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Donald Trump is, for a second time, trying to revive the political spoils system, this time with a new Schedule F executive order in which he is attempting to reclassify tens of thousands of federal employees as political hires.
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Jay Matthew Kenyon, 47, of Harrisonburg, was sentenced earlier this month to 15 months in prison for brandishing a knife at police during the Jan. 6, 2021, putsch that Kenyon and thousands of fellow self-styled citizen-patriots led on behalf of Donald Trump.
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The U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act by a 64-35 margin on Monday, advancing a key item on the Trump administration agenda on Day 1 of his second term in the White House.
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Three percent of U.S. high school students identify as transgender. Republicans won’t rest until they all die by suicide.
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Virginia, in 2020, became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the effort led by Jennifer McClellan, then a state senator, now a congresswoman.
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U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner are pushing the Biden administration to extend Temporary Protected Status to foreign nationals from countries experiencing armed conflict, natural disasters, and other extraordinary conditions that render return unsafe.
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The federal government provides $757 billion – billion, with a b- – in tax breaks and subsidies to the oil and gas industry. (And Republicans whine about the Green New Deal.)
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The community is invited to a Community March on Monday, January 20, 2025 to celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner, Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, of Virginia spoke out Friday on the TikTok court case.
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan announced the launch of the 2025 Black History Month Essay Contest for middle and high school students in Virginia’s Fourth Congressional District.
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