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As thousands of white nationalist and alt-right protesters descended on Charlottesville for the "Unite the Right" rally Saturday, voices from both sides of the aisle have emerged to condemn the gathering's violence and rhetoric. President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday afternoon to weigh in on the violent demonstration, which has caused Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to issue a state of emergency.
Today's national media attention on immigration is primarily focusing on the deportation of undocumented immigrants and on the building of a border wall and who will pay for it. Less attention is focused on the positive work being achieved in local jurisdictions where immigrants are viewed as an asset, not a liability, and the work that they do to bring a civil tone to the immigration debate.
Congress may have left town for August, but Virginia's governor's race is heating back up as both major-party candidates hit the TV airwaves with ads. Republican Ed Gillespie was first up, beginning a series of three spots on July 25. His Democratic rival, Lt.
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A Republican donor from the state of Virginia filed a lawsuit against the national and Virginia Republican parties, with accusations of fraud and racketeering related to their raising of millions of dollars in donations while knowing full well they were not going to repeal ObamaCare. Thursday, Bob Heghmann , 70, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court stating that the national and Virginia Republican parties, as well as some GOP leaders, took in millions in donations in campaign funds while being fully cognizant of the fact that they were never going to be able to overturn ObamaCare.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday he's switching parties to join Republicans as President Donald Trump visited the increasingly conservative state. Justice told about 9,000 Trump supporters at a rally in Huntington that he will be changing his registration Friday.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday he's switching parties to join Republicans as President Donald Trump visited the increasingly conservative state. Justice told about 9,000 Trump supporters at a rally in Huntington that he will be changing his registration Friday.
But now the president is getting ready to join the annual August exodus from this town he calls "the swamp." Trump is due to set out Friday on his first extended vacation from Washington since the inauguration - a 17-day getaway to his private golf club in central New Jersey.
Former Vice President Al Gore said he regrets President Donald Trump's decision to begin withdrawing the United States from a landmark accord on climate change. "I actually did feel there was a real chance that he might come to his senses and stay in the Paris Agreement," said Gore, who has spent years in pursuit of action on climate change and on Tuesday joined CNN for a town hall, moderated by Anderson Cooper.
Our slave-owning third president, Thomas Jefferson, is a reminder that our leaders have always been flawed, Curtis writes. The room - 14 feet, 8 inches wide and 13 feet long - has no windows.
Paris authorities are evacuating some 1,500 migrants from a makeshift street camp as Europe faces an up... . Migrants line up as they wait to be evacuated from a makeshift street camp, in Paris, France Friday, July 7, 2017.
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.
I f you think the terrible sniper attack on the Republicans' baseball practice near Washington was just another instance of an angry nut having easy access to guns, you haven't been listening to Rep. Tom Garrett of Virginia. He and some other GOP colleagues say last week's shooting illustrates the need for more lenient firearms laws, not stricter ones.
Last month, when Gov. Terry McAuliffe made headlines and history by flying aboard an unpiloted Centaur aircraft on the Eastern Shore, it did more than officially kick off the state's new $5 million drone runway. It also ticked a key box in Virginia Space's five-year strategic plan to expand its operations and customer base at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport by adding aerial and submersible drone research and development.
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.
New Hampshire U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen says her direct lineage to Pocahontas is too touchy a subject to bring up in conversation with Bay State U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who claims her own Native American heritage. "It's kind of a sensitive topic," Shaheen told CNN when asked if she's told Warren about her ancestry, "so probably not."
This May 31, 2017, photo shows part of the Pittsburgh skyline with the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. President Donald Trump framed his decision to leave the Paris climate accord during a news conference on Thursday, June 1 as "a reassertion of America's sovereignty," he said, "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris."
In recent days, she has granted several interviews and stopped to talk to reporters in the halls of the Capitol - a rarity for her - to heap full-throated praise on the appointment of former FBI director Robert S. Mueller III as the special counsel in the Russia probe. The shift is taking place as Comstock prepares to face what could be her toughest election yet, with at least five Democrats vying for the nomination to challenge her next year.