Tag: Virginia

Magazine - Life & Arts

Mother’s Day roses really smell like …

Paul Bedard · May 17, 2019 4:00 am

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member Josh Hawley, R-Mo., listens to witnesses during the Committee's hearing on 'Unprecedented Migration at the U.S. Southern Border: By the Numbers', on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 4, 2019.

Josh Hawley: Alabama abortion ban is ‘direct response’ to New York’s late-term abortion law

Diana Stancy Correll · May 16, 2019 4:51 pm

President Donald Trump at the White House, Thursday, May 16, 2019, in Washington.

Washington Secrets

Shocking poll: 16% would give Trump 2 extra years, 7% would let him stay if defeated

Paul Bedard · May 16, 2019 4:08 pm

A portrait of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, at Beauvoir House, Jefferson Davis' historic home, in Biloxi, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War can be an angst-filled task in Mississippi, with its long history of racial strife and a state flag that still bears the Confederate battle emblem. Well-intentioned Mississippians who work for racial reconciliation say slavery was morally indefensible. Still, some speak in hushed tones as they confess a certain admiration for the valor of Confederate troops who fought for what was, to them, the hallowed ground of home and country.

Name of ‘racist traitor and slaveowner’ Jefferson Davis to be stripped from Virginia highway

Diana Stancy Correll · May 15, 2019 4:42 pm

Devin Nunes, R-Calif, looks on during a joint tax conference on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. GOP leaders announced they have forged an agreement on a sweeping overhaul of the nation's tax laws.

Twitter: Nunes violated user agreement by filing lawsuit in Virginia

Julio Rosas · May 14, 2019 11:40 pm

In this September 2008 photo, a trail leads to the spot known as Rocky Top in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the Appalachian Trail is seen in Rocky Top, Tenn. The spot is about 25 yards long and 10 yards wide and is elevated 5,441 feet. It's better known, however, as the subject of the University of Tennessee fight song, Rocky Top.

Police: Appalachian Trail knife killer could be ‘Sovereign’ stalker who terrorized hikers

Zach Halaschak · May 13, 2019 7:03 pm

Ashley Garecht speaks as anti-abortion protesters rally near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Philadelphia, Friday, May 10, 2019. The demonstration was spurred by the actions of a Democratic state lawmaker who recorded himself berating an anti-abortion demonstrator at length outside the clinic.

Beltway Confidential

The best way to be pro-life is to be pro-love

Kimberly Ross · May 10, 2019 7:00 pm

Sharon Bulova is shown.

DC suburb calls illegal immigrants ‘contributing members,’ will help fight deportation

Paul Bedard · May 7, 2019 5:18 pm

Former Rep. Scott Taylor speaks during an interview.

Former GOP congressman’s campaign aide charged in petition forgery scam

Diana Stancy Correll · May 7, 2019 3:29 am

This April 13, 2016 photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va.

'Agent Penis': Woman arrested at CIA HQ after citing unusual codename

John Gage · May 6, 2019 2:53 pm

SILVER GROVE, West Virginia â An unincorporated community in Jefferson county, West Virginia, on the eastern banks of the Shenandoah River.

What’s the matter with Virginia?

Salena Zito · May 3, 2019 4:00 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

I believe it’s a fly

Paul Bedard · May 3, 2019 4:00 am