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Police say a gunman opened fire Thursday at Florida State University, killing two people and wounding at least six others.
The showdown between the Trump administration and Harvard University is spotlighting bare-knuckled politics and big dollar figures.
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are likely to cost Iowa farmers their biggest market for the hundreds of millions of bushels of soybeans they grow every year.
The recent withdrawal of funds from the Department of Energy by the Trump administration could impact projects across southwestern Virginia.
The Trump administration is doubling down on its decision not to tell a federal court whether it has any plans to repatriate a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month and remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Marjorie Taylor Greene bought some high profile stocks last week as other investors were bailing out of the market.
The Justice Department will seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing a fellow inmate at the federal government’s “Supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado, while serving a life sentence for killing his cellmate at another lockup.
Henry County and Martinsville are just two areas in the region that were hit hard as jobs moved overseas. Residents there have mixed feelings about whether the tariff plan will be effective.
The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and 11 other impoverished countries, many of them struggling with conflict.
Alabama Republicans cheered President Donald Trump and his agenda at a GOP party the day he imposed tariffs and sent stock markets tumbling worldwide.
China on Monday accused the U.S. of unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying with tariffs, while calling on representatives of American companies including Tesla, to “take concrete actions” to resolve the tariffs.
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell modestly last week, remaining within the same range of recent years.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is in Greenland for a visit aimed at building the trust of Greenlandic officials as the Trump administration is seeking control of the Arctic territory.
A federal judge in Virginia has blocked the Trump administration's move to fire more than a dozen intelligence agency employees who worked on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked over campus activism said he decided to leave the United States.
The Defense Department is going to offer a new round of voluntary resignations and retirements to the civilian workforce, but details are slim.
The Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the state of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court.
The Associated Press and Trump administration are due back in court in their fight over access to presidential events.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang have been held since their removal from the U_S_ Noem’s trip Wednesday to the prison where inmates are packed into cells and never allowed outside comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting people it describes as the “worst of the worst.”.
Hokies of all kinds joined hands to march on Virginia Tech’s campus to protest President Trump’s executive order to end all Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.
Superintendent Rob Graham warns that loss of federal support could jeopardize Title I and Title II programs for low-income students.
A lawsuit filed by Voice of America reporters, some unions and a press freedom group charged the Trump administration with unlawfully shutting down the news outlet.
Throughout the 2024 election cycle, and following his win in the electoral college, President Donald Trump used the word “tariff” quite a bit. He even said it was the fourth most beautiful word in the dictionary, following God, religion, and love, respectively. However, many Americans don’t understand what tariffs are.
A Philippine official says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to Asia next week, for talks that will include increasing deterrence against aggression in the disputed South China Sea.
Johnson & Johnson says it will invest more than $55 billion within the United States over the next four years, including four new manufacturing plants.
Local lawmakers issued statements regarding President Trump's recent executive order that ordered the closure of the Department of Education.
The Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid have defunded groups that campaign for LGBTQ+ communities and for democracy around the world.
Confronted with huge cuts to its federal funding, Columbia University’s leaders face a grim decision: They can yield to the Trump administration’s demands over allegations of antisemitism — ceding extraordinary control to the federal government — or they can fight back, potentially risking even more debilitating cuts in an escalating clash.
A federal judge allowed Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to remain in control of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an independent nonprofit created by Congress, but expressed concern about their conduct.
An Afghan father of two is among thousands of newly arrived refugees who lost financial assistance when the Trump administration cut off funding for the federal refugee program in January.
Donald Trump Jr. told Republicans at a rally before early voting begins in Wisconsin’s high-stakes Supreme Court race that a win is imperative to maintain GOP momentum ahead of the 2026 midterms and the next presidential election.
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members.
Local Representatives Ben Cline, Morgan Griffith, and John McGuire, as well as U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner are reacting to the recent passing of the Trump-backed CR.
The Trump administration has moved to dismiss lawsuits against Iowa and Oklahoma for their immigration laws.
U.S. wholesale inflation decelerated last month, suggesting that price pressures are easing for now.
Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te says tougher measures are needed to counter stepped-up Chinese infiltration, spying and other efforts to weaken the island’s defenses.
The Trump administration has resumed family detention of immigrants in a South Texas facility after a Biden-era pause.
The Trump administration says it is dropping a civil lawsuit against the largest provider of housing for unaccompanied migrant children over alleged sexual abuse of minors at its facilities.
U.S. inflation slowed last month for the first time since September even as additional tariffs on steel and aluminum kicked in Wednesday that could send prices higher.
Republicans, particularly those in Congress, have been overwhelmingly supportive of broad cuts across the federal government at the hands of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers urge the Trump administration to scrap plans to kill more than 450,000 invasive barred owls in West Coast forests in coming decades.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced new immigration enforcement leadership as she pledged to step of polygraph tests on employees to identify those who may be leaking information about immigration operations to the media.
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
The Justice Department is celebrating its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community.
A union representing Transportation Security Administration workers calls the Department of Homeland Security's decision to end the collective bargaining agreement with them an “unprovoked attack.”.
Charitable organizations that relied on U.S. foreign assistance are looking to other private and public donors now that the Trump administration has suspended nearly all foreign aid contracts.
U.S. employers added solid 151,000 jobs last month, but the outlook is cloudy as President Donald threatens a trade war, purges the federal workforce and promises to deport millions of immigrants.
Mortgage rates eased this week for the seventh week in a row, a trend that gives prospective home shoppers more financial flexibility just as the spring homebuying season gets going.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health care for millions of veterans.
The U.S. has paused its intelligence sharing with Ukraine, cutting off the flow of vital information that has helped Kyiv defend against Russian invaders.
The recently announced U.S. tariffs on steel imports mean that countries like China, which export to the U.S., will need to find new markets — and that could lead to steel dumping in places like India.
Companies that depend on cross-border trade were already facing higher prices in anticipation of the tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada that took effect Tuesday.
Social media has been buzzing with talks of an “economic blackout” on Friday, with some U.S. consumers planning to not shop at major companies for 24 hours to protest what they’ve described as corporate corruption.
Virginia Tech is home to over 30,000 people. To get the opinions of the people on campus, I set up two chairs, placed a microphone down, and invited people to talk and share their thoughts.
A federal judge has refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press’ access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not shown it had suffered irreparable harm in the matter.
The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on dozens of people and oil tankers across China, the United Arab Emirates, India and other jurisdictions for allegedly helping to finance Iran and its support for militant groups that launch attacks against the U.S. and its allies.
A federal judge says the Trump administration has kept withholding foreign aid despite a court order and must at least temporarily restore the funding to programs worldwide.
The Trump administration is throwing out protections for roughly half a million Haitians that had shielded them from deportation.
The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers it fired as part of President Donald Trump’s broad cuts because they were involved in the government’s response to the ongoing bird flu outbreak that has devastated egg and poultry farms over the past three years.
The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U_S_ to be “foreign terrorist organizations.”.
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Sunday that he had submitted an Expedited Major Disaster Declaration to President Trump to support the ongoing response and recovery efforts of communities impacted by recent February winter storms.
President Donald Trump's administration has disbanded an FBI task force focused on investigating foreign influence campaigns and placed on leave several election security employees at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency.
A union official says the Trump administration has fired 20 immigration judges without explanation amid sweeping moves to shrink the size of the federal government.
Federal workers were responding with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration’s latest effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off probationary employees who have yet to qualify for civil service protections.
Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, Danielle Sassoon, and five high-ranking Justice Department officials have resigned after she refused an order to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Several NATO allies are insisting that Ukraine and Europe must not be cut out of any peace negotiations, after U.S. President Donald Trump signaled that he would hold talks soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest U.S. government agency to have its work halted by the Trump administration.
The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges’ plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by making those payments subject to federal Title IX rules.
The Virginia High School League announced on Monday that they will no longer allow trans athletes to participate in women’s sports, a reversal of their previous decision.
Scientists warn the Trump administration’s drastic cuts for medical research endanger patients, will cost thousands of jobs and threaten America’s standing as a world leader in science and innovation.
USAID has lost almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid over the Trump administration’s foreign funding freeze and idling of staff, a government watchdog warned Monday.
One non-profit, Casa Latina in Roanoke, has been attempting to spread information about what immigrants and Hispanics need to hear just in case they are approached by immigration officers.
Most nurses, doctors and other staff caring for military veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs are not eligible for the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer.
Early Monday, billionaire Trump advisor Elon Musk held a live session on X Spaces, previously known as Twitter Spaces, and said that he spoke in detail about USAID with the president.
On Saturday, President Trump signed an order that imposes significant tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. In Virginia, various local lawmakers made statements regarding the legislation.
An uptick in immigration enforcement have left certain communities and the people living in them staying at home for their safety.
A new memo says the Defense Department will no longer reimburse service members for travel out of state to get reproductive health care, including abortions and fertility treatments.
Sean Duffy, the new transportation secretary, is facing his first major crisis just hours after his swearing-in.
Hours after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy took aim at the main way the federal government regulates miles per gallon for cars and pickup trucks — also a principal way that it controls air pollution and addresses climate change.
The Trump administration has made or initiated major policy changes that impact nonprofits and their missions in its first week.
