
Press Conference: ODU football coach Bobby Wilder
ODU football coach Bobby Wilder talks with reporters on Monday.

ODU football coach Bobby Wilder talks with reporters on Monday.

In the wake of the Paris attacks last week, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Jeff Flake, both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, took to the Senate floor today to renew their call for Congress to debate and vote on an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against ISIL.

Virginia Tech faces a tough test with #12 North Carolina coming to Blacksburg for Frank Beamer’s final game in Lane Stadium on Saturday. Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham breaks down the big game with Jim Bresnahan on WREL-1450 in Lexington, Va. Chris and Jim also talk about the upcoming Virginia-Duke ACC football game, and then review the upset loss for sixth-ranked UVA basketball Monday night at George Washington.

Ring of Honor announced Monday that beginning Dec. 2 its weekly television program will air nationally on the COMET television channel. Fans will be able to #WatchROH every Wednesday night at midnight for the latest Ring of Honor action.

UVA basketball fans are no doubt spoiled. The Cavs’ loss at George Washington Monday night is just their seventh in a 56-game stretch dating back to Jan. 18, 2014.

“Make America great again,” Trump says. Not a bad idea, but first we need to understand what’s gone wrong.

Something troubling is coming down the pike now that the Obama administration has announced its new Clean Power Plan. In a full-speed-ahead quest to lower carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power plants, the administration is implementing new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that raise troubling legal issues.

Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates pre-filed the first legislation of the 2016 General Assembly session Monday, laying the foundation for a strong policy agenda on transportation, energy, education and the economy. Monday is the first day Delegates and Senators can file legislation for the 2016 session.

This past week, as our nation came together on Veterans Day to honor those who have served our country, I traveled across the Fifth District and talked with many of Virginia’s brave veterans. In addition to attending several Veterans Day events, I visited McGuire VA Medical Center, the Salem VA Medical Center, and three Community-Based Outpatient Clinics, more commonly known as CBOCs, in Danville, Lynchburg, and Charlottesville.

For the second year in a row, Eastern Mennonite University will be sending three cross country runners to the NCAA National Championships.
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