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In what's slated to be his first campaign appearance since leaving the White House, President Obama will headline a rally in Richmond, Virginia on Oct. 19 for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam , NBC News reports. Liberals view Virginia's high-profile governor race as a must-win, which could build momentum toward retaking Congress in the 2018 midterm election.
Some of the oldest and largest Confederate statues in the U.S. tower over Monument ... . This Tuesday Aug. 22, 2017, photo shows a view of part of the Confederate President Jefferson Davis on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va.
Troy Adkins , his cousin, Preston Adkins of the Chickahominy tribe and other members of the Virginia Indian Dancers perform during Saturday's groundbreaking celebration of Mantle, the Virginia Indian Tribute monument, in Capitol Square in Richmond. Olympic Gold medalist Billy Mills, of the Ogala Lakota tribe, speaks during Saturday's groundbreaking celebration of Mantle, the Virginia Indian Tribute monument, in Richmond's Capitol Square.
A federal appeals court is temporarily blocking an order that would grant new sentencing hearings to convicted sniper Lee Malvo. NEWTON, Iowa - To the outside world, NASCAR driver Matt Tifft was simply dealing with back pain to start last season.
Ralph Northam and Tom Perriello led state Democrats in a show of unity Saturday in Richmond, four days after the lieutenant governor topped the former 5th District congressman for the party's nomination for governor.
In this Thursday Jan. 26, 2016 photo, Virginia Lt. Gov., and Democratic candidate for Governor, Ralph Northam, left, talks with Senate Chief Deputy Clerk, Tara Perkinson, right, prior to the start of the Senate session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va.
Attorneys from the US Justice Department will again come before a federal appeals court to try to salvage President Donald Trump's order banning travel from six mostly Muslim nations, after a judge said it appeared to be discriminatory. The hearing gets underway at 9:30 am in Seattle.
RICHMOND, Va . - Self-proclaimed white nationalist Richard Spencer led a large group carrying torches and chanting "You will not replace us" Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, protesting plans to remove a Confederate monument that has played an outsize role in this year's race for Virginia governor.
President Donald Trump said Saturday that "we can make a fast decision" on a new FBI director, possibly by late next week, before he leaves on his first foreign trip since taking office. "Even that is possible," Trump told reporters when asked whether he could announce his nominee by Friday, when he is scheduled to leave for the Mideast and Europe.
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RICHMOND, Va. - Opponents of abortion rights won a victory Monday when the House Rules Committee approved a resolution to designate the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v.
"It's our intention to come and do our job and leave town on time," Republican Delegate John O'Bannon said. In years past the budget has been held hostage over combative disagreements between Democrats and Republicans, but lawmakers say they're determined to pass a budget and leave on time this year.
DECEMBER 1: Congressman-elect Don McEachin, center, a state senator from Richmond who was just elected to the House, gets directions from a staffer on procuring a parking pass as he prepares for his upcoming stint in Congress, on December, 01, 2016 in Washington, DC. The newly elected representative from Virginia fared poorly in the lottery for Congressional office space last week, drawing number 48 out of 50. There's nothing glamorous or even much desirable about the cramped room on the third floor of the Rayburn House office building that McEachin will call his own.
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine displayed a time-honored trait for a vice president - preparedness - showing up at his Richmond, Virginia, polling place 15 minutes early on Tuesday. Kaine told CNN's "New Day" that he "got to my polling place about a quarter until 6," and that "there was already a line" when he arrived.
Tammie Hagen rests after working to register voters at the Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church while the church was providing free lunches. Tammie Hagen walks past a line of people outside the Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church waiting for the doors to open.
For Roger Gregory, serving as the first African-American chief judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond takes on even greater meaning when he thinks of who else has walked the halls of the building he now oversees. During the Civil War, the building that is now the appeals court housed the offices of Confederate President Jefferson Davis while he fought to maintain slavery.
A federal appeals court Friday invalidated an array of voting restrictions North Carolina imposed in 2013, finding that they violated the Voting Rights Act by obstructing African-Americans' access to the polls. In a blistering opinion that minced few words about the racial polarization it said continues to afflict the state, the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., reinstated an array of election tools that disproportionately aided African-Americans.