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Makayla Venable, the Democrat running for the House of Delegates seat representing Staunton, Waynesboro and parts of Augusta County and Rockbridge County, gets the obvious question asked of her all the time.
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AI is to blame in a study in a medical journal that found three chatbots avoided answering questions about suicide that endanger users.
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An ICE detention center in Chantilly is operating above its holding capacity, according to a report from the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights, creating inhumane and unsafe conditions for detainees.
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Instead of promoting self-government, by letting states and local governments run according to the will of the local people, the GOP is acting like Moscow and dictating central planning from DC in total disregard of state’s rights.
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The Democratic Party now faces the test of lifetime relevance. It must now advance a compelling socioeconomic and political agenda that reflects the needs and yearnings of those who abandoned the party.
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The Trump administration, which has federal police and National Guard troops on the streets of DC, because DC is unsafe, is also no longer going to enforce DC gun laws that make it a felony to concealed-carry rifles or shotguns in the District.
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The Trump tariffs, and the massive Trump federal government layoffs, both championed by Glenn Youngkin and Winsome Earle-Sears, are going to gut Virginia’s economy over the next 18 months.
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A man with no scruples, who is self-absorbed and has an insatiable lust for raw power, is occupying the most powerful position on the planet, acting on his whims and constantly testing the outer limits of his power.
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Let’s not mince words: every American should be alarmed by President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tactics, theatrics and threats.
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The SEEC is urging the EPA not to repeal greenhouse gas emissions standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants.
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