
Civic leaders, activists call on Rob Wittman to resign congressional seat
A coalition of more than 1,100 civic leaders and civil rights activists has sent a letter to First District Republican Congressman Rob Wittman demanding he resign.

A coalition of more than 1,100 civic leaders and civil rights activists has sent a letter to First District Republican Congressman Rob Wittman demanding he resign.

Here’s a dumb local media story for you: regarding obviously, ahem, disinterested parties who want a congressional candidate removed from a city commission over a social media post.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner has promoted Lauren Marshall to serve as legislative director in his Capitol Hill office, making Marshall one of three current Black legislative directors in the United States Senate.

On Jan. 20, Joe Biden will be sworn in as president of the United States.

At 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline condemned the actions of those who breached the U.S. Capitol and suggested that they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

There’s a lot to unpack from the statement from 20th District Del. John Avoli condemning the attacks on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters.

Eighth District Democratic Congressman Don Beyer today issued the following statement after violent insurrectionists invaded the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

A wave of violent supporters of President Trump breached the U.S. Capitol as Congress was meeting to certify the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, an apocalyptic scene that sent shockwaves around the country and around the globe.

Democrats seem poised to sweep the two Georgia Senate runoffs, giving the party control of both houses of Congress ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, and also elevating West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, the most conservative member of the Senate Democratic caucus.

The statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee that had stood in the National Statuary Hall Collection representing Virginia since 1909 was removed from the United States Capitol Sunday night.
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