Was the governor ready for his closeup? Warner makes national debut with speech on big night at national convention

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham   Gov. Mark Warner was able to deliver one particularly good line in his brief speech to the Democratic National Convention Thursday night. Noting that the Old Dominion hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964, Warner went Old Testament, invoking images of the Israelites fleeing Egypt to…

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Trump orders pause on federal grants, loans, putting social safety net programs at risk

Chris Graham

Mark Warner said today his U.S. Senate office got a phone call from a domestic-violence shelter serving multiple counties in Virginia that “may have to close their doors if President Trump doesn’t reverse course” on the pause on federal grants and loans set to go into effect at 5 p.m. Tuesday.