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Politics, U.S. & World

Donald Trump on high gas prices: ‘Not very high,’ but ‘the stock market’s up’

April 16, 2026

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Thousands of women in neighboring red states coming to Virginia for abortions

April 16, 2026

Justin Fairfax

Former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, wife Cerina, dead in apparent murder-suicide

April 16, 2026

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Politics, U.S. & World

Alon Ben-Meir: The five powerful enablers of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

April 15, 2026

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Politics, Virginia

Podcast: What’s at stake in the April 21 Virginia redistricting referendum

April 15, 2026

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Politics, Virginia

Analysis: Looking at turnout data to forecast the April 21 referendum

April 15, 2026

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Local, Politics

Spanberger in town to break ground on Interstate 81 improvements

April 14, 2026

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Politics, U.S. & World

Memo to DoorDash: An event with Trump and no Dems is not ‘bipartisan’

April 14, 2026

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Politics, U.S. & World

Trump quietly deleted the blasphemous post depicting him as Jesus

April 13, 2026

Viktor Orbán

Politics, U.S. & World

Stunner in Hungary: Viktor Orbán routed in bid for re-election

April 12, 2026

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Politics, Virginia

How do MAGAs get away with outright lying in TV ads?

April 12, 2026

Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump

Politics, U.S. & World

Lawrence S. Wittner: Which way to national security?

Lawrence S. Wittner

April 12, 2026