by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, May 1.
- Increasingly Frequent Ocean Heat Waves Trigger Mass Die-Offs of Sealife, and Grief in Marine Scientists (This SUCKS.)
- After Ukraine Aid Vote, Republicans Braced for Backlash Find Little
- Russia is trying to exploit America’s divisions over the war in Gaza (“The effort includes artificial intelligence, fake social media accounts and a spike in state-sponsored Russian propaganda.”)
- Blinken Meets With Israeli Leaders as Netanyahu Promises Assault on Rafah
- Netanyahu Juggles Cease-Fire, Split Cabinet as Blinken Visits (“Far-right partners threaten to break up government over deal; Centrist partners say hostage release must come above all”)
- Netanyahu Says He’ll Invade Rafah “With or Without a Deal”
- White House considers admitting some Palestinians from Gaza as refugees
- China’s Electric Vehicles Keep Improving, a Worry for Rivals Elsewhere (“More capable autonomous driving is just one way Chinese automakers are threatening to pull ahead — their E.V.s are also becoming bigger and roomier.”)
- US losing ground to Russia in geopolitical battle over Africa
- Federal Reserve Interest-Rate Decision Looms
- The Fed Thinks Time is on Its Side. That Could Get Awkward. (“The economy’s resilience could be pushing a potential rate cut into the fall, setting up an awkward choice for the central bank on the eve of the 2024 election.”)
- US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say
- Scoop: Yellen’s urgent warning on threats to U.S. democracy
- Amy Coney Barrett is no handmaid to the Supreme Court’s conservative majority
- Trump returns to campaign facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
- Will Donald Trump Go to Jail for Violating the Hush Money Trial Gag Order?
- Trump’s Contempt Knows No Bounds (“Judge Juan Merchan sanctioned the former president for the first, and likely not the last, time.”)
- There’s No Way Trump’s Paying That $9,000 Fine for Violating His Gag Order
- Why Trump’s New Campaign Strategy Is So Scary (“He’s approaching the 2024 election cycle in a surprisingly practical way.”)
- Ex-Aide Sums Up Who’ll Staff Trump’s Next White House With 2 Brutal Words (“Liars” or “lunatics”)
- Trump, Venting About Lawyer in His Criminal Trial, Seeks More Aggression
- Trumpworld has a new nonsensical theory of his document-case innocence
- Biden and Democrats Seize on Trump’s Striking Interview (Yet AGAIN, the NY Times’ headline fails to capture the insanity, extremism and danger of what Trump’s saying.)
- Trump threatens to prosecute Bidens if he’s re-elected unless he gets immunity
- Trump Tells TIME His 2nd Term Agenda: Political Violence, Danger to the Constitution, and Dictatorship (“They are dangerous, violent, unconstitutional, and chaotic.”)
- The FBI director’s concerns over terrorism are at ‘a whole other level’
- BREAKING: Trump Endorses Prosecuting and Punishing Women Who Have Abortions (“Simply put: November’s election will determine whether women in the United States have reproductive freedom”)
- How a Few Secret Donors Are Fueling the New Right-Wing Infrastructure (“The Bradley Impact Fund helps finance the work of groups led by Michael Flynn and Stephen Miller. Most of the money can be traced to four undisclosed sources, documents show.”)
- Guess Who’s Coming to Elon’s Dinner (“A secret billionaire dinner party in Hollywood, convened by Elon Musk and David Sacks, presages a major political realignment as Silicon Valley money turns against Biden and begins flowing to Donald Trump” Funding fascism.)
- Political center revolts against fringe, as leaders rebuke Greene, protesters
- Democrats cast aside worries of campus protests hurting Biden
- Kristi Noem’s dog-killing embodies the cruel phoneyness of today’s Republicans
- Marjorie Taylor Greene struggles to find GOP support for deposing Mike Johnson
- GOP senator calls for deporting certain foreign student protesters
- Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall
- Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University while clashes break out at UCLA
- Student unrest ratchets up an already tense election year
- Poll shows how RFK Jr.’s appeal to anti-vaccine right could hurt Trump
- Florida Says No to Federal Funding Aimed at Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Crazy.)
- The astonishing radicalism of Florida’s new ban on abortion
- Florida’s six-week abortion ban takes effect, ending access in south-east US
- Florida’s 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care
- Democrats win a New York special election, further narrowing the House GOP’s majority
- Democrat Tim Kennedy wins New York special election for House seat
- Judges Reject Map That Would Have Given Louisiana New Majority-Black House District (WTF???)
- ‘Jeffrey Clark betrayed his oath’: Trump DOJ lawyer behind fake electors plot should be disbarred, disciplinary panel says
- Fox Business Host Goes There: Biden’s ‘Woke’ Tax Policies Are Anti-White (Saying the quiet part out loud.)
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says Hostage Deal Leading to Ceasefire Could “diffuse some of the protests that have taken place on campuses across the country and across Virginia” (Sen. Warner: peaceful right to protest is crucial, but laws must be enforced as well)
- Virginia lawmakers want postmaster general to deliver on promises
- Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) Set to Raise Monthly Internet Costs for Over 45,000 Virginia Households
- Youngkin says no encampments on Virginia campuses; supports ‘peaceful’ protests
- Commentary: As other states ban abortion, VA remains a beacon of hope
- How Virginia politicians are responding to college antiwar protests
- Birth control protections await action by Youngkin
- Virginia education board approves six more lab schools to aid students; is the process too quick?
- States rethink data centers as ‘electricity hogs’ strain the grid
- House committee tasked with examining rural health care access holds first meeting in Southwest Virginia
- Labor union says it’s filing FOIA suit over secretive Petersburg casino process
- Virginia Beach denies collective bargaining of city employees
- State funding for Norfolk’s flood wall could fall short
- Williams: Police crackdown of VCU protest is sad déjà vu
- To keep its coyote population in check, this county offers hunters cash prizes for kills (“Some groups have called such contests cruel and unnecessary” Correct.)
- Prince William Co. schools are hiring another human trafficking prevention specialist. Here’s what the job entails
- D.C.-area forecast: Not quite as warm today, then back to higher heat tomorrow
