No matter who wins Virginia’s redistricting referendum today, the message Democrats are sending to rural Virginians will last for decades. By backing an amendment to the Virginia Constitution that effectively disenfranchises half the state, Democrats are telling voters outside Virginia’s most populous urban counties that instead of trying to win their support, they would rather […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said the chance of a looming government shutdown “depends on the Republicans.” “You think you can keep the government open, or you think you’re headed for a shutdown?” NBC News’s Kristen Welker asked Schumer on “Meet the Press.” “Well, it depends on the Republicans. You know, we...
The Pell Grant – a need-based higher education grant from the U.S. Department of Education that, unlike a loan, does not need to be repaid – lies at the heart of the federal financial aid system.
KIlmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national mistakenly deported but returned to the U.S. to face unrelated charges, was transferred to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Phillipsburg, Pa., according to court records. Abrego Garcia was transferred on Friday from the Farmville Detention Center in Virginia to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pennsylvania...
Russia targeted Ukraine in a massive drone and missile attack on Sunday, killing at least four people in Kyiv and wounding dozens more days after President Trump said Ukraine could win the war against Moscow. The overnight attack lasted more than 12 hours and primarily targeted Kyiv and the nearby region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...
Support for affirmative action has waxed and waned since the 1960s. In the ensuing decades, however, opposition grew, as the practice became increasingly associated with preferential treatment, quotas and set-asides.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) told President Trump that troops are not welcome in Portland, Ore., after the president announced on Saturday he is sending reinforcements to protect the city and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities that he said are “under siege.” The senior senator from Oregon pushed back on that assertion and posted...
Media outlets and organizations are preparing for a battle over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new rules restricting press access at the Pentagon. Legal experts and media advocates say the new policy appears to mark an unprecedented attack on press freedom, pointing to a provision that restricts the release of even unclassified information. The Pentagon says...
A government shutdown starting on Wednesday is looking probable as Democrats in Congress push Republicans on funding, health care, and President Trump’s reshaping of the federal government. Unless Republicans and Democrats in Congress come to an agreement and pass a funding measure by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, October will kick off with the first government...
President Trump's new pharmaceutical tariff policy throws another wrench into an already increasingly complex drug supply chain, with experts calling for more clarity and details into the White House's new policy set to go into effect in less than a week. In announcing that branded or patented drugs would be hit with 100 percent tariffs...
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) on Saturday said the city of Portland did not need National Guard soldiers to help protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities as ordered by President Trump earlier in the day. “In my conversations directly with President Trump and [Homeland Security] Secretary Noem, I have been abundantly clear with them...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday said any aggressive actions made toward Russia will be met with a “decisive response.” His message follows speculation from some NATO members that the Kremlin could aim to expand its war with Ukraine to other Eastern European nations, after Russian jets recently flew into Estonia and drones were...
