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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 14.
- As Global Warming Threatens Corals Worldwide, Woods Hole Scientists Search for ‘Super Reefs’ That Can Take the Heat (“If protected, researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs across the Central Pacific.”)
- Deadlocked Wars: How Major Powers Misread the Regions They Attacked (“Russia and the U.S. projected their own views onto Ukraine and Iran, analysts said. As a result, the smaller countries trapped larger ones in a confrontation.”)
- ‘Time is not on our side’: Ukraine presses Trump for help with children stolen by Russia
- Russia is losing the war in Ukraine, and Putin is desperate. But that’s when he’s at his most dangerous (“Don’t expect the Russian president to pursue peace. Instead, he could continue to expand the war beyond Ukraine’s borders – with dire risks for us all”)
- Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy not on Trump’s G7 bilateral meeting list, official says (“US president will reportedly hold bilateral talks with Qatar, UAE and India but not Ukraine; Russian gains in Ukraine ‘more or less stopped’, says official. What we know on day 1,572” Trump is a Putin puppet.)
- Ukraine and Moldova to enter first phase of EU membership negotiations (“Election of new Hungarian government in April has paved way for EU member states to agree to open talks”)
- Royal Marines board Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in English Channel
- It Was Meant to Unify. Now the G7 Is Dogged by Chaos and Divided by Trump.
- Germany and Japan Are Rearming Again, 80 Years After World War II (“After becoming allies to disastrous effect in the 1940s, Berlin and Tokyo are finding new reasons to team up — including rebuilding their militaries.”)
- Iranian Enforcer Drives Tehran’s Hard Bargaining With the U.S. (“The pugilistic new paramilitary commander is seen as a power broker who is asserting control over negotiations even as the two sides appear near a deal.”)
- U.S., Iran expected to “electronically” sign agreement to end war Sunday
- Qatari mediators travel to Tehran for final touches on a possible deal to end war
- Mediators push to finalize US-Iran agreement as two sides dispute timings (“A source tells CNN Qatari mediators flew to Iran today to help facilitate the finalization of the agreement.”)
- Funeral for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Khamenei to begin July 4, burial set for July 9
- Ivanka and Jared Project Ensnared by Fresh Scandal Over Accused Mobster (The extended Trump family is pretty much all evil, with a few exceptions, like Mary Trump.)
- Swiss Population Cap Vote Trending Toward Rejection, SRF Says
- The Department of Homeland Security Is “Kidnapping People’s Kids”
- A woman’s hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide (Arrest everyone responsible and charge them with homicide!)
- U.S. Poised to Lose Measles Elimination Status as Utah Outbreak Nears One-Year Mark (“Spread of the highly contagious disease persists at levels not seen in U.S. since early 1990s” Anti-vaxxers are responsible for this.)
- Supreme Court’s docket loaded as decision season nears climax
- Why the US economy keeps defying the odds (“…much of that pressure has been offset by a notable rise in productivity. The broader US economy has continued to expand at an annualised rate of around 2%.”)
- Voters are unhappy about much more than high gas prices (“As the November congressional elections approach, millions of Americans — even those earning good money — are straining to make ends meet.”)
- The Tiny Solar Panel That Could Change America (“I hope balcony solar’s charisma and low cost help us imagine the energy-abundant future we are so close to achieving.”)
- White students drop below 50% nationwide (“Latino enrollment rose from 10.2 million to 18.4 million over the same period. Latinos are now the second-largest group of students, at 24.4%.”)
- Why Todd Blanche Should Not Be Attorney General (“In a Senate that took its constitutional role seriously, Blanche would not win confirmation a second time.”)
- Trump’s systemic attack on whistleblowers, explained by an expert (“The cost to democracy is a loss of accountability and oversight.”)
- Trump Administration Reignites Its Feud With Anthropic Over Latest A.I. Models (One of the favorite lame words the media uses is “feud,” when in most cases it’s not a 50/50 thing at all – and when Trump’s involved, it’s usually closer to 100% his fault.)
- How Amazon and the White House ended Anthropic’s Fable
- Judge orders Trump administration to restore signs changed at national parks
- Trump Again Picks Personal Lawyer for a Top Job, as U.S. Attorney in Manhattan (“James M. McDonald, a veteran former federal prosecutor and regulator, has more recently been part of President Trump’s legal team, appealing his criminal conviction.” WILDLY unacceptable.)
- What most battleground House districts have in common: data centers
- Trump at 80: A President ‘Really Uncomfortable’ With Aging
- As Donald Trump turns 80, he faces a foe he can never defeat: Father Time. That’s a problem for us all (“Alarm over the judgment and behaviour of the world’s most powerful man, and the consequent risks to the world, can only get worse”)
- With Paramount Merger Cleared, David Ellison to Join Trump at U.F.C. Bout
- The Memo: Trump’s UFC fight night risks landing with a thud (“The optics are terrible, and it looks completely tone-deaf to the struggles of the American people”)
- Trump’s Gladiator Delusion (“The president’s South Lawn fight lacks the ambition of ancient Rome.”)
- From ‘human cockfighting’ to the White House lawn: the stratospheric rise of the UFC’s Dana White (Disgusting.)
- Sports betting was once widely outlawed. Now it’s promoted at the White House.
- The Spectacle of Trump at 80 (“An octogenarian president for a 250-year-old republic.” Dumb headline; what are they even trying to say here?)
- Heat? Bugs? Rain? To the fighters, the White House is the perfect venue.
- Joe Rogan called the White House UFC event ‘so America.’ He’s right. (“The “Claw” bursting out of the White House grounds is the perfect metaphor for the moment, injecting bloody spectacle into the country’s birthday celebration.”)
- Trump Bets on South Lawn UFC Spectacle to Energize His Political Base (“Sunday’s fights at the White House promise a violent show and chance for Trump to project power”)
- Cruz breaks with Trump on key endorsements as 2028 looms (“Cruz is testing whether there’s room in the Republican Party for a 2028 contender willing to break with a president who’s maintained an iron grip on the party for the last decade.”)
- The Kennedy Center is a reminder that we can win, it will be messy, and Trump will be petty (“The illegal effort to put Donald Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center has always been a metaphor — but, this weekend, it became a story of how we get through this.” Too optimistic, but some truth to this. The problem is, tons of long-term damage is being done, much of which could very well be irreversible.)
- At the Kennedy Center, a Name Change Shrouded in Uncertainty
- Knicks beat Spurs to win their first NBA title since 1973 as brilliant Brunson shines again
- On the cusp of change, D.C. voters fret as race to succeed Bowser nears end
- Video: Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) Says All Trump’s “accomplished is given Iran even more leverage over the region…They’re just laughing!” (Now, “Trump will basically have to get a worse deal than we had 10 years ago in order to get out of this war”)
- Early voting begins this week for congressional primaries
- Virginians Are Paying the Price for Republican Cuts to Storm Protection (“Virginia Republicans backed cuts that spike insurance costs and weaken storm forecasting—it’s time they are held accountable”)
- Video, Transcript: Jen Psaki Interviews Gov. Abigail Spanberger, Who Rips UFC Fight (“a sad lesson for our kids”), Trump (a “callous president who makes it all about himself”) (Spanberger also says SpaceX IPO epitomizes the “corruption and the self-dealing of the Trump administration”)
- Sen. Louise Lucas to lead state tour opposing tax breaks for data centers
- Clean Virginia putting pressure on Spanberger, House Dems over data center tax breaks
- Updated: Republicans throw out results of Lynchburg firehouse primary that picked council nominees (“The party adopted a report from the appeals committee that recommended throwing out the results and allowing “all interested candidates” to file as independents in the fall election. Council member Marty Misjuns hinted he might go to court to block the action.”)
- DC-area forecast: Hotter today as potential for strong storms returns
