by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, April 25.
The core values of this nation… our standing in the world… our very democracy…everything that has made America — America –is at stake. That’s why today I’m announcing my candidacy for President of the United States. #Joe2020 https://t.co/jzaQbyTEz3
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 25, 2019
- Sri Lanka Is Rattled by New Threats as Officials Argue Over Responsibility (“Fear of new dangers swirled, prompting roadblocks and building lockdowns less than a week after deadly suicide bombings. The police warned that Sufi Muslims were at risk, and Catholic services were suspended.”)
- Spurned by U.S., North Korea’s Kim holds talks with Putin
- North Korea wants to denuclearize but needs security guarantees, Putin says after Kim talks
- The Trump administration is complicit in Saudi atrocities
- Another President Might at Least Pretend to Take Issue With the Saudi Butchers (“Whether it’s Jamal Khashoggi or 37 people at once.”)
- Trump Is Playing Truth or Dare With American Democracy. So Far, Democracy Is Losing (“The president* committed another impeachable offense in the pages of the Washington Post Wednesday.”)
- Trump Vows Stonewall of ‘All’ House Subpoenas (“The Trump administration escalated its defiance of Congress after last week’s release of the report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III. President Trump’s strategy sets the stage for open warfare heading into the election. The tactic faces steep obstacles, legal experts said.”)
- Trump’s defiance puts pressure on Congress’s ability to check the president (“President Trump’s decision not to cooperate with House committees, coupled with reluctance from Senate Republicans to cross him, has left Congress struggling to assert itself as a coequal branch of government.”)
- White House says Stephen Miller won’t testify on immigration to House Oversight
- Trump could stiff-arm Democrats until after 2020
- Democrats look to courts as White House stonewalls on subpoenas
- President Trump, constitutional menace
- Sorry, Mr. President. Congress has every right to investigate you. (“The Mueller report isn’t the final word, Trump’s stonewalling notwithstanding.”)
- Will Trump and the Supreme Court tear our democracy apart?
- Hillary Clinton: Mueller documented a serious crime against all Americans. Here’s how to respond. (“The nation’s interests will be best served by putting party and political considerations aside and being deliberate, fair and fearless.”)
- Trump Just Confirmed His Administration Is Lying in Census Case
- Joe Biden Is Running for President, After Months of Hesitation (“Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has stayed on the sideline while his record has been scrutinized. His entry has the potential to reshape the Democratic primary contest.”)
- Biden Joins the Really Big Crowd (“He’s nice, he’s experienced and he’s younger than Ringo.”)
- Joe Biden Enters Democratic Campaign for President as Front-Runner
- Survival of the Wrongest (“Evidence has a well-known liberal bias.”)
- It’s not just obstructing justice: Here are 5 additional impeachment charges Trump could potentially face
- How Biden Plans to Steamroll the 2020 Democratic Field (“I’m almost certainly going to run, Biden said, so lead my money-raising efforts. He wanted McAuliffe — one of politics’ legendary big-money fundraisers, and a close Clinton family friend — to join his campaign in a role akin to finance chairman. McAuliffe, still weeks away from publicly passing on a run of his own, demurred…Biden’s calls are also part of a real, traditional show-of-force strategy to demonstrate, from his first week in the race, that he is in a category of his own — a pol to be reckoned with this time, complete with more institutional support in the form of endorsements, surrogates, and defenders than all the other candidates combined.”)
- How Joe Biden Could Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination (“Biden is viewed as electable, and that matters to Democrats”)
- Joe Biden Officially Announces 2020 Presidential Run
- Joe Biden announces his presidential bid — and demolishes Trump for his response to Charlottesville
- Democratic candidates address women of color, vow to fight for racial justice
- Stephen Moore needs a vacation from women (“The president’s pick for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board is his own worst enemy.”)
- Franklin Graham Calls for Pete Buttigieg to Repent for Being Gay
- Editorial: Biden’s near-announcement in Charlottesville
- BREAKING: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Endorses Mayor Pete Buttigieg for President
- Buttigieg gets first endorsement from member of Congress, Rep. Don Beyer of Va. (“Rep. Don Beyer (D) says Democratic 2020 hopeful Pete Buttigieg has rare ability to communicate.”)
- Audio: Top National CleanTech Podcast Rips Dominion Energy, Dick Saslaw, Other Elected Officials for Holding Virginia Back on Renewable Power Development (Dominion’s “abuse of power is just really really extraordinary”; “the most egregious person is Dick Saslaw”)
- Where Do Democratic Virginia House of Delegates Candidates in Primaries Stand on the Issues? Part 5: Workers, Unions, Minimum Wage, etc.
- Northam touts almost $16 billion in capital investment – nearly half from unnamed companies
- Herring motion to end lawsuit dismays advocates for ending practice of suspending driver’s licenses
- State Senator Amanda Chase (R-11th) Claims Capitol Police Are Partisan Liars (Need to beat Amanda Chase badly…and elect Amanda Pohl instead!)
- Police: Sen. Amanda Chase berated officer who wouldn’t let her park in secure area at Capitol
- Senator Mark Warner visits shore, conducts town hall
- Virginia cancels striped bass fishing season amid concerns over population decline (“Recent studies have found that rockfish are being caught at a faster rate than they are reproducing, prompting concerns about their survivability. Virginia marine experts say nearly half of rockfish thrown back into the water after being caught are dying.”)
- Virginia Lottery had one of its best months ever while its advertising went off-air
- Richmond City Council moves to hire legal counsel for potential suit against Stoney administration (“As deliberations on Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney’s budget proposal descended into chaos Wednesday, six members of the City Council voted to pursue hiring outside counsel, a step that could lead to a lawsuit pitting the city’s legislative body against the mayor’s administration.”)
- Staunton and Nelson County issue challenge to Atlantic Coast Pipeline (“This week, Staunton and Nelson County filed a joint friend of the court brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Back in November, the Staunton City Council voted unanimously to join Nelson County to submit the amici curiae brief with its concerns about the pipeline.”)
- Republican enters crowded Fairfax County election for board chairman (“Joseph Galdo, who ran as a Green Party candidate for Congress in 2014, vows to ‘make Fairfax great again.'”)
- Inova to open $150 million cancer center in Fairfax County
(“The Schar Cancer Institute will use ‘personalized medicine,’ in which a patient’s genetic information informs diagnosis and treatment.”) - Who do you want to represent Loudoun and Prince William in Richmond?
- Editorial: Congratulations to Rodney Robinson, the nation’s top teacher
- Editorial: Agelasto should resign now (“We are glad that Richmond City Councilman Parker Agelasto has decided to resign from City Council. We only wish he would step down before Nov. 30. Last summer, Agelasto and his wife purchased a home in the 4200 block of West Franklin Street.”)
- Chesterfield supervisors seek public feedback on solar facilities ordinance, comprehensive plan
- Providence District Dems Vote to Endorse Karl Frisch for Fairfax County School Board
- Judge rules Virginia Beach council can factor in sea level rise when deciding on new developments
- ‘Shockoe Bottom has a role to play’ in elevating African-American history in Virginia
- Washington Capitals’ bid for back-to-back Stanley Cups ends in double overtime against the Carolina Hurricanes
- Shower chances rise through tonight and Friday, but we dry out for a sunny Saturday
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