by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, February 5.
- We All Know We Should Save the Whales. What About the Sardines? (“When the little guys thrive, the results can be stunning.”)
- Too Soon to Cry Victory on Inflation, OECD Tells Central Banks
- Senate releases new $118 billion package for Ukraine, Israel, border
- Senators unveil bipartisan bill to impose tougher asylum and border laws
- McConnell faces career-defining test in Trump battle over Ukraine, border
- Mike Johnson faces internal GOP dissent on Israel bill (“House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing criticism from both the right flank of his party and Ukraine hawks for the standalone Israel aid package the House plans to vote on this week” Utterly disgraceful by Johnson, who seems like a Putin asset.)
- Republicans vow to kill border bill hours after its reveal
- US Vows More Mideast Strikes While Trying to Avert Wider War
- Blinken heads to Middle East after latest US strikes on Houthis
- The Shadowy Backroom Dealer Steering Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’
- Israel Awaits Hamas Response to Cease-Fire Plan as Blinken Returns to Mideast
- Is Biden Shifting His Stance on Israel? Is It Too Late?
- Possible hostage deal threatens to divide Israel’s right-wing Cabinet
- Top Treasury Officials to Visit Beijing for Economic Talks
- China Stocks Post More Wild Swings Amid Beijing Stability Vow
- Australian writer Yang Hengjun is given suspended death sentence in China
- Why Some Insiders Fear This Is the Year North Korea Will Fire Nukes (It was a huge mistake to ever allow North Korea to get nuclear weapons.)
- Bukele Claims Massive Landslide as Salvador Backs Gang Crackdown
- Nayib Bukele re-elected as El Salvador president in landslide win
- ‘Deeply alarming’: sevenfold increase in sexual attacks at Darién Gap, says Médecins Sans Frontières
- Powell insists the Fed will move carefully on rate cuts, with probably fewer than the market expects
- Jeffries on House Republicans: ‘Wholly owned subsidiaries of Donald Trump’
- Supreme Court Served Up Another Chance to Kill Voting Rights Act
- Trump heads to US Supreme Court with a familiar claim: he is untouchable
- Trump’s legal battles are at a critical moment with major implications for the 2024 election (“On Thursday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments over a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to throw Trump off the ballot under the 14th Amendment’s ban on insurrectionists…Another huge constitutional question is in limbo pending a ruling from a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, into Trump’s sweeping claims of presidential immunity, which he argues shields him from prosecution over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.”)
- Trump Pushes Immigration Conspiracy Theories and Mass Deportations
- Ex-DOJ Official Says He’s ‘Now At The Freakout Stage’ Over 1 Donald Trump Case
- Trump name drops Tim Scott, Kristi Noem while discussing VP contenders (Yuuuuuck.)
- Trump floats ousting RNC chair after brutal 2023
- Haley has three tasks if she really wants to go after Trump (“She must vow not to fall in line.”)
- There’s no single way to tell the African American story
- George Stephanopoulos Cuts Off GOP Senator After He Suggests Trump Could Defy SCOTUS
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defends the prospect of Tucker Carlson interviewing Putin amid rumors he is in Moscow (Evil.)
- How the Far Right Took Over a Pennsylvania School Board—And How Parents Took It Back
- Record Rainfall Pounds Southern California as Hundreds of Thousands Lose Power
- Extreme atmospheric river storm slams California with flooding rains, high winds
- Grammys 2024: The highs, lows and why Swift won
- Taylor Swift makes history at the Grammy Awards
- Virginia Legislative Black Caucus Fends off Republican Attacks on Voting Rights (“For years, Republicans have stoked fear and resentment around American’s concerns for fair elections to further disenfranchise marginalized voters”)
- Commentary: Keep slot-like machines illegal and out of our communities
- Virginia Explained: The never-ending battle over skill games
- Virginia legislators should be learning all they can about AI
- Blue catfish are invasive in Virginia. The state is paying to get more of them on people’s tables.
- Proposed legislation would roll out the financial red carpet for the film industry
- Central Virginia officials oppose bill that would have state step in to review solar farms
- Lynchburg council member, frequent critic duel with protective orders
- Facing school closures, Franklin County officials, community start debate
- D.C.-area forecast: A mild week with showers possible Friday and Sunday
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