Tag: Virginia

FILE - Shotsie Buck-Hayes sits beside defense attorney Edward Lavado in the General District Courtroom during a preliminary hearing in Danville, Va., Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Man who lit Virginia councilman on fire sentenced to 40 years in prison

David Zimmermann · June 25, 2026 8:17 pm

Although "assault weapon" has no formal definition, most guns that would be thought of as assault weapons are types of rifles.

Judge blocks Virginia assault weapons ban days before it takes effect

Claire Carter · June 25, 2026 4:38 pm

An Amazon Web Services data center in Aldie, Virginia, on Sunday, May 31, 2026. (Lexi Critchett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

What other states should learn from Virginia’s data center boom?

Jack Yoest · June 25, 2026 8:00 am

Jake Contos, a supporter of President Donald Trump, chants during a protest against the election results outside the central counting board at the TCF Center in Detroit.

The Electoral College’s expiration date

Jay Rogers · June 24, 2026 11:00 am

Family backyard lawn back yards children play outdoors

Folks who think lawns are useless are folks who don’t have children

Timothy P. Carney · June 21, 2026 6:00 am

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger pauses as House Speaker, Don Scott, D-Portsmouth looks on during naugural ceremonies at the Capitol in Richmond Va., Saturday Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)

Spanberger goes soft on crime

Washington Examiner · June 21, 2026 5:00 am

Abigail Spanberger Louise Lucas

Why Virginia lawmakers are fighting over data centers

Rena Rowe · June 20, 2026 6:00 am

An ICE Special Response Team member stands guard outside the Metropolitan Detention Center.

DOJ sues Virginia over ‘unconstitutional’ ICE mask ban

Rena Rowe · June 12, 2026 4:23 pm

Acting U.S. attorney general Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Federal judge wants Todd Blanche to swear in writing anti-weaponization fund won’t be revived

Jack Birle · June 12, 2026 12:30 pm

A statue of George Mason stands in the heart of George Mason University's Fairfax campus.

A 250th anniversary for another, unforgotten declaration

Donald Kochan · June 12, 2026 8:00 am

Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA).

Former Virginia Tech rector sues Spanberger for firing him from board

Molly Parks · June 11, 2026 1:49 pm

Aerial view of the Pentagon

Pentagon evacuated over false-alarm ‘air quality issue’ with hazmat team deployed

Brady Knox · June 11, 2026 11:38 am