The Latest News about Virginia

Republican-led Virginia lawmakers rejected Democrats’ request to debate a series of gun control measures, voting to adjourn Tuesday’s special session after only two hours. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam had summoned legislators to the special session to consider eight gun control measures he proposed in the wake of the Virginia Beach shooting, according to the Associated Press. “I called legislators back ...

Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam said Tuesday he is recalling Virginia lawmakers for a special summer session to reconsider gun control measures. He told reporters the legislation is necessary to prevent shootings like the May 31 Virginia Beach tragedy, where a disgruntled city worker gunned down 12 co-workers before police fatally shot him. “We have failed to act on gun violence,” ...

At least 11 people are dead after a Virginia Beach city employee opened fire on coworkers in a municipal building Friday around 4 p.m., authorities said. Six others were injured, reported The New York Times. The gunman, a longtime city worker, died when officers responded with gunfire, Chief James Cervera said according to The NYT. “This is the most devastating ...

Arlandria is a sanctuary neighborhood in a sanctuary city next to a sanctuary county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Residents there are worried about a caravan of Prius–driving invaders that threaten to change the culture of the neighborhood. This concern requires some clarification. Arlandrians aren’t opposed to semi–literate identity thieves sneaking across the border to depress US wages, burden the ...

Virginia Republicans are planning to invite the two women who accused Virginia Democratic Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax of sexual assault to testify in front of them, as Fairfax has continued to deny the allegations. The Virginia Speaker of the House Kirk Cox blasted Democrats for refusing to investigate the two allegations against Fairfax Thursday, according to The Washington Post. Along ...

Former Rick Santorum press secretary Lauren Appell appeared on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday to break down Virginia’s own version on the Green New Deal. “What they want to do is they want to take this solar power project that as you said is literally half the size of Manhattan and they want to dump it on a rural Virginia town,”she ...

Note to White People: Whenever an interview or news conference contains the phrase: “I am not a racist” you’ve already lost the argument. The latest individual of the Caucasian persuasion to make this forthright declaration of stupidity is actor Liam Neeson. It was an attempt to defuse an earlier admission that he was once intent on attacking a random black ...

Virginia’s unborn are discovering what can happen when leftists take over state government. Although Democrat’s ‘compassion’ for illegals and murderers knows no bounds, the defenseless unborn take it on the chin. This wouldn’t have happened if Trump had lost to Hillary. After the president threatened to drain their habitat, Swamp creatures in the Old Dominion united to elect leftists. If ...

Virginia Democrats, as well as National Democrats, face a difficult question after the precedent they set with the Kavanaugh hearings, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax (D) has been accused of sexual assault by a fellow Democrat, and Stanford University fellow Vanessa Tyson. After the racist blackface photos of Governor Ralph Northam were exposed, Dr. Tyson shared the allegation in a private ...

Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam said he doesn’t regret statements he made appearing to condone infanticide and late-term abortion, at a Thursday afternoon press conference with Virginia Democratic leaders. A reporter asked Northam if he has any regrets about his comments or the way he said them. “No, I don’t,” Northam replied. He later added that he doesn’t regret what he ...

The lefty radicals in New York love abortion so much that they’ve decided it’s fine to carry it out even right up until the point of birth. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, signed last week the Reproductive Healthcare Act, which allows abortions up to 40 weeks to protect the woman’s mental or physical health. “With the cheers of ...

Virginia is considering a bill allowing women to abort their unborn child until the moment the baby is born. Democratic Delegate Kathy Tran introduced HB2491, or the Repeal Act, which seeks to repeal the state’s current restrictions on late-term abortions. If passed, the measure will do away with the state’s requirement that second and third-trimester abortions be performed only to preserve the health ...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday announced proposed legislation to repeal the state’s requirement that voters show photo ID. “Participation makes our democracy strong—we should encourage every eligible voter to exercise this fundamental right, rather than creating unnecessary barriers that make getting to the ballot box difficult,” Northam, a Democrat, said in a statement. Delegate Kaye Kory, a sponsor of ...

President Donald Trump will hold a Make America Great Again rally in Richmond, Kentucky Saturday evening in support of Republican incumbent House member Andy Barr who is in a tight race with his Democratic party challenger, Amy McGrath. Barr holds a slim 1-point advantage in the most recent poll in a district that went for Trump by more than 15 ...

On Friday, officers with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington Field Office concluded Eagle’s Shield, an enforcement operation targeting notable threats to public safety throughout Virginia and Washington, D.C. that resulted in the arrests of 132 criminal aliens on criminal and civil violations. ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. ...