Tag: Virginia

Earth movers prepare a site for a 2.5 million square foot AI data center.

Energy and Environment

Virginia county halts data center construction over slave cemetery concern

Max Grinstein · July 9, 2026 4:27 pm

America 250 Independence Day Kentucky

Unalienable rights don’t expire at 250

Doug Hamlin · July 7, 2026 7:00 am

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger

Energy and Environment

Spanberger draws a hard line on data center bans: ‘Walking away from the table’

Rena Rowe · July 6, 2026 11:17 am

America 250 attendees evacuated the event Saturday afternoon.

Freedom 250 attendees told to evacuate after severe thunderstorm warning

Carter Schroppe · July 4, 2026 7:07 pm

building and street sign

America 250: Inside Colonial Williamsburg, where America’s story began

Amy DeLaura · July 4, 2026 5:00 pm

Person shooting a musket

Before 1776: Rediscovering America’s first chapter at Jamestown

Amy DeLaura · July 2, 2026 6:00 pm

People watch fireworks

Three alternative July 4 fireworks shows if you want to skip the National Mall

Sophia Mandt · July 2, 2026 1:24 pm

Vice President JD Vance makes an opening statement at the start of a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)

Vance says critics of Iran talks same people who wanted ‘more bombs’ in Afghanistan

Haris Alic · July 1, 2026 12:49 pm

A variety of AR-15-style rifles.

DOJ files lawsuit against Virginia over ‘assault weapon’ ban

Claire Carter · July 1, 2026 12:11 pm

Collage of money over power lines.

Energy and Environment

Virginia county asks employees to ‘turn off’ lights as electricity rates jump 25%

David Zimmermann · July 1, 2026 11:23 am

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrol around the Washington Dulles International Airport on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.

Judge blocks Virginia ICE mask ban hours before going into effect

David Zimmermann · July 1, 2026 10:29 am

A rescuer from a U.S. search-and-rescue team

Five uplifting Venezuela earthquake rescue stories

Max Grinstein · June 29, 2026 4:21 pm