Law enforcement investigate after an attack at the office of Rep. Gerry Connelly, D-Va., in Fairfax, Va., Monday, May 15, 2023. A man with a baseball bat walked into Connolly's Fairfax office, asked for him, and then struck two members of his staff with the bat, police said. Fairfax City Police in northern Virginia said in a tweet that a suspect is in custody and the victims are being treated for injuries that are not life-threatening. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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FILE - House of Delegates members eat boxed lunches on the steps of the Virginia Capitol in Richmond, Va., April 22, 2020. Even a short-term breach in the federal debt limit would rattle an already fragile state economy, Virginia finance staffers on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, told lawmakers, who say that looming uncertainty is now the main reason no budget deal is imminent. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP, Pool, File)
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