by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, November 29.
- Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown (“Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications”)
- Zelenskyy’s chief of staff resigns after anti-corruption investigators search home (So Ukraine’s democracy and rule of law are MUCH stronger than ours at this point. This should be happening to the vast majority of the Trump administration at this point, as they are WILDLY corrupt.)
- Zelenskyy chief of staff resigns after raid on his home by Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies
- Ukrainian soldiers see Trump plan as ‘capitulation,’ even as they dream of peace (“Nobody will make concessions on the territories, because it’s our land and we stand here”)
- In Firing His No. 2, Zelensky Loses Both a Negotiator and an Enforcer (“Andriy Yermak had ensured internal discipline in Ukraine’s politics for President Volodymyr Zelensky. He also led peace negotiations, which must go on without him.”)
- More than 600,000 without power in Kyiv after Russian strikes
- Fall of Zelensky’s top aide – reboot for Kyiv or costly shake-up?
- Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine (“The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.”)
- The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism (“Washington’s Putin-appeasing plan for peace in Ukraine has failed, but many heard death knell sounded for European reliance on US protection”)
- Blasts hit sanctioned tankers off Turkey’s coast, rescues underway
- Deadly Hong Kong Fire Is a Test of Beijing’s Rule in the City (“China reshaped the political order in Hong Kong in its own image. Now, the fire has become a test of how well that new system can govern in a crisis.”)
- Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
- Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all (“As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors.” PURE EVIL.)
- A Dishonorable Strike (“Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder”)
- Hegseth responds to report that boat survivors were killed as a result of his orders to military
- US military carried out second strike killing survivors on a suspected drug boat that had already been attacked, sources say
- Trump Spoke by Phone Last Week With Maduro, Venezuela’s Leader (“They discussed a possible meeting between the two of them, but nothing has been scheduled, and the administration continues to increase the military pressure on Venezuela.”)
- Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case (“Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of receiving millions in bribes and partnering with cocaine traffickers. He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.” Why the HELL would Trump pardon this scumbag???)
- Trump Bribing Honduran Voters To Restore Narcotrafficking Government to Power (“Trump endorsed the nominee of the right-wing party, while pledging to pardon its most recent president, who sits in U.S. federal prison for drug trafficking.” Heinous.)
- Trump says he will pardon former Honduran president serving sentence in drug-trafficking case
- An emboldened Trump escalates his anti-immigration crackdown after National Guard shooting (There is literally NO GOOD REASON for this. Also, it’s probably illegal and unconstitutional.)
- Trump pushes for more restrictions on Afghan refugees. Experts say many are already in place
- U.S. halts all asylum decisions, pauses visas for Afghan nationals
- Counterterrorism officials vetted National Guard shooting suspect before he entered U.S. (“Individuals with knowledge of the process that the suspect went through entering the U.S. from Afghanistan contradicted senior Trump officials’ claim that he was not scrutinized.”)
- College freshman is deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise, despite court order (WTF? The Trump administration is normalizing not following court orders???)
- Trump’s hate-filled rant ignores facts on immigrant crime and economic benefits
- FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths (Outrageous.)
- F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines (“But public health experts want to examine the data.”)
- Amid ‘instability and fear’ in Trump’s economy, Americans are cutting holiday spending
- The Struggle of Living on SNAP as Trump Attacks Food Assistance (“The president and Republicans are doing all they can to gut government programs that help the less fortunate” EVIL.)
- There’s No Doubt About It: The Great MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun (“Every single prominent member of the Trump administration has had a very, very bad week.”)
- Trump Issues Bonkers Threat to Charge Biden Over Autopen (Trump is COMPLETELY deranged.)
- Trump Says He Is Canceling Biden Executive Orders Signed With Autopen (Trump’s a nut.)
- Leaked files show far-right influences among Project 2025 applicants (“Applicants reportedly cited Nazi theorists and other extremists as inspiration for Trump administration role” Of course…)
- Trump’s Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
- A conservative media war erupts. Both sides hope Trump is in their corner. (“Republican figures are locked in a fight over how big a TV broadcaster can get — with Trump and his regulator Brendan Carr in the middle.”)
- The next big battleground test: A Wisconsin race that has tortured Republicans (“Republicans and Democrats have each poured tens of millions into the state’s recent Supreme Court races — and the GOP has gotten crushed.”)
- Northwestern reaches $75M deal with Trump administration to get federal funding reinstated
- D.C. police to begin patrolling with National Guard after fatal attack (“If enacted on a long-term basis, the change would significantly shift the way National Guard troops have worked with law enforcement in the District since their arrival.”)
- Growth in data centers will push your electric bills higher in 2026, 2027 (“The increasing strain on the power grid from the rapid buildout of new data centers in Virginia is going to push your utility bills up the next two years, with a small bit of good news.”)
- Democratic lawmaker blasts Miyares for declining to weigh in on gaming parlor
- Furniture stores in Hampton Roads grappling with stress from tariffs: ‘It’s unsettling’
- CWG Live: Cold this weekend, and a pair of wintry mix chances ahead (“There may be some snowflakes around the next few days, but they won’t amount to much.”)
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