by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, March 18.
- Countries must bolster climate efforts or risk war, Cop30 chief executive warns (“Ana Toni also criticises the UK’s plans to slash overseas aid to fund defence spending”)
- Cop30 in talks to hire PR firm that worked for lobby seeking weaker Amazon protections (“Revealed: Edelman worked for Brazilian trade group accused of pushing for environmental rollbacks in Amazon”)
- The US military has cared about climate change since the dawn of the Cold War – for good reason
- WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health (“Trump moves will vastly undercut efforts to combat HIV, measles, and other diseases, agency says”)
- Putin Won’t End the War. He Can’t Afford To.
- Gabbard says Trump and Putin are ‘very good friends’ focused on strengthening ties (Putin is, in fact, a dictator and a war criminal.)
- Trump Discussion With Putin to Focus on What Ukraine Will Lose (This is completely f’ed up.)
- Trump Insists He Was Being “Sarcastic” About Major Campaign Promise (“Donald Trump has a new excuse for failing to uphold his promises.” Right, he just says he was “joking” or “sarcastic” or whatever. Never ANY accountability.)
- Putin Wants All Arms to Ukraine Halted for Trump Truce
- Europe courts US scientists fleeing Trump crackdown
- Trump Vows to Authorize Coal-Fired Power to Counter China (F’ing moronic.)
- Chinese Nationalists Praise Trump’s Cuts to Voice of America (Our enemies are VERY happy at this point.)
- Stalin, Mao and Khomeini couldn’t quell freedom’s voice. But Trump did. (“The world’s autocrats are doing somersaults about the silencing of the Voice of America.”)
- America’s voice, silenced
- ‘Discarded like a dirty rag’: Chinese state media hails Trump’s cuts to Voice of America
- Trump’s Lust for Canada Echoes Putin’s Lust for Ukraine
- Trump’s Call to Annex Canada as a State Should Have Invoked the 25th Amendment
- Israel resumes war in Gaza with a series of massive airstrikes against Hamas
- With Talks Stalled, Israel Puts War Back on the Table
- Fewer Than Half of the 59 Hostages in Gaza Are Believed to Be Alive
- Israeli Strikes Kill Hundreds, Tipping Gaza Back Toward War
- Why has Israel resumed large-scale airstrikes on Gaza? (“Officials claim attacks will bring release of more hostages, but some suggest political factors at play for Netanyahu”)
- Democracy Is on the Line in Israel and America
- Live updates: More than 400 Palestinians killed in surprise Israeli airstrikes across Gaza
- Conor McGregor anti-immigration rant in White House condemned by Irish PM (“Micheál Martin says MMA fighter’s comments before Trump meeting ‘do not reflect spirit of Saint Patrick’s Day'”)
- Give back the Statue of Liberty, French MEP tells US (“French Socialist MEP says Washington’s embrace of dictators negates the values that led France to bestow the iconic statue some 140 years ago.”)
- Bundestag prepares to vote on historic borrowing package in key test for Merz (“Likely next chancellor needs two-thirds majority to back €500bn infrastructure fund and relaxation of debt rules”)
- Powell Contends With Double Threat of Economic Chaos and Political Hostility
- Trump Says a Recession Might Be Worth the Cost. Economists Disagree.
- Trump administration likely overstepped authority in immigration crackdown
- Relatives of missing Venezuelan migrants desperate for answers after US deportations to El Salvador
- ‘Oopsie, too late’ – US courts tested by Trump’s latest deportations
- What Trump Means by ‘Impartial Justice’ (“The president’s definition of law and order is a narrow one.”)
- The evil at your door (“The deportation action as regime change”)
- Trump Is Playing a Dangerous Game With the Courts (“The administration is at the brink of open defiance”)
- What can be done if Trump is openly defying the courts? (“Not much, at least not within the legal system.”)
- Judge in Alien Enemies Act case chides DOJ lawyer over refusal to answer key questions about deportations
- The judge who tried to stop the deportation planes is not happy with the Trump administration
- ‘We’re not stopping’: Trump officials raise the stakes in showdowns with judges
- Trump, already on a collision course with the courts, hits the gas
- The most chilling part of White House claim of boundless executive power
- What is a constitutional crisis and are we in one right now?
- Federal Judge Clashes With DOJ Lawyers As Possible ‘Constitutional Crisis’ Looms
- A Timeline Of The Legal Wrangling And Deportation Flights After Trump Invoked The Alien Enemies Act (“An extraordinary legal showdown took place over Trump’s invocation of an 18th century wartime act to deport hundreds of immigrants to a prison in El Salvador.”)
- Trump could reshape judiciary with 300 judge appointments, analysis shows
- Trump is setting the US on a path to educational authoritarianism
- Trump’s Assault Demands a United Front (“The president’s strategy for attacking the media and academia is to divide and conquer. There’s a solution to that.”)
- There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane. (“His defenders try to apply reason to his erratic, nonsensical decisions. That’s a fool’s errand—but fools abound in this administration.”)
- As Americans Protest Attacks on Public Lands, Trump Signals National Monuments May be Shrunk or Eliminated
- “Chilling”: Trump Press Sec Hints Darkly at More Lawlessness to Come (“As Trump unleashes a spate of new lawless moves and press secretary Karoline Leavitt obfuscates about them, a shrewd legal observer explains that we may be about to see a major escalation in lawbreaking.”)
- Trump Nominates Longtime Airline Executive to Lead F.A.A.
- Schumer is doing damage control. It isn’t working.
- Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm (Completely nuts.)
- Line 5, a Trump donor, is profiting off a pipeline deal threatening pollution (Corruption.)
- Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support (“An internal memo from the Social Security Administration proposes changes to its phone service that could derail the benefits application process for many Americans.”)
- Elon Musk’s war on Social Security unmasks the GOP’s true disdain for retirees (“Terms like “vampires,” “fraud,” “scam” and “definitely dead” are how the DOGE leader demonizes elderly people”)
- Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
- US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building
- Trump administration guts board of US Institute of Peace. Group says DOGE arrives
- The Tantrum Tyrant Wants to Threaten Me?! Cool Bro, Bring It (“Trump whines, complains, and threatens—again. Bring it on tiny man” – Adam Kinzinger)
- Pentagon restores webpage for Black Medal of Honor winner but defends DEI purge (“Error message previously shown on Maj Gen Rogers’s site as officials argue that it’s wrong to call diversity a strength” Diversity absolutely IS strength!)
- Trump appoints Charlie Kirk, Walt Nauta, Michael Flynn to military boards (Horrifying.)
- Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order (Insanity.)
- Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
- Introducing a New Project to Track Polls (“The Times will aggregate public opinion surveys and produce new polling averages, starting with polls that ask about President Trump’s job performance. And we will make the data available to everyone.”)
- Trump to release 80,000 pages of JFK files on Tuesday
- How Heritage and MAGA media crafted Trump’s autopen attack (Heritage, btw, is Youngkin’s favorite think tank. Any further questions about Youngkin?)
- MAGA already looking to anoint Vance for 2028
- Why is Gavin Newsom handing Steve Bannon a megaphone? It’s becoming clear (“The California governor is seeking to reposition himself for a possible 2028 presidential run. This isn’t the way to do it” Nope – f*** Newsom, no Democrat should EVER support him again for ANYTHING!)
- Trump to end Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden (Nasty.)
- At Kennedy Center, Trump envisions remaking Honors, suggests he could host (Those would be DIShonors.)
- Trump’s EPA cuts could be ‘catastrophic’ to Chesapeake Bay, activists warn
- Commentary: When it comes to protecting the bay, Virginia puts Canada first
- Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11): “The Postmaster General is trying to rewrite history after cutting a backroom deal to turn the keys of the Postal Service over to Elon Musk and DOGE.” (“I will not blindly support a DOGE chainsaw approach to America’s most trusted institution.”)
- ‘Fierce opposition’: Virginia lawmakers warn Trump against USPS changes
- Abigail Spanberger Announces She’s Turned in 40,000+ Petition Signatures (4x What’s Needed) to Get on the Ballot for Governor of Virginia (Spanberger: “When we win in November we will send a message to the rest of the country about who we are here in Virginia and who we are as a nation.”)
- Candidates turn in signatures to make the ballot
- Winsome Earle-Sears earns spot on Virginia gubernatorial ballot amid struggles
- Spanberger, Earle-Sears earn spots on gubernatorial ballot
- Spanberger calls for ‘strongest public schools’ in country as she files for governor
- Spanberger turns in four times the required signatures on first filing day
- General Assembly awaits Youngkin’s action on surveillance technology bills
- Virginia statewide candidates submit signatures to get on the ballot
- Why are Virginia’s history standards being delayed?
- Editorial: Virginia students’ test scores are troubling. Here’s what we need to do to improve.
- Virginia State Del. Adele McClure Nominated for EMILYs List’s Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award
- Mecklenburg County draws the line on solar. Deeds warns this could lead to state mandates.
- Not just for police: A Norfolk HOA plans to deploy Flock license plate cameras
- 16-year-old suspect arrested for racist and antisemitic graffiti in Fairfax County
- CWG Live updates: Quick warming today after morning chill; next rain chance on Thursday
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