
- ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’
- A Historic Crypto Selloff Erased Over $19 Billion, but Two Accounts Made $160 Million
- Trump Allies Sold Sponsorships to What Appeared to Be a Treasury Event. It Wasn’t.
- Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit
- Trump’s shutdown firings at CDC cause whiplash, despair: What to know
- Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings
- Donald Trump’s new “American Midnight” is upon us (“Historian Adam Hochschild sees echoes of post–World War I repression today”)
- Letitia James warns of ‘powerful voices trying to silence the truth’
- Mike Johnson slams Obamacare funds as a ‘boondoggle’ as shutdown drags on
- Majority of special education staff in US education department laid off – report (“Layoffs ‘decimating’ office responsible for protecting rights of infants, children and youth with disabilities, says worker”)
- Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT
- Airports say they won’t air Kristi Noem shutdown video at TSA checkpoints (It’s absolutely inexcusable to air this 100% false anti-Democratic propaganda at the airport!)
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla’s unsold Cybertrucks (Why would anyone buy one of these hideous things??? Also, in general, why would anyone do business with Tesla at this point?)
- Federal shutdown hampers Chesapeake Bay agreement talks (“With key federal agencies absent from negotiations, states scale back conservation targets amid a possible delay of the new bay agreement into 2026.” UGH.)
- Warner, Kaine push bill to shield federal workers from evictions, defaults amid shutdown (Great, but there’s literally zero chance this will become law, thanks to Republicans/Trump.)
- The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here’s why. (“What’s the reason for this silence? As usual, I believe, it’s the mainstream media’s fear of appearing to sympathize or identify with those who oppose Trump. I often complain about the syndrome known as “both-sidesing” — in which unequal sides are given equal treatment in the press. But this failure of coverage is worse than that.”)
- The Mainstream Media Is Moving Right. Here’s What We Can Do About It. (“At The Washington Post, CBS, and maybe CNN, the trend line is terrible. But liberals do have the power to reverse these trends.”)
- Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline
- Hegseth about to go into witness protection with new media policy taking him off the air
- Opinion: Why I’m handing in my Pentagon press pass
- The Top Five Things I’m Going to Do with My Antifa Pro-Terrorist Anti-Trump Rally Money
- Pete Buttigieg on Rebuilding America After Trump
- NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers
- North Carolina GOP announce plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle
- John Bel Edwards won’t run for U.S. Senate, dashing Louisiana Democrats’ hopes
- Exclusive: Senior prosecutor removed as Lindsey Halligan reshapes key US attorney’s office (“Maggie Cleary — the senior Justice Department prosecutor who briefly led the powerful US attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia last month before Trump ally Lindsey Halligan took over — has been removed from the office, according to two people familiar with the matter.”)
- Wittman and McGuire got almost the same vote last year, but Democrats are only targeting Wittman in 2026. Here’s why. (“The 1st Congressional District has more metro areas where Democrats might find votes; the 5th is too rural to help Democratic prospects.”)
- Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) Demands Inspectors General Investigate Trump Administration’s Wasteful and Inefficient Layoff Scheme (“Donald Trump and Russ Vought have used mass firings to dismantle our nation’s merit-based civil service system and install political loyalists under the guise of ‘cost savings.’”)
- NEW AD: Winsome Earle-Sears Says Firing Virginians for Being Gay, Opposing Same-Sex Marriage Is “Not Discrimination” (“Yes, Lieutenant Governor. It is [discrimination].” )
- Pete Buttigieg to appear with Spanberger in Charlottesville (The Spanberger campaign hopefully will bring in a bunch of surrogates over the final three weeks of the campaign.)
- In the race for Virginia governor, negativity seems to be winning the day (Speaking of “negativity,” how’s this? Yes, this is really dumb/”both sides”/false equivalence article, and yes the “mainstream media” sucks.)
- High stakes debate looms in Virginia Attorney General race
- Youngkin touts Henrico firm powering Virginia’s data center boom
- Dominion issues RFP seeking solar, wind and storage PPAs (“Dominion Energy spokesman Aaron Ruby said the company is seeking the power purchase agreements as part of its ‘all of the above’ strategy to serve growing power demand.””)
- Government shutdown fuels distrust among Virginia college students
- State lawmakers propose plans to reduce energy costs in Virginia (“Staff from the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation gave state lawmakers a slate of proposals to consider last week that aim to reduce the cost of energy for the most vulnerable Virginians — including a utility disconnections dashboard, more robust energy efficiency requirements and state funding for residential solar and storage.” Energy efficiency, of course, gives you the biggest bang for the buck, but utility-scale solar is also very cheap and clean…and the cost of energy storage has plummeted!)
- GMU rector says executive committee still plans to meet without full board quorum
- Commentary: George Mason’s board is bypassing the rules — and the public
- NEW POLL: “Growing Supermajority of Fairfax County Residents Oppose Proposed Casino in Tysons Corner” (Sen. Scott Surovell responds: “This is a poll funded by a secret donor with no poll script, cross tabs or transparency and is a prelude to MGM’s ‘grassroots’ campaign to keep sucking $200 million/yr out of Northern Virginia to fund Maryland schools.”)
- Bath County | Local MAGAs are either just dumb, or they’re out-and-out liars (“The page author posted an edited screenshot of an article that I wrote last month about Jena Crisler, the Democratic Party nominee for the 35th District seat in the House of Delegates, to make it appear that Crisler said in an interview with me that she doesn’t live in the district. Where the author of the Bath County Republicans Facebook page is possibly just painfully dumb is, it was obvious to anyone with a first-grade education that it was me writing about how I don’t live within the 35th District boundaries anymore.”)
- Bon Secours proposes $34 million ER in northern Chesterfield
- CWG Live updates: Decreasing clouds today, mainly sunny the rest of the week
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