Blue Ridge Area Food Bank prepares for possible USDA funding cuts
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The loss of more than $1 billion to pay American farmers to provide food to schools and food banks will create hungry stomachs nationwide.
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Making our rights disappear: The authoritarians wage war on due process
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Imagine this: you’re rounded up in the dead of night by government agents, arrested and sent to a detention center.
RFK Jr. gutting HHS even more, replacing healthcare with ‘wholesome food, clean water’
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., under the guise of Making America Healthy Again, is operating under the assumption that cutting HHS to the bone is the important thing there.
Battle lines formed among Virginia delegation over Signalgate
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Our two local Republican congressmen, Ben Cline and John McGuire, have gone radio silent on Signalgate, though Cline did at least publicly acknowledge that there was a House Intelligence Committee meeting on the schedule for Wednesday.
Youngkin guts contraception bill with amendment protecting religious objections
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MAGA Gov. Glenn Youngkin lost the 2023 legislative midterms after pledging to roll back abortion rights. On Monday, he doubled down on legislation that would guarantee a right to contraception.
Mark Warner poses questions to American intelligence leaders in op-ed
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Coinciding with a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to America, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner has written an op-ed.
Americans protest Trump plan to privatize USPS, cut more federal jobs
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The weekend brought protests to prevent President Donald Trump’s plans to privatize the United States Postal Service and eliminate more jobs.
Trump signs executive order pretending to shut down Department of Education
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Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that won’t actually dismantle the Department of Education, as he promised on the campaign trail – another promise made, promise not kept by the Trumper.
House energy coalition demands EPA release $27B in ‘legally obligated money’
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House energy coalition leaders are leading 82 members of Congress in urging the EPA to release legally obligated money.
Virginia lawmakers oppose Medicaid cuts, Republican misrepresentation of recipients
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Virginia lawmakers are joining forces with local health care advocates in response to U.S. House Republicans’ proposed drastic Medicaid cuts.
