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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise (economic, environmental, etc.) for Monday, August 10. Today’s biggest developments and headlines include the climate crisis (always at the top of these news highlights because it’s existential and should be a massive story every single day)…also the Iran war fiasco – including for our economy, Trump’s Gaza peace plan stalled out, the travesty of Dr. Fauci’s persecution, etc.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS (Climate crisis, )
- Copernicus: Highest July global ocean surface temperatures as exceptionally hot, dry conditions fuel wildfires in Europe
- How the hard reality of climate change hit Europe’s economy this summer
- Weather tracker: Europe breaks more heat records as temperatures soar (“Drought and wildfires intensify across continent, while tropical storms bring heavy rain and disruption to east Asia”)
- France prepares for another heat wave as western Europe sets new temperature record
- Climate change may be making us lonelier. How heat waves and extreme weather disrupt social connections
- At least 13 killed in Ukrainian strike on Russia’s Tatarstan region, officials say (“It is one of the deadliest Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia since the start of Moscow’s war on Ukraine.”)
- How a Drone ‘Hellscape’ Might Stop a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan
- Typhoon Dolphin: more than a million people evacuated in China as record rainfall dumped on Shanghai
- Trump to Axios: “We are low-keying it” with Iran (“We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money.”)
- Live Updates: Trump says U.S. only “semi-negotiating” with Iran after Tehran sets demands to reopen Strait of Hormuz
- Iran Elevates Longtime Military Commander to Top Security Post (“The appointment of Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council suggests that Iran’s old guard is consolidating power.”)
- Trump signals shift to economic pressure as Iran hardens stance over Strait of Hormuz
- The Places Where the Bombs Have Rarely Stopped Falling in Iran (“While fighting has abated in much of Iran, near-constant U.S. airstrikes on the island of Qeshm and other southern spots have upended lives and livelihoods.”)
- Iran ties Hormuz reopening to US concessions on several demands
- Trump can’t lie his way out of a missile shortage (“All the obfuscation in the world won’t make munitions.”)
- Netanyahu Rejects Trump’s Plan to Disarm Hamas
- Netanyahu calculates upsetting Trump is his least-bad option
- Netanyahu rejects US-led 15-point Gaza peace plan in rare public break with Trump (“Israeli PM says IDF will not withdraw until Hamas is disarmed and rebukes US pressure to end wars without his country’s buy-in”)
- The left is winning the argument on aid to Israel. The next step will be harder. (“What getting tough on Israel would actually mean.”)
- What Malta Tells Us About Oligarchy (“Europe is weak on tax cheats. Trump is on their side”)
- Infantino broke trust ‘through deception’, confederation presidents say
NATIONAL NEWS (Trump’s “Carter-style Iran problem”; the “travesty” of Dr. Fauci’s persecution; get outraged at Brendan Carr and the FCC; etc.)
- ‘We’re not going to let them do it in the shadows’: Hundreds rally at site where Haitians required to check-in, get monitors after end of TPS
- Congressional Democrats launch probe into efforts to deport US military members and their families
- AP Exclusive: Trump’s immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents
- Kurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’ (“Exclusive: Film-maker Gabar Choli describes how he endured coercive treatment over eight months in detention in Texas”)
- ‘We’ve never seen anything like this’: ICE’s detention crackdown swamps the courts
- The Republican Party Is Losing Its Edge With Voters on the Economy (“Cost-of-living worries are eroding GOP’s image as economic managers, giving Democrats an advantage”)
- Trump has a Carter-style Iran problem as the economy drags before the midterms
- NIH head quarrels with CBS host over loss in public trust on health issues (“Jay Bhattacharya, head of the National Institutes of Health, on Sunday appeared to blame a growing number of national health concerns on the media and the Biden administration.”)
- Dr Fauci made mistakes. But his persecution is a travesty
- MAGA has pandemic nostalgia (“Renewed harassment of Dr. Anthony Fauci is a sad attempt to reclaim a Covid-era victim narrative”)
- Trump Turns National Parks into Piggybank (“Cutbacks and Setbacks Hammer America’s National Parks in the Shadow of Trump’s Vanity Projects”)
- Water systems are ripe for attacks, experts warn after suspected Iranian hacks
- Has America Already Undergone a Soft Breakup?
- How Do We Create Voters? (“Americans have spent generations fighting for the right to vote. But having that right doesn’t mean we’ll use it.”)
- The Watchdogs Are Barking Themselves Hoarse (“The scandals of the president’s first term now seem quaint.”)
- Get outraged, and active, about the Trump-toadying FCC
- What Happens If Democrats Blow the Midterms? (“If Democrats don’t flip the House and maybe even the Senate, there could be hell to pay.”)
- Surprises and scandals scramble the battle for Congress
- Follow the Money (“From Trump to El Sayed, the message is clear, the coming election is about who sets the rules in our society, who benefits and who loses”)
- Follow the Money (“Wanna know why DSA-aligned candidates are doing so well at the ballot box? Look at the data—and pay attention to how much it now costs to attend a football game or concert.”)
- Trump Names Will Scharf as White House Counsel (“The president said Mr. Scharf, a deeply conservative lawyer and the current staff secretary, would replace David Warrington in early September…Mr. Scharf has embraced some of the most extreme elements of the president’s agenda. But he has also thrown up flares at times over matters that, according to his colleagues, he believed could imperil the presidency.”)
- Jeffrey Epstein’s Death Was Supposed to Bury the Truth. It Did the Opposite.
- An arts school where Epstein allegedly preyed on students reveals decades of abuse
- ‘Work boots and Subarus’: Local officials say the backlash against Flock cameras is becoming bipartisan
- Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don’t.
- Bernie’s revolution gets a test run for 2028 in Michigan and Wisconsin
- Ocasio-Cortez says Democrats are ‘unifying,’ focused on ‘working people’ in midterms
- Trump and the GOP have a new bogeyman (“Days after Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in the Michigan primary, Trump is homing in on his progressive policies, calling him a ‘communist’ and ‘man of hate.'”)
- Abdul El-Sayed embraces Trump claim he represents ‘very different’ America (“Michigan nominee, who spoke to Obama after primary win, vows to fight inequality as president ‘makes billions off you’”)
- Obama and El-Sayed Spoke to Discuss Unity After Ugly Michigan Primary
- Group promoting science urges Kelly to run for president
- More GOP Senators Call For Miller to Quit Over Abuse Allegations
- These corporations are supporting an alleged domestic abuser for Congress
- In rural Wisconsin, frustrations over Trump ag policies heat up House race (“When she’s not trekking across Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District to meet voters, Democratic congressional challenger Rebecca Cooke is still on her feet, waiting tables at two restaurants around Eau Claire, a city of about 73,000 people surrounded by rolling farmland.”)
- Darline Graham has Donald Trump in her corner. Will it be enough to win her brother’s Senate seat? (“Tuesday’s special GOP primary to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on the November ballot is most likely heading to a runoff, despite Trump’s endorsement and his popularity with the base.”)
- Pelosi wages war over her succession (“The former speaker is mobilizing her political network to stop Scott Wiener, a prominent California state senator, from succeeding her.”)
- Lake Mead plummets to historic low water level as Colorado River struggles (“Levels at reservoir along Arizona-Nevada border dipped below previous record set in 2022, amid water crisis in west”)
- Trump says there was ‘some contractor error’ during Reflecting Pool renovation
- Trump’s Reflecting Pool Fiasco Is About to Get Even Worse for Him (“The David Hearn affair isn’t over. Far from it. Jamie Raskin is launching an investigation, and Hearn’s legal team will pursue remedies.”)
VIRGINIA NEWS (Judge rules Confederate school names must be changed; etc)
- Virginia senators raise concerns as Todd Blanche confirmed as attorney general
- Democratic Governors Align to Protect Constituents From Trump’s Retribution and Corruption (“Governor Spanberger joins two regional blue state alliances.”)
- How Virginia keeps tabs on cybersecurity threats as AI takes hold
- Hemp businesses ask federal judge to block Virginia’s new THC cap (“The lawsuit argues that eliminating the state’s 25-to-1 CBD exception will cause major financial losses without providing consumer safety.”)
- Virginia communities race to get 1% sales tax for school construction on the ballot (“Proponents say the additional money could help cash-strapped communities fix aging school facilities, but how much revenue would be collected and whether voters will agree is still unknown.”)
- A judge rules Confederate school names in Shenandoah County must be changed. He also says the case is ‘unique’ and doesn’t apply to Confederate names elsewhere. (“Judge Michael Urbanski’s opinion casts his ruling as carrying out the orders of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision.”)
- Governor seeks participants for new corrections council to help shape Va. prison reforms (“After years of understaffing, allegations of racism and other challenges, Gov. Abigail Spanberger seeks input into solutions for the Virginia Department of Corrections.”)
- Va. lawmakers consider digital protections for children as app store accountability debate continues
- Waynesboro: Still no word on the DEQ follow-up hearing on Northrop Grumman
- Convicted killer Soering takes step toward possible exoneration (“The Court of Appeals, which dismisses most requests for a writ of actual innocence, has asked Attorney General Jay Jones to respond to Jens Soering’s case.”)
- Roanoke demolishes buildings to restore a stream
- $20M lawsuit: Mother warned jail her son was in danger, but he hanged himself 20 minutes later
- Ben Jones, ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star and Rappahannock resident, dies at 84 (“Jones, who played Cooter on “The Dukes of Hazzard” and later served in Congress, died Sunday at his Rappahannock County home.”)
- DC-area forecast: Hottest day of the week before storms become more widespread
