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Warner, Kaine blast House Republicans on ‘irresponsible’ debt-ceiling brinksmanship

Chris Graham

House Republicans, trying to pretend to be serious about government spending, after four years of spending like drunken sailors at the direction of Donald Trump, are threatening to have the U.S. government default on its debts if Democrats don’t agree to spending cuts that they haven’t exactly spelled out.

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Augusta County leaders reverse course on police body, dash cams, vote against funding

Chris Graham

Two Augusta County leaders flipped from their earlier support of funding for body and dashboard cameras for the county sheriff’s office when push came to shove Wednesday night, effectively tabling the cams, which have the support of an overwhelming majority of county residents, for at least another year.