by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, Memorial Day, May 29.
- UN talks on a treaty to end global plastic pollution open in Paris
- Why the climate crisis is making our insects run for the hills
- Let the Wild World Run Wild
- Weather tracker: power prices dip to negative in Europe amid clean energy boost
- Russia’s Private Military Companies Expand at the Front as Moscow Seeks More Soldiers
- Explosions rock Kyiv as Russia launches new attack – Air Force
- Sleepless in Kyiv: Nighttime Russian air campaign terrorizes citizens in Ukrainian capital
- Russia bolsters attack on Kyiv; Putin congratulates ‘dear friend’ Erdogan on reelection
- Erdogan Needs a Post-Election Pivot (“Doubling down on his most controversial policies would leave Turkey poorer and more isolated.”)
- Lukashenko offers nuclear weapons to nations willing ‘to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus’ (Completely bonkers.)
- Wagner founder scores bloody political victory in Bakhmut
- Will Erdogan’s Victory Soften Turkey’s Opposition to Sweden in NATO? (“Recep Tayyip Erdogan, re-elected as Turkey’s president, is expected to toughen up at home but seek better ties with Washington and the military alliance.”)
- Erdogan Wins Reelection in Turkey, to Trump’s Delight (“The former US president has personal reasons to celebrate this particular strongman.”)
- What Erdogan’s win means for the West — and the world
- Turkey’s lira sinks to fresh record low after Erdogan re-election
- Why Erdogan’s victory matters for the West
- Turkey’s Erdogan retains power, now faces challenges over the economy and earthquake recovery
- Turkey’s Erdogan Defies Odds to Win Presidential Election (Very bad news.)
- Ugandan President Signs Anti-LGBTQ Bill With Death Penalty (Horrible.)
- Special Report: Dozens of babies die in orphanage as Sudan war takes grim toll on Khartoum
- Wind industry aims to provide a third of Japan’s power by 2050
- Global Warming Fueled Both the Ongoing Floods and the Drought That Preceded Them in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna Region
- Japan may take ‘destructive measures’ after North Korea announces satellite launch dates (“Tokyo says any missile entering its territory will be destroyed as Pyongyang completes preparations to launch first military spy satellite”)
- House Leaders Press for Support Ahead of Debt-Ceiling Vote
- Biden hails debt ceiling deal as he and McCarthy prepare to sell it to Congress
- The Debt ceiling deal was a big WIN for Biden—and a big LOSS for Trump and MAGA
- Text of Debt Ceiling Bill Now Available; President Biden Urges Passage; One Really Bad Section, Basically Forcing Approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, Should Be Removed If At All Possible
- Debt deal text released as leaders corral votes
- McCarthy, Biden predict Congress will pass debt-ceiling deal
- What’s in the McCarthy-Biden deal to lift the debt ceiling? Here are 6 takeaways.
- Here are the 6 must-know provisions of the new debt ceiling deal
- Debt ceiling deal includes surprise approval of natural gas pipeline championed by Manchin
- Biden, McCarthy Come to Provisional Deal to Raise $31.4T Debt Ceiling Just Days Until Default (“The agreement remains in limbo as neither party is totally on board.”)
- Debt ceiling deal includes surprise approval of natural gas pipeline championed by Manchin
- Here’s what’s in — and what’s out — of the Biden-McCarthy deal
- ‘Start the Kevin McCarthy death-clock’ after compromise with Biden: Rick Wilson
- Debt ceiling deal: What’s in, what’s out of the bill to avert US default
- Biden, McCarthy Voice Confidence Debt Deal Will Pass in Time
- Biden, McCarthy agree to raise US debt ceiling – what’s in the deal?
- Biden, McCarthy face potential revolt over debt ceiling deal
- McConnell endorses debt-limit deal, calls on Senate conservatives not to delay it
- The No Good, Not That Bad Debt Ceiling Deal (“Extortion paid off, but only a little bit”)
- Why the Debt Limit Spending Cuts Likely Won’t Shake the Economy
- Opinion: Democrats unhappy with the deal to raise the debt ceiling have an easy way to fix it (“But to all my fellow Democrats unhappy with this compromise, there is an easy fix: Win back control of the House in 2024 — while retaining the Senate and White House — and they can roll back any parts of the deal they find objectionable.”)
- What the Memorial Day weekend debt ceiling deal teaches us about politics
- The Supreme Court Is Crippling Environmental Protections. Where Is Congress?
- Trump’s welcome of Scott into 2024 race shows his calculus: The more GOP rivals, the better for him
- Many GOP insiders fear that Teflon Don is back
- ‘My fellow Republicans wanted me to lie,’ Liz Cheney says in commencement speech
- How anti-LGBTQ sentiment is affecting Pride
- Technical issues weren’t Ron DeSantis’s biggest problem
- Texas To Ban Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Efforts At Public Universities (Pure racism.)
- Texas Republicans pass voting bills targeting large Democratic county (Authoritarianism.)
- Changes coming to Charlottesville newspaper (“Charlottesville’s Daily Progress says it will stop printing the paper on all seven days each week and end delivery by drivers. It will instead be mailing its newspapers to subscribers on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Cool today with showers before gradual workweek warming trend
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