Congressman Chris Jacobs (R-N.Y.) has announced he will no longer seek reelection. The revelation comes one week after Jacobs held a press conference where he announced, “I want to be completely transparent of where I am in Congress. If an assault weapons ban bill came to the floor that would ban something like an AR-15, I would […]
Youngkin, Emergency Management Officials Warn of Likely Above-Average Hurricane Season
Governor Glenn Youngkin and top emergency management officials launched hurricane season with a warning about preparedness for Virginians: forecasters expect an above-average season with likely a potential range of six to 10 hurricanes including three to six Category 3 or larger hurricanes. “I want to encourage Virginians to take the time and prepare now for […]
Miyares Sets up Group to Investigate Organized Retail Crime
Virginia’s Attorney General is taking firm action against organized retail crime in Virginia, a problem he says is harming businesses across the Commonwealth. Miyares’s office has convened a working group pursuant to a legislative request to address organized retail crime in the Commonwealth. Membership of the working group includes representatives from the Office of the […]
Virginia Budget Deal Cuts School Choice Program by More than Half
by Tyler Arnold The Virginia budget deal, which passed both chambers of the General Assembly, would cut funding for a school choice tax credit program by more than half of its current funding. The Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits Program provides a 65% tax credit for individuals or businesses who make donations for scholarships […]
Longtime Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Criminally Charged
The Justice Department has charged Peter Navarro, White House trade adviser to former President Trump, with two counts of contempt of Congress. The indictment carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison and a $200,000 fine. It follows Navarro’s decision to ignore subpoenas from the Jan. 6 committee. As The New York Times reports: Prosecutors say that […]
Youngkin Signs Bipartisan Legislation To Expand Health Care Coverage Options For Small Businesses
Small businesses in Virginia are about to have a lot more options for healthcare, courtesy of some new legislation Governor Glenn Youngkin has signed. Governor Glenn Youngkin ceremonially signed HB 884, sponsored by Delegate Kathy Byron, R-Bedford, and SB 195, sponsored by Senator Montgomery “Monty” Mason, D-Williamsburg, which will permit the creation of benefits consortiums for small businesses […]
Why the Dramatic Growth in Illegal Aliens in US Under Biden is Worse Than It Appears
New data from the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics show a dramatic increase in the number of foreign-born persons in the United States under Team Biden is largely driven by illegal immigrants. This is mostly due to President Biden’s quickly reversing most of President Trump’s effective border control and immigration policies. The data analyzed […]
Polls: Youngkin Has Positive Job Approval, Biden Approval Declining
Governor Glenn Youngkin has net positive job approval in two polls released Friday. A Roanoke College poll has the governor at 53 percent approval and 35 percent disapproval while a Public Policy Polling survey has him at 43 percent approval, 34 percent disapproval. The Roanoke results are up from 50 percent approval in February, although the PPP results are […]
VA-07 GOP Race: Reeves’ New Ad, Green Beret PAC Backs Anderson, Vega Says No on Ukraine Aid Packages
In the race for the GOP nomination for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, Derrick Anderson received an endorsement from a new PAC; Yesli Vega called for spending on the U.S. border, criticizing a recent Ukraine spending package; and State Senator Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania) launched his second television ad, highlighting his “anti-woke” stance. “I don’t mean to […]
Discredited Democrat ‘Intelligence Experts’ Now Shilling for Partisan Big Tech
ANALYSIS – Some of the same group of Democrat intelligence experts (aka partisan hacks) that spewed disinformation about the Hunter Biden laptop being a Russian intelligence operation, are now paid shills for the leftist Democrat disinformation industry known as Big Tech. As I wrote about then, by falsely claiming the Hunter laptop was Russian disinformation, “over 50 former senior former U.S. intelligence […]