Abigail Spanberger

A national security push to expand the infrastructure behind America's technological ambitions is running into resistance from the communities being asked to host it, pitting Washington's race to stay ahead of China against mounting local backlash

Restricting on-site natural gas generation could make it harder for large data centers to add dependable power at a time when the state is trying to stabilize the grid while also shifting toward cleaner energy sources

Abigail Spanberger's administration quietly shut down a rulemaking process that would have required school sports to be divided by sex

Democrats whoonce embraced data centers for their economic potential have pivoted to call for guardrails on them

Waynesboro police have not yet released a full statement on the shooting

Josh Stein this week jawboned utility giant Duke Energy over a proposed rate hike

The bill would require states to consider a federal standard ensuring large power customers cover 100 percent of the costs of new generation and transmission upgrades

Local residents have raised significant concerns

The May 22 announcement places MacBeth among 26 members who advise the governor on policy affecting LGBTQ+ Virginians

The May 22 announcement places MacBeth among 26 members who advise the governor on policy affecting LGBTQ+ Virginians

Spokespeople for Virginia's governor and attorney general did not immediately respond to requests ​for ​comment

The suspect, identified as Michael Puckett, was found with a gun on Sunday night, two days after the shooting, as he was ringing the doorbell of a home less than several miles from the Virginia state line in Surry County, North Carolina

Two deputies were shot during a welfare check in Carroll County

Their respective parties—Fitzpatrick is a Republican from Pennsylvania, Suozzi a Democrat from New York—are waging a nationwide gerrymandering fight that neither wants any part in

Heading into their weekly G.O.P. luncheon not long after Mr. Trump posted his choice on social media, many Senate Republicans appeared stunned and livid as they learned the news, which dealt a serious blow to Mr. Cornyn, who has served for more than two decades

Mullin has moved quickly to overhaul DHS after taking over from former Secretary Kristi Noem, whose tenure drew criticism over aggressive immigration enforcement tactics, controversial spending decisions, and highly publicized media campaigns, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday

Abigail Spanberger has signed legislation banning the sale and manufacture of certain semi-automatic firearms, prompting immediate lawsuits from gun-rights groups

Democrats have gone into what party insiders openly describe as panic mode as Republicans suddenly see a clearer path to holding the House in 2026

Standing to reap the benefits of a surge in Democratic power was Abigail Spanberger, the newly elected governor and the first woman to hold the office

Virginia Supreme Court Deals Blow to Democrats’ Midterm Hopes

Control of Virginia’s congressional map—and potentially several U.S. House seats—now remains unchanged pending further appeals

L. Louise Lucas gives Democrats the advantage in four congressional seats

Whether Democrats triumph in November or Republicans benefit from another improbable Trumpian comeback, the 2026 elections will be remembered for narrowing a critical aspect of American democracy

In total, Democrats have redrawn or secured maps that could net about 10 favorable seats, while Republicans are positioned for roughly nine, a near draw that assumes past voting patterns hold this November, according to Associated Press analysis

President Donald Trump is refusing to accept yet another election defeat for his party and re-running the same playbook of false and outrageous allegations of fraud after Virginia voters approved a mid-decade redistricting referendum that heavily favors Democrats

After Tuesday’s narrow electoral victory for the anti-American redistricting designed to give Virginia, a state that is 45% Republican, a 10-1 advantage in its House of Representatives delegation, Democrats are capable of anything, no matter how immoral or duplicitous

The measure temporarily suspends Virginia's bipartisan redistricting system and gives lawmakers authority to adopt new congressional districts through 2030

Election forecasters are closely watching early voting numbers, which show a shift compared with the 2025 cycle

Energy secretary: Gas may not drop below $3 until 2027 CNN

The question seems to have divided voters in the commonwealth, just five months after they overwhelmingly elected a Democratic governor, Abigail Spanberger, and gave her allies a sizable majority in the legislature’s lower house

Republicans call Virginia Democrats' efforts a partisan power grab

If the referendum passes, Democrats could gain up to four additional seats in the midterms

The stakes are even higher in New York, where an estimated 650,000 undocumented immigrants live

But, over the last couple of days, she made a couple of moves that moved her up a few notches in the shebeen’s estimation

The new law’s most significant target is the United Daughters of the Confederacy, founded in 1894 for descendants of Confederates

This comes as Spanberger, who was recently selected to deliver the Democrats’ response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union, has seen her approval ratings plummet

Abigail Spanberger has emerged as a target for the Department of Homeland Security's online messaging

They’re asking voters to ruthlessly gerrymander Virginia

The poll found Spanberger's approval rating is 13 points below the average for Virginia governors in Washington Post polling since the 1990s

This week, ICE lodged two detainers — requests to hold — for illegal immigrants charged with murder in Fairfax County

Democrats are starting to worry they could lose the April special election, with the GOP seeing strong early voting turnout

The measures include Senate Bill 727, which would bar the public carrying of certain loaded guns defined in the bill as "assault firearms" in public places such as streets, sidewalks, and parks, with violations punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor

The Michigan synagogue that came under attack this week when an armed man drove his car into the building had for months been strengthening its security apparatus

Abigail Spanberger was elected last year along with other Democratic candidates after promising to address cost of living concerns, including higher household utility bills tied to the data center buildout

The war in Iran started on February 28 with U.S. and Israeli strikes, resulting in the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

ROTC students at Old Dominion subdued and killed the shooter who killed 1 person, wounded 2