Trump announces EPA staff cuts to Reagan-era levels, elimination of two agencies
The National Institutes of Health, the National Park Service and now the EPA is in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs for staff cuts.
The National Institutes of Health, the National Park Service and now the EPA is in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs for staff cuts.
Ben Cline hasn’t had anything to say publicly about the $400 million luxury plane gift given by the royal family of Qatar, a primary funding partner of the terrorist group Hamas, to Donald Trump.
VDOT has updated its schedule for road construction and maintenance for our counties on both sides of the Blue Ridge for the coming week.
Donald Trump thinks your 11-year-old beautiful baby girl can get by with two dolls this Christmas, while he’s busy accepting a $400 million gift – a gift, not a bribe! – from the royal family of Qatar.
Following the Project 2025 script on China — specifically, Peter Navarro’s section on trade relations — Trump has made a significant economic decoupling the essence of his China policy.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) is working to encourage new development, expand supply, and make housing more affordable for Virginians.
Two correctional officers injured following a premeditated stabbing at a Southwest Virginia prison have been discharged from the hospital.
The final defendant in a violent multi-state dogfighting network was sentenced Tuesday for his role arranging dog fights.
The “3.5 Percent Rule” — identified by political scientist Erica Chenoweth — should be on the lips of every American anxious about the Trump administration’s headlong drive to replace our democracy with authoritarianism.
Here’s a first-hand account of a recent meeting between Congressman Ben Cline and two of his constituents at his Roanoke office.
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