Politics
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After comparing it to ‘slavery’ and ‘genocide,’ Earle-Sears now downplays opposition to abortion
Winsome Earle-Sears has a long history of taking extreme positions on abortion. The majority of Virginians support access to the procedure.
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Stark contrast between Spanberger, Earle-Sears when it comes to Virginians’ reproductive freedom
Earle-Sears says choices should be made before women get pregnant—and doesn’t support abortion options for rape victims. Spanberger, on the other hand, vows to keep Virginia women safe from abortion bans.
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Virginia is on track to lose 32,000 jobs in Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s final year on the job
Youngkin pitched himself as a reasonable Republican, but has been aligned with Trump’s policies that hurt Virginians.
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Worries remain over Trump cuts as Virginia jobless rate rises, climate programs slashed
President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce and cut federal spending has created serious uncertainty about Virginia’s economy and undercut the state’s ability to combat climate change.
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Abigail Spanberger: ‘It’s time to get culture wars out of our schools and let teachers teach’
The Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia wants to stop making educators the enemy—and help them prepare students for success.
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States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.
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Ghazala Hashmi wins Virginia Democratic lieutenant governor race
The Virginia state senator will face Republican nominee John Reid in the general election this fall.
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Jay Jones projected to win Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general
The former state delegate will now face Republican incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares in November’s general election.
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Black Virginia leaders condemn Earle-Sears’ comments about slaves, DEI
The Republican nominee for governor talks about race in ways that former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and Virginia Del. Candi Mundon King find “troubling.”
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ICE conducts raid at immigration court in Sterling, agent gets physical with bystanders
The Trump administration is ramping up its already-heightened crackdown on immigrants, and the impact is being felt in Virginia.
