by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, January 4.
- The Real Pain of Climate Change Is Easy to Feel, but Increasingly Difficult to Study
- Ukrainian Political Reawakening Puts Pressure on Zelensky
- Maybe Russia and China Should Sit This One Out (“Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are just shocked—shocked!—by the American attack on Venezuela.”)
- US strike on Venezuela to embolden China’s territorial claims, Taiwan attack unlikely, analysts say
- The text of Trump’s October deal with Xi Jinping is still MIA (“The president called his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea a ‘massive victory,’ but the lack of details on what was agreed to raise the potential for more friction in 2026.”)
- North Korea launches ballistic missiles towards sea before South Korean leader’s visit to China
- A new Trump foreign policy doctrine emphasizes threats of regime change (“After ordering the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, Trump put other foreign leaders on notice.”)
- Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
- U.S. strikes in Venezuela trigger regional and global alarm
- Regime Change in America’s Back Yard (“What comes after Nicolás Maduro’s ouster in Venezuela?”)
- Maduro overthrow in oil-rich Venezuela unlikely to shake energy markets in the near term
- The ‘America First’ President Takes On the World (“Nicolás Maduro was plucked out of Caracas, but the more shocking news was that the White House plans to run Venezuela.”)
- U.S. will look to tap Venezuelan oil reserves, Trump says
- The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation (“A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.”)
- Maduro raid relied on months of preparation, surprise strike (The WaPo is focused on HOW the Trump regime did this illegal strike, but the top headline SHOULD BE about the fact that – as Heather Cox Richardson explains, in the video above – they’re trying to destroy the rules-based order that we’ve lived in since the end of WW2.)
- The FAFO Boys Are About to Find Out (“The US is being run by a bunch of guys from the back of high school detention room”)
- Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela
- After Maduro Ouster, Trump Takes On the Risks of Governing Venezuela
- News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid (“The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops, two people familiar with the communications between the administration and the news organizations said.”)
- On the Legality of the Venezuela Invasion (“This is not the system the framers had in mind, and it is a dangerous system for all the reasons the framers worried about. But that is where we are—and indeed, it is where we have been for a while.”)
- In Venezuela Takeover, Trump Makes It All About The Oil
- Trump Snatches Maduro But Leaves His Regime in Charge for Now
- After capturing Maduro, Trump hints at military action in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia
- Washington Post editorial board backs Maduro capture, Venezuela strikes
- Trump administration misled Congress before Maduro raid, Democrats say
- After Venezuela operation, Trump says the whole hemisphere is in play
- Donald Trump wants to run Venezuela, and dominate the western hemisphere
- Furious Dems float retaliation over Trump’s “insane” Venezuela attack
- Venezuela’s Interim Leader Defies Trump and Calls Maduro the ‘Only President’
- ‘An illegal war’: Democratic 2028ers scold Trump on Venezuela
- The hawks are winning (“The Trump White House has so far dodged a revolt from the MAGA base which has been skeptical of sustained U.S. engagement abroad.”)
- Inside ‘Operation Absolute Resolve,’ the U.S. Effort to Capture Maduro
- Democratic Senators on the Armed Services Committee Condemn Trump’s Capture of Venezuela’s President
- Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war
- Trump’s Venezuela Coup Sets a Destabilizing Precedent
- Trump goes monster-hunting, untainted by a whiff of legality
- The Wildest Things Trump Said About the Venezuela Attack (“He coined ‘Donroe Document’ and declared ‘Nobody can stop us.'”)
- A CIA team, steel doors and a fateful phone call: How the U.S. captured Maduro in Venezuela
- In Toppling Maduro, Trump Risks Blowback from ‘America First’ Base
- Someone made a huge profit predicting Maduro’s capture. Here’s what happened
- How the operation to take out Venezuela’s Maduro unfolded
- Trump’s plan to seize and revitalize Venezuela’s oil industry faces major hurdles
- How Trump circumventing Congress is different from previous presidents (“The disdain as to why information on the Maduro raid was withheld even from senior lawmakers is unmistakable”)
- Venezuelan leaders’ fever dream of a US invasion finally becomes reality (“Maduro and Chávez used fears of American aggression to tighten their grip on power – but now an even greater fantasist has imposed his will on their country”)
- ‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US
- Maduro’s capture had the world’s ear – but Trump returned to petty gripes
- Trump Plunges U.S. Into a New Era of Risk in Venezuela
- How Trump Fixed On a Maduro Loyalist as Venezuela’s New Leader (“Nicolás Maduro balked at a gilded exile. U.S. officials saw a more pliant option in his vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, known for stabilizing Venezuela’s economy.”)
- Trump, Appearing Exhausted, Announces Plan to “Take Over” Venezuela (“In a press conference from Mar-a-Lago’s ‘Tea Room,’ Donald Trump said that Venezuela ‘stole our oil,’ and that ‘We couldn’t let them get away with it.'” That’s false, of course. Also, what ever happened to this being all about drugs? Whatever, it’s all bullsh**.)
- Trump says the US is going to “run” Venezuela. What does that mean? (“Regime change, MAGA-style.”)
- Venezuelans Around the World Cheer Maduro’s Downfall but Wonder What’s Next
- Iran’s Calculations Are Scrambled by U.S. Raid in Caracas
- Some in Labour want Starmer out. He tells me he’ll survive – and the economy will improve
- US sees spike in flu cases in December, after most severe season since 2018 (“Not clear whether more people will get the flu this season, but more than 3,100 people have died in last year in US”)
- “Trump’s regime change war in Venezuela is flat out illegal and yet another betrayal of the commitments he made to the American people.” (Reactions by Virginia leaders to Trump’s attack on Venezuela)
- Virginia politicians divided on American strike of Venezuela, capture of its president
- Virginia’s elected leaders react to the capture of Venezuela’s Maduro
- Military action in Venezuela puts Kaine back in national spotlight for his quest to curtail presidential war powers
- Kaine: Trump conducted ‘unauthorized’ military attack on Venezuela
- Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine on legal questions surrounding the Venezuela attack
- What Virginia’s congressional delegation has to say about U.S. military action in Venezuela (“Democrats criticized the use of force without congressional autorization while Republicans have supported it.”)
- Ben Cline, Jen Kiggans praise Trump overthrow of Venezuelan government
- Editorial: Commonwealth’s strong foundation positions it for economic growth (Except that Virginia is facing STRONG headwinds coming from Trump, DOGE, federal job cuts, tariffs, the Republican Congress, etc, etc.)
- CWG Live: Still cold today and tomorrow. January thaw starts Tuesday. (“Highs head for the 50s and maybe 60s mid- to late week.”)
********************************************************
