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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, January 14.
- Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say (“Data leads scientists to declare 2015 Paris agreement to keep global heating below 1.5C ‘dead in the water’”)
- New Climate Reports Show ‘Unprecedented Run of Global Heat’
- Sooner-than-expected climate impacts could cost the world trillions
- Mapped: How the world is losing its forests to wildfires (UGH.)
- “Tipping petrol on the fire:” World experiences third hottest year in 2025, as fires, floods hit at home
- ‘They want to break us’: Russian energy grid strikes give freezing Kyiv some of its darkest days (“Impact of raid on infrastructure rivals early weeks of war when tanks tried to force their way into Ukrainian capital”)
- China reports record $1.2 trillion trade surplus for 2025, defying Trump’s tariffs
- Democrats warn Trump over military strikes on Iran
- Iran’s opposition is clamoring for leaders but hobbled by divisions
- Bowen: Authoritarian regimes die gradually then suddenly, but Iran is not there yet
- Trump vows ‘very strong action’ if Iran executes protesters
- The questions Trump must ask before striking Iran
- Iran warns neighbours it could strike US bases if Washington intervenes
- Trump Supports the Protesters, Except Those Protesting Him
- The scariest thing about Iran’s crackdown (“The massacres taking place in an internet blackout.”)
- Multiple Americans detained in Venezuela have been released, Trump administration says
- Justice Dept. Memo Said Trump Could Send Troops Into Venezuela Unilaterally
- Senate readies vote on Venezuela war powers as Trump pressures GOP defectors
- Greenland’s PM has a blunt message for Trump: ‘We choose Denmark’ over the U.S.
- Anything less than US control of Greenland is ‘unacceptable,’ Trump says ahead of talks
- Buying Greenland could cost as much as $700 billion
- Joe Rogan criticizes ICE tactics: ‘Are we really going to be the Gestapo?’ (Maybe this f’ing dumbass should have thought of that BEFORE he endorsed the fascist in 2024??? Also, who listens to this imbecile and WHY???)
- Stephen Miller Torched Over ‘Utterly Chilling’ Message To ICE Officers (Miller is like a comic super villain.)
- Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Goons Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach
- Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow (“Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.”)
- Scoop: Over 50 House Dems sign onto Kristi Noem impeachment articles
- ‘Abolish ICE’? Many Democrats are ready to fund it — with conditions
- Trump Blasted Federal Prosecutors at White House Event, Calling Them Weak
- Videos Show Increasingly Aggressive Federal Crackdown in Minneapolis
- Resistance moms will save us (“Renee Good’s courage shows our single best hope lays with ordinary people”)
- None of This Should Have Happened (“The White House’s persistent escalation has laid the groundwork for more tragedies like Renee Good’s death.”)
- Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting, official says
- New documents shed light on Renee Good’s ties to ICE monitoring efforts in Minneapolis
- Blowback Builds Over Criminal Investigation of Powell
- The right-wing media backlash against the Jerome Powell probe
- The Fed chair race is becoming a proxy war for central bank independence
- FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies (“The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.”)
- US posts record $145 billion December deficit as outlays outpace receipts (Where are all the “Tea Partiers” who claimed to care soooo much about the deficit and debt? LOL!)
- The Affordability Problem in One Chart (“Wages aren’t rising fast enough to counter still rising prices.”)
- Food Prices Were Stubbornly High Last Year
- Wall Street Is Dancing While Trump Assaults Free Markets. It Won’t End Well (“The titans of American industry decry the government putting its thumb on the scale — except when the thumb belongs to Trump”)
- An unraveling Justice Department appears to be coming apart at the seams (“In 2025, the DOJ struggled with everything from purges to incompetence to weaponization. In 2026, its collapse seems to be accelerating.”)
- Fact check: Trump litters Detroit economic speech with numerous false claims about economy
- Supreme court could issue ruling on legal challenge to Trump’s tariffs today
- The Supreme Court Looks Likely to Uphold Transgender School Sports Bans
- The Supreme Court seems poised to deliver another blow to trans rights
- Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler (If Obama, Biden, Clinton, Harris, etc. had done something like this, it would have been headlines for weeks…)
- President Trump Filmed Flipping Off Ford Worker Who Yells ‘Pedophile Protector’ at Him
- This Is Not How a Normal President Speaks
- Department of Labor under fire for language similar to Nazi slogan (“One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American.” Yep, that’s Nazi – Hitler used “One People, One Realm, One Leader.”)
- Union leaders accuse Trump administration of ‘shift toward white supremacy’ with online posts
- Senator Says Prosecutors Are Investigating Her After Video About Illegal Orders (WILDLY unacceptable!)
- In Secret Testimony, Republicans Derided Trump’s Stolen Election Claims
- Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This (“If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.”)
- US teachers union says it is leaving X over sexualized AI images of children
- Judge blocks Trump’s latest pause on a major offshore wind farm (“The ruling allows Ørsted to resume work on its Revolution Wind project near Rhode Island after the Trump administration’s “unreasonable” suspension order.”)
- UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
- MAGA-Coded CBS Anchor Pleads With Viewers After Ratings Collapse (Why would anyone watch CBS “News” anymore? Just watch Fox if you want your MAGA fix.)
- Senate Republicans block effort to overturn Trump ACA rule; Kaine and Warner warn of health care crisis
- Sen. Mark Warner Says He “enters critical election year with a record-breaking $13.36 million cash on hand” (Also, video of Sen. Warner talking about the Federal Reserve, ICE, Greenland, AI, etc.)
- Mark Warner banks record $13.36 million as he gears up for critical 2026 Senate race
- Warner pushes for audit to protect American citizens from wrongful arrest concerns over Trump’s ICE tactics
- Virginia Democrats look to decimate GOP seats in redistricting effort (“But some Democrats warn that the effort may be more difficult than it looks.”)
- Court rejects GOP request to immediately block Virginia redistricting
- Perriello talks Spanberger endorsement, redistricting
- Video: Affordable Virginia Rolls Out $2 Million Campaign Calling on Rep. Kiggans to Support Working Families (“It’s time for her to stop propping up this administration and fight for veterans like me.”)
- Video: On the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, VA Gov.-Elect Abigail Spanberger Says She’ll Tell Trump Administration “we do not want [ICE] trying to sow fear, sow division within our communities” (ICE “going in, wearing masks, terrifying communities, they are breaking down that trust.”)
- Abigail Spanberger talks bipartisanship, ICE, cleaning bedrooms on ‘Late Show’
- Virginia’s 2026 session opens with abortion, redistricting on deck
- Virginia officials look to lower drug prices during 2026 legislative session
- Pope & Schapiro: Youngkin gears up for final State of the Commonwealth address (Any headline or article about Youngkin should, right up front, note that he’s a pathological liar and you can’t believe a word he says on ANYTHING. But of course the media won’t do that, because “neutrality,” blah blah blah.)
- Abortion, redistricting, data centers: What Va. lawmakers will prioritize during 2026 GA session
- Virginia Democrats launch General Assembly session with broad new power (“Lawmakers returned to Richmond on Wednesday for the start of a 60-day legislative session in which Democrats promised to use majorities to focus on affordability.”)
- General Assembly will have a disability services budget problem to solve
- Virginia GOP’s last-ditch attempt to punish ‘dreamer’ students is cruel
- Both parties trumpet ‘affordability’ ahead of the General Assembly session, but plans to achieve that goal may differ (Republicans aren’t really relevant, given that they’re in a tiny minority in the House of Delegates and won’t have the governorship after Saturday, so why “both parties?”)
- With a cabinet heavy on experience, Spanberger seems primed for fast start
- Virginia Senate Democrats pledge action on affordability as 2026 session begins
- Virginia legislators could finally ban sales of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines (“Gun violence legislation could get a second chance after Democratic Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is inaugurated on Jan. 17.”)
- As 2026 legislative session starts, data centers’ diesel generators are a top concern for Virginians
- Gretchen Bulova Wins HD11 69%-31%, Margaret Angela Franklin Wins HD23 77%-23%; Elizabeth Bennett-Parker Wins SD39 Dem Firehouse Primary 71%-17%
- Democrats retain House Districts 11 and 23 in Tuesday’s special elections
- Elizabeth Bennett-Parker Wins Democratic Firehouse Primary for Virginia Senate District 39
- Democrats win 2 special Virginia state House elections
- UVA’s new president meets with lawmakers and the governor-elect
- Del.-elect Mark Downey: Elected doctor seeks healthier futures for Virginians
- Editorial: Cheers to legislative, executive staff who keep Virginia moving
- Richmond toughens penalty for illegally demolishing historic buildings
- What Richmond-area governments want from state lawmakers this year
- Former DPU director April Bingham suing Mayor Avula, claiming wrongful termination after water crisis
- Blacksburg faces ‘cloud of distrust’ after council proposes names for vacant seats
- CWG Live: Passing shower today, rain and snow showers tonight, frigid tomorrow
