Mentor, confidant, friend: Richmond’s first Black mayor, Henry Marsh III, dies
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Henry L. Marsh III Elementary School was dedicated in Richmond in August 2020.
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Trump makes second stab at reworking Schedule F, reviving political spoils system
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Donald Trump is, for a second time, trying to revive the political spoils system, this time with a new Schedule F executive order in which he is attempting to reclassify tens of thousands of federal employees as political hires.
Democrats putting reproductive rights front and center with elections on the horizon
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You can expect that reproductive rights will be a ballot issue in the 2025 Virginia elections, and to that end, we have House Democrats pushing forward two pieces of legislation that will put the issue front and center with voters.
Donald Trump, on Jan. 6, complains about Biden making transition ‘difficult’
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Donald Trump, complaining about Joe Biden making the transition “as difficult as possible,” four years to the day of the Jan. 6 insurrection that he had hoped would overturn the 2020 election, is officially the stupidest man on the face of the earth.
By the numbers: The top news and sports stories of 2024 from #teamAFP
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From news to sports, here’s a look at what #teamAFP stories racked up the most reads on Augusta Free Press in 2024.
Former President Jimmy Carter, oldest-ever ex-President, dies at 100
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Jimmy Carter, the former President, 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Habitat for Humanity volunteer, died on Sunday, at the age of 100.
House Republicans buck Trump, Musk, pass government spending bill
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House Republicans voted with House Democrats on Friday on a funding bill to avert a government shutdown, and that, in effect, tells Donald Trump and Elon Musk to take a hike.
Senators aim to protect U.S. from financial threat of Chinese Communist Party
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner joined by U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds and Cynthia Lummis in introducing the China Financial Threat Mitigation Act of 2024.
Shocker: Jason Miyares passes up run for governor, going for second term as AG instead
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We got ourselves a 2025 Virginia politics cycle shocker on Monday: Jason Miyares is going to run for a second term as attorney general, ceding the Republican Party gubernatorial nomination to Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.
Winners and Losers: Virginia Politics in the aftermath of another Trump win edition
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Donald Trump will be the 47th president of the United States, and there are plenty of people in Virginia Politics circles who signed on at various stages of his Nixonian comeback.
