
Senate joins House in override of Trump defense bill veto
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to override President Trump’s veto of the annual defense bill, the first override of a Trump veto in the waning days of his presidency.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to override President Trump’s veto of the annual defense bill, the first override of a Trump veto in the waning days of his presidency.

The House voted late Monday to pass a spending bill that will provide small direct payments to families, extend unemployment benefits and includes billions of dollars for COVID-19 testing and vaccine rollout.

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.

Temporary Protected Status for 58,000 people in Virginia and Maryland is in jeopardy due to efforts by the Trump administration to terminate the program.

Paul Goldman is taking a shot at Terry McAuliffe, criticizing the former governor, who is reportedly planning a second run in 2021, for throwing fellow Democrats Ralph Northam and Justin Fairfax “under the proverbial political bus.”

Forgive Virginia Democrats for cutting short their post-election celebrations, considering the odd trend, dating back to the mid-1970s, with our statewide elections.

More than $1.5 million in funding through the Housing Choice Voucher Program will go toward providing affordable housing in Virginia.

It wasn’t quite 2014, but Mark Warner still had to sweat out another Senate re-election win Tuesday night.

As the presidential race seems to tighten, ever so slightly, in the final week of the 2020 season, Virginia is about as safe as it can be for Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

The U.S. Senate voted along party lines to confirm the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday.
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