Tag: Virginia

An Amtrak passenger train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck south of Charlottesville, Va. No lawmakers were believed injured, but it at least one person in the truck was said to be seriously injured. (Allison Wrabel/ The Daily Progress via AP)

Train carrying Republican lawmakers hits truck on way to GOP retreat

Melissa Quinn · January 31, 2018 4:40 pm

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has identified at least two policies at Virginia Tech that are open-ended and leave room for unconstitutional interpretation. (Facebook)

Code Yellow: Ambiguous speech codes at Virginia Tech hold spontaneous speech hostage

Richard Abel · January 31, 2018 5:01 am

Several artists at Sunday's Grammy Awards ceremony, including the band U2, used the event to slam President Trump. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

If the Grammys taught us anything, it’s that #Resist needs to end

Siraj Hashmi · January 30, 2018 2:46 am

Democratic National Committee CEO Jess O'Connell did not give a reason Monday why she would be leaving the Democratic Party's governing body. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Democratic National Committee CEO stepping down: Report

Naomi Lim · January 30, 2018 2:31 am

Former FBI Director James Comey on Monday applauded the years of service his former deputy Andrew McCabe gave the bureau. McCabe announced his resignation earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

James Comey: Andrew McCabe ‘stood tall’ ‘when small people were trying to tear’ the FBI down

Naomi Lim · January 30, 2018 1:58 am

Since firing FBI Director James Comey, President Trump has taken aim at Comey's deputy Andrew McCabe, who was acting director of the bureau until the hiring of Directory Christopher Wray. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Angry Trump once told Andrew McCabe to ‘ask his wife how it feels to be a loser’: Report

Melissa Quinn · January 29, 2018 10:45 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Joe Kennedy, Virginia Delegate Elizabeth Guzman, former Rep. Donna Edwards, and Rep. Maxine Waters will respond to President Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night. (AP)

Democrats plan at least five responses to Trump’s first State of the Union

Al Weaver · January 29, 2018 9:08 pm

FBI Director Christopher Wray threatened to resign if Trump and Sessions forced him to fire Andrew McCabe: Report

Naomi Lim · January 22, 2018 8:56 pm

The sun sets behind FedEx Field. Three politicians in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia are teaming up across partisan lines to try and prevent their governments from waging a bidding war with public money to build a new stadium for the Washington Redskins. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Hail to the Redskins paying for their own stadium

Washington Examiner · January 21, 2018 5:01 am

A Democratic lawmaker is requesting an investigation into Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, specifically how she handled waivers from states that had worked with her when she held a private consulting business. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)

Top Democrat requests ethics investigation into Medicaid chief Seema Verma

Kimberly Leonard · January 19, 2018 11:20 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey, who graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1982, will teach a course on ethical leadership at his alma mater. Comey said he's "thrilled" about the opportunity. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

James Comey to teach course on ‘ethical leadership’ at William & Mary

Kelly Cohen · January 19, 2018 2:02 pm

Critics say companies like Amazon that control digital platforms on which they also compete raise increasing antitrust risks.

Metro DC’s odds of winning Amazon headquarters rise with top 20 list

James Langford · January 18, 2018 7:20 pm