The Latest Breaking News from Virginia

The January 6 Select Committee has released previously unseen footage of congressional leaders phoning officials for help during the assault. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer can be seen talking to governors in neighboring Virginia and Maryland. Later the footage shows Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell…

Vermont's 82-year-old Sen. Patrick Leahy has been hospitalized after he felt unwell at his McLean, Virginia, home

In cities as different as Philadelphia, Richmond, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida, large institutional investors are increasingly buying up single-family homes in distressed neighborhoods and turning them into rentals, which threatens home ownership and wealth building for residents, according to a report by researchers at Drexel University and Reinvestment Fund.

Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to an under-the-radar 2023 athlete from Virginia

A member of the Oath Keepers who traveled to Washington before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol testified Wednesday about a massive cache of weapons the far-right extremist group stashed in a Virginia hotel room

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria and her GOP challenger are set to face off in the first debate of their closely watched race to represent Virginia's coastal 2nd Congressional District

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A majority of Virginia voters are concerned about pollution, particularly plastics clogging waterways and runoff that contaminates waters, according to a recent survey by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program, Clean Virginia Waterways at Longwood University and OpinionWorks. Most voters also support legislation to cut pollution.

Black community members have been asked to rubber-stamp harmful projects for decades, activists say

Jim Sheaffer, from Hampton, Virginia, has followed his family tree back to the town and he now hopes to travel there to find out more about his Renfrewshire ancestors.

In Virginia politics, state-level candidates and officeholders raised $34.6 million between Jan. 1, 2022, and June 30, 2022. More than $24.6 million, or 71 percent, of all donations reported by candidate committees were raised by the 10 individuals at the top of the list.