The last U.S. Navy cruiser based in Japan will soon depart for the United States, closing out a decadelong deployment with the U.S. 7th Fleet. The guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls, formerly ...

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Democratic lawmakers say President Donald Trump’s redistricting gambit is backfiring as Virginia’s Democratic-controlled Senate advanced new congressional maps that could chip away at the House GOP's ...

The State Supreme Court allowed a spring statewide referendum that is necessary for Democrats to redraw Virginia’s congressional map before the midterm elections. By Tim Balk Virginia’s top court on ...

Virginia voters will get to cast ballots on a congressional redistricting plan benefiting Democrats while a court battle plays out over the legality of the effort. The Virginia Supreme Court said ...

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday allowed a referendum that could pave the way for a new congressional map that heavily favors Democrats to appear on the ballot this spring. The ruling is a victory ...

In a crucial decision on Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a high-stakes referendum scheduled for April 21 on congressional redistricting can go forward. It's a victory for Democrats in ...

The Supreme Court of Virginia said Friday it would allow a special election on redistricting to move forward this spring while a legal challenge to the process continues. That election, set for April ...

Virginia lawmakers have approved legislation to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2028, setting the stage for the first increase of its kind in years. The vote marks a major shift in ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has finalized a new rule that it says is designed to streamline certain decisions around veteran survivors’ benefit claims—a move the agency says will result in ...

Change could be coming to Virginia’s voting districts. Governor Abigail Spanberger recently signed a bill that would allow voters to decide on a proposed Constitutional amendment that would give the ...

Redistricting disputes are hardly new to American politics. But what is happening in Virginia today isn’t a routine partisan fight over congressional lines. It is a direct challenge to a ...