POLITICS
VIDEO: Virginia’s 2025 Governor’s Race is Heating Up
Published September 19, 2024
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Harris’ plans aim to make housing more affordable. Trump’s plans are less clear.
Published September 19, 2024
Harris has vowed to increase the available housing supply by three million homes and to provide lower-income first-time homebuyers with up to $25,000 in down payment support. Trump, on the other hand, has offered no specific plans for addressing the housing crisis.
Fed’s decision to cut interest rates could lower housing costs
Published September 19, 2024
The announcement from the Federal Reserve will lower mortgage rates and encourage more building of apartments, which could lower rental costs.
Republican dodges questions over abortion rights in key Virginia race
Published September 18, 2024
As Donald Trump ties himself into knots to appear more moderate on reproductive rights after years of bragging about his role in overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, a down-ballot Republican in Virginia is following suit.
How Republicans blocking the latest IVF bill is playing out in Virginia’s US Senate race
Published September 18, 2024
The popularity of in vitro fertilization is being ignored by Republicans fighting to restrict basic reproductive rights.
Kamala Harris unveils plan to support rural America
Published September 17, 2024
Harris has vowed to provide significant federal funding to support rural communities across the United States, expand small business financing for entrepreneurs in rural America, and invest in rural technical and higher education programs.
Trump’s claims about Haitians draw from a centuries-long narrative. These women explain why.
Published September 17, 2024
Former President Donald Trump repeated a vicious smear about Haitians in Springfield, Ohio. Here's how it's affecting people.
Election officials prepare for threats with panic buttons, bulletproof glass
Published September 17, 2024
Across the country, local election directors are beefing up their security in advance of Election Day on Nov. 5 to keep their workers and polling places safe while also ensuring that ballots and voting procedures won't be tampered with.
JD Vance admits to spreading racist lie about immigrants
Published September 16, 2024
Donald Trump and JD Vance have both spread lies that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating pets, leading to bomb and death threats in the town, classes being canceled, and even the Ku Klux Klan attempting to recruit. On Sunday, Vance admitted he spread the unfounded claims to get media attention.
Abortion ban ‘nearly cost me my life,’ Virginians hear from Harris reproductive freedom tour
Published September 16, 2024
The Harris-Walz campaign wants voters to understand that the Democratic ticket will fight to restore abortion rights, while Donald Trump and JD Vance have a record of supporting less reproductive freedom.
Virginia’s 2025 attorney general’s race is taking shape
Published September 13, 2024
Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor says her experience makes her the best candidate for the job.
Trump admitted he still has no health care plan. What that means for Virginia
Published September 11, 2024
Repeal of the Affordable Care Act would kick 647,768 Virginia residents off of insurance plans and limit the health insurance coverage for hundreds of thousands more.