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The Latest: After briefing, Johnson says he doesn’t expect US troops to deploy to Venezuela
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top officials briefed leaders in Congress late Monday on the striking military operation in Venezuela...
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Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California dies, reducing GOP’s narrow control of the House to 218-213
Republican Doug LaMalfa, a seven-term U.S. representative from California, has died, GOP officials said Tuesday. He was 65.
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Wall Street opens mixed as crude oil prices continue to climb
Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% in the first few minutes of trading Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was essentially...
19 hours ago
The nation’s 250th anniversary arrives with a call for year-round community service
The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission wants to turn America's 250th birthday celebration into the country's single biggest year for volunteering.
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Tim Walz, Democrats’ 2024 VP candidate, won’t run for a third term as Minnesota governor
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Democrats 2024 candidate for vice president, is ending his bid for a third term as governor less than four months after launching a reelection campaign.
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UVA psychologist: Less than one-third make New Year’s resolutions
A UVA psychologist’s informal polling on New Year's resolutions finding 30% of people make them, but she doesn't have data how many of them were successful.
1 week ago
Winter storm packing snow and strong winds to descend on Great Lakes and Northeast
A wild winter storm was expected to bring strong winds, heavy snow and frigid temperatures to the Great Lakes and Northeast on Tuesday, a day after a bomb cyclone barreled across the northern U.S. and left tens of thousands of customers without power.
2 weeks ago
Virginia among 22 states where raw oysters have led to salmonella poisoning
There have been incidences of salmonella reported in 22 states, including six in Virginia.
2 weeks ago
Hundreds mourn Brown University sophomore Ella Cook, killed in campus shooting
A Brown University sophomore who was killed in an attack at the Rhode Island university was remembered Monday as "smart, confident, curious, kind, principled, brave," at a funeral in her home state of Alabama.
3 weeks ago
Justice Department begins releasing long-awaited files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation
The Justice Department on Friday began releasing its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of the world's most influential people, including Donald Trump, who as president had tried to keep the files sealed.
3 weeks ago
Report: BOV could name next UVA president Friday
The Washington Post is reporting that Darden School of Business Dean Scott Beardsley will be the choice to succeed Jim Ryan.
3 weeks ago
Democrats keep 2024 election review under wraps, saying a public rehash won’t help them win in 2026
The Democratic National Committee head has decided not to publish a formal assessment of the party's defeat that returned Donald Trump to power and gave Republicans complete control in Washington.
3 weeks ago
US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington
The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation's capital, killing 67 people.
3 weeks ago
4 Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies
Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.
3 weeks ago
Statue of civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns dedicated in National Statuary Hall
The statue replaces the statue of Robert E. Led, which was removed in 2020.
3 weeks ago
Search for the Brown University shooter resumes as questions swirl about campus security
Authorities knocked on doors Monday searching for any video there might be of the Brown University gunman, who could be seen in grainy footage walking away from the weekend attack that killed two students and wounded nine others.
3 weeks ago
Authorities say they will release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting
A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after law enforcement authorities determined there was no basis to keep the individual in custody, officials said Sunday night.
3 weeks ago
Tim Heaphy explains origins of new law firm partnership with Jack Smith
Former US Attorney for Western District of Virginia, former UVA chief counsel, and former Jan. 6 House Select Committee head legal counsel Tim Heaphy is opening a new law firm with the former January 6 special prosecutor Jack Smith next month.
4 weeks ago
Washington state faces historic floods that have washed away homes and stranded families
Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic.
4 weeks ago
Tariffs have cost U.S. households $1,200 each since Trump returned to the White House, Democrats say
Sweeping taxes on imports have cost the average American household nearly $1,200 since Donald Trump returned to the White House this year, according to calculations by Democrats on Congress' Joint Economic Committee.
