by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 6.
- Space probe to map carbon content of world’s remotest tropical forests
- What Trump’s tariffs mean for the energy transition (“Wind, solar, EVs, data centers, and even fossil fuels are likely to struggle if the new levies hold.”)
- Ukraine war briefing: Russian missile attack on Kyiv injures three and triggers air alert
- Inside the Lives of Ukraine’s Tired, Determined Drone Pilots
- Mideast Stocks, Aramco Sink on Twin Threat From Tariffs, O
- Israel changes account of Gaza medic killings after video showed deadly attack (“Israel’s army has admitted its soldiers made mistakes over the killing of 15 emergency workers in southern Gaza on 23 March.” Those soldiers need to be charged with war crimes, immediately.)
- Netanyahu heads to Washington to talk tariffs and Gaza with Trump
- Is Qatargate a scandal too far even for Benjamin Netanyahu? (“The Israeli PM will have to call on his talent for self-preservation in the face of questions about how a foreign power viewed as an enemy was able to infiltrate the highest levels of his government”)
- Trump has turned his back on the foundation of US economic might – the fallout will be messy
- As Trump tariffs sink in, conservatives challenge whether they’re legal (They’re definitely not legal.)
- Musk slams key Trump adviser Navarro as tariffs bite
- Musk Says He Hopes Europe and U.S. Move to a ‘Zero-Tariff Situation’
- Fmr. VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, a Conservative Republican and Trump Voter, Asks: “WHAT AUTHORITY DO PRESIDENTS HAVE TO UNILATERALLY IMPOSE TARIFFS ON OTHER NATIONS?” (“…right now this new tariff policy is wrecking havoc on the international economy.”)
- Wall Street Gets Rude Shock as Bessent Plays Second Fiddle on Tariffs
- ‘Fundamentally wrong, brutal and paranoid’: how will the world respond to Donald Trump’s tariffs?
- China needs friends in Trump’s trade war. But Xi may have to go it alone
- China Wanted to Negotiate With Trump. Now It’s Arming for Another Trade War.
- America’s Brexit? Trump’s historic gamble on tariffs has been decades in the making
- EU seeks unity in first strike back at Trump tariffs
- Trump Administration Revokes Visas of South Sudanese in Clash Over Deportees
- Trump administration argues judge can’t order return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador (Of COURSE it can!)
- Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders
- DOJ places attorney on leave after struggling in Maryland migrant case (“Pam Bondi said DOJ lawyers must “zealously advocate” for the administration.” Ugh.)
- Trump administration cancels dozens of international student visas at University of California, Stanford
- Trump touts “economic revolution” as economists warn of recession
- In Matter of Days, Outlook Shifts From Solid Growth to Recession Risk
- Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging (Illegal and insane.)
- Millions March Against Trump-Musk in Nationwide ‘Hands Off’ Protests
- More than 1,000 ‘Hands Off’ anti-Trump protests hit cities across the US
- Anti-Trump Protesters Assemble in Every State and Cities Worldwide
- ‘Hands Off!’ protesters across US rally against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk
- Nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ protests erupt against Trump and Musk
- You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It’s Everywhere.
- Kamala Harris Praises Protesters Standing Up to Trump (“The former vice president thanked demonstrators for using their ‘voices and the power of protest.'”)
- A Playbook for Standing Up to President Trump
- It Is Happening Here — Trump is following the playbook of autocrats around the world — and it could change America forever.
- Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says (“Understaffed agency sent into ‘death spiral’ as employees warn Musk-led cuts will lead to structural collapse”)
- DOGE expected to take aim at DHS with staffing cuts, including at US Secret Service
- DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
- McConnell calls out Trump for hiring ‘amateur isolationists’ at Pentagon, firing NSA director
Trump’s third term trial balloon: how extremist ideas become mainstream- Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out (MASSIVELY corrupt.)
- A deeply ominous week for the spy agencies (“Injecting politics into professional intelligence gathering won’t keep Americans safe.” Stupid/misleading/cowardly for David Ignatius to say “injecting politics,” but…yeah, Trump PURGING the government of anyone but loyalists to him personally is bad!)
- Trump needs to explain his national security firings (“If they were done on the advice of a conspiracy theorist, voters have reason to worry.” Yes, although in the end, that “conspiracy theorist” is TRUMP himself!)
- White House advisers have kept Laura Loomer at bay for months. Then, Trump invited her in (Trump is a DISASTER.)
- Doug Emhoff publicly criticizes his law firm for coming to agreement with Trump administration
- Al Green says he’ll present articles of impeachment against Trump in next 30 days
- The History Books Purged From the Naval Academy’s Library (I read one of these books – “Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad” – and STRONGLY recommend it!)
- ‘Hands Off!’ rallies across DC region brings thousands together against Trump, Musk
- Kaine, Warner recommending two MAGAs for open U.S. Attorney post (That’s ““Abortion is a lifestyle convenience” Todd Gilbert” and Robert Tracci, who ” isn’t much better”)
- Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine Says Trump/Republican Budget “will be a disaster for our country,” “will slash programs that Virginians rely on in order to pay for tax cuts for billionaires”
- Virginia lawmakers push back at Trump USDA over $500M in food bank cuts
- Photos, Video of Virginia (and DC) “Hands Off” Rallies (As former President Barack Obama said yesterday, “It is up to all of us to fix this,..It’s not going to be because somebody comes and saves you. The most important office in this democracy is the citizen, the ordinary person who says, no, that’s not right.”)
- After Winsome Earle-Sears Secures VA GOP Gubernatorial Nomination, Virginia Democrats Release a Video Highlighting Her Extreme Record (“Winsome Sears, she’s so far right she’s wrong for Virginia.”)
- Virginia’s 2025 governor’s race set: Earle-Sears vs. Spanberger
- Virginia’s bellwether governor race is set
- Chase falls short; Earle-Sears declared Republican nominee for governor, setting up fall campaign against Spanberger
- Earle-Sears deemed GOP nominee for Va. governor as rival fails to make ballot
- Sears is the Republican nominee for governor
- Schapiro: From D.C. to RVA, guilt-by-association politics is back
- Trump looms large as Virginia turns to election season
- Editorial: President Trump’s tariff scheme will hammer Virginia, Hampton Roads (“President Trump’s tariff scheme represents a direct and serious threat to the economies of Virginia and Hampton Roads.”)
- More than 1,000 people protest Trump in downtown Richmond
- Editorial: All isn’t lost. Trump is opening a door in Richmond
- Anti-Trump rallies draw large crowds in Christiansburg, Roanoke and elsewhere
- Thousands in Hampton Roads protest Trump, Musk as part of nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ rallies
- UVa restricts new hires, development as Trump cuts into funding
- Staunton rally sends message to DC: We’re f–king pissed off!
- Fairfax County School Board member accused of embezzling $175K for ‘strip clubs,’ ‘vacations,’ and more (Not good at all if true.)
- CWG Live updates: Rising rain chances today into tonight; much cooler this week
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