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A coalition of Jewish advocacy groups is trying to cancel a Democratic state delegate, Sam Rasoul, a Palestinian-American, accusing Rasoul of antisemitism.
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Sam Rasoul, a Democrat has represented Roanoke in the General Assembly since 2014, is now publicly mulling over a run for a seat in Congress in the 2026 midterm cycle.
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The official U.S. line on how the peace plan to end the Ukraine war emerged has Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner developing it, Marco Rubio endorsing it, and then Russia assenting to it. But that story does not hold up.
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Being a journalist in many parts of the world has become far more than a challenging occupation – it has become a high-risk profession under assault from state power, armed conflict, economic pressure, and the erosion of institutional protections.
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Pay-to-play schemes. Protection rackets. Extortion. Corruption. Self-enrichment. Graft. Grift. Brutality. Roaming bands of thugs smashing car windows and terrorizing communities.
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Grad transfer Romi Levy put up a triple-double – 14 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists – to pace Virginia to a 94-47 win over Longwood on Thursday night.
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Who is this Changpeng Zhao guy, the crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty in 2024 to money laundering, and was pardoned last month by Donald Trump, who now claims he doesn’t know who Changpeng Zhao even is?
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For a man supposedly intent on winning a Nobel Peace Prize, Donald Trump spends an extraordinary amount of time waging war, threatening to wage war, and fantasizing about waging war.
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There is no other way to describe how the Trump administration is treating the UN other than self-defeating and detrimental to U.S. national interests, while substantially eroding its influence worldwide.
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Man, those MAGAs in DC really want folks to attend one of the more than 2,500 “No Kings” protests being held across the country on Saturday.
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