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We can use the free market to lower energy costs — so why is Glenn Youngkin fighting it?

Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s obsession with pulling Virginia out of RGGI will only drag the state backwards and jeopardize Virginians’ pocketbooks, health and economy.

Watch live: Biden discusses August jobs report

President Biden is slated to appear Friday in the White House Rose Garden to comment on the August jobs report, which generally showed a steady labor market. Unemployment, which was expected to hover at July’s 3.5 percent, inched up to 3.8 percent according to the data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report...

In the Pacific, Biden can put Trump’s trade policy into history’s dustbin

Trump’s rhetoric offers an opportunity for Biden to draw a clear line between the Democrats and Republicans on international trade and economic competence.

Biden to award Vietnam-era Army helicopter pilot with Medal of Honor

President Biden will award the Medal of Honor at the White House Sept. 5 to a former Army helicopter pilot who rescued four of his fellow comrades in a daring mission during the Vietnam war. Biden will extend the nation's highest military service award to retired Capt. Larry L. Taylor, of Chattanooga, Tenn., a veteran...

Special visa program for Afghans faces ongoing challenges after US withdrawal: watchdog

The special visa program to get Afghan citizens who assisted the American military into the U.S. faces lingering challenges despite years of reviews and oversight, according to a report from the State Department Inspector General. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) report said there is a “significant and growing Afghan [Special Immigrant Visas] applicant backlog,”...

Texas law requiring age-verification measures for pornography sites unconstitutional, judge rules

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing a law requiring pornography sites to implement age-verification measures, after finding the law unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra found that the law, which was set to go into effect Friday, violates the First Amendment because it “substantially regulates protected speech, is severely underinclusive,...

Some students see danger in Youngkin’s policies on transgender students

FAIRFAX, Va. — When recent Fairfax High School graduate Beatrice Stotz considers Virginia’s new education policies on transgender students, she thinks about a friend of hers whose parents aren’t supportive of her gender identity. Among Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) recently finalized policies restricting the rights of transgender students is a prohibition on school districts...

Top Oversight Democrat urges Comer, Republicans to subpoena Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner

Rep. Jamie Raskin is asking Oversight Chair James Comer to subpoena Jared Kushner's investment firm over accusations of monetizing his influence as a former White House official.

Farmers, ranchers, landowners take aim at Biden admin for latest crackdown

A broad group of organizations representing millions of Americans and hundreds of businesses came out in opposition of the Biden administration's plan to expand wildlife protections.

More Migrant Families Crossed the U.S. Border in August Than Ever Before

Arrests at the border have reason for three straight months.

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