“To ensure our region’s prosperity, we must work to ease the tax burden on our families and small businesses and see to it that we get back from Richmond as much as we give. We need to build on our past successes of job creation and continue our efforts to alleviate traffic congestion, so we spend more time with family and community and less time commuting,” Republican candidate for the 50th House district Ian Lovejoy said this weekend following the launch of his 2019 General Assembly campaign.
Republican candidate Joe May will face Democratic nominee Delegate Jennifer Boysko (D-Fairfax) to replace Congresswoman-elect Jennifer Wexton in a Tuesday, January 8 special election.
Republican Ronnie Campbell will face Democratic challenger Christian Worth in next month’s special election for the seat to succeed Congressman-elect Ben Cline in western Virginia.
How do you lose 33.1% support if your opponent only grows, at most, by 5%?
It is no small wonder why the Russian government would not unleash every inch of its disinformation machine against the project.
The First Step Act, the biggest criminal justice reform package in over 20 years, is set to peel away at President Bill Clinton’s 1994 “Crime Bill” and reduce harsh sentencing guidelines for non-violent drug offenders.
Tazewell County’s Don Nelson explained that he chose to get into the drone business from an “agricultural standpoint,” saying that “his research had shown that farmland was being lost at the rate of 3,000 acres per year due to brush and weeds. If not addressed, based on rising U.S. population, it could mean food shortages by 2025.”
Warner charged Trump for not appointing a government official who has previous senatorial confirmation, for example, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Solicitor General Noel Francisco. The senator has been at odds with the White House since January 2017, most notably for his admonishment of Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during the months-long confirmation process.
Initial reports after the October 2 assassination include claims that Khashoggi was allegedly “cut into pieces” then moved out of the consulate, with some saying it was recorded to prove the mission had been completed. CIA Director Gina Haspel reportedly listened to an audio recording from a “listening device” the Turkish government had inside the consulate, detailing that Khashoggi was killed within moments of entering.
After tempers were flaring between President Donald Trump and CNN reporter Jim Acosta at the White House during a post-midterm election press conference, a fracas between the reporter and a White House staffer ensued, with Trump reprimanding Acosta in the process and suspending his press pass hours later. Federal Judge Timothy Kelly has ruled that CNN’s Acosta will get his press pass back on Fifth Amendment grounds, with the Trump Administration working to establish a set of “rules” for reporting.
