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In a move that rattled lawmakers, economists, and immigration advocates, President Trump announced on Thursday a plan to impose 5% tariffs on Mexican imports, starting on June 10, as a form of punishment for Mexico’s failure to stop the flow of central American migrants from reaching the American border. The White House said the tariff…

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With all 140 seats in the General Assembly up for grabs this fall, Democrats aren’t taking any district for granted. Among the new candidates they’re fielding is Starla Kiser, a physician from Wise County, who is running to represent the 4th District in the House of Delegates. Kiser, a native of Dickenson County, attended Ervinton…

Virginia has seen a 79% increase in the average cost of public college tuition in the past ten years, but this year, in-state tuition at every state school will remain the same. The freezes are the result of increased state funding from the General Assembly and mark the first time in nearly 20 years that…

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Most of the roughly 280,000 Virginians who now have health insurance thanks to Virginia’s Medicaid expansion live in cities and counties won by President Trump, according to a new analysis by the Virginia Mercury. The analysis shows that Trump won 42 of the 60 cities and counties where more than 5% of residents have gained…

Tina Freitas, a Republican challenging incumbent state Sen. Emmett Hanger (R-Mount Solon) in Virginia’s 24th district, said that she wants to ban abortion, calling it an “abhorrent, barbaric act,” and comparing her efforts to those of the abolitionist movement. She also claimed that abortion providers were covering up for rapists and domestic abusers. Freitas made…

The Metro shutdown is officially underway and things are not exactly going smoothly. The stations closed by the shutdown are all Blue and Yellow line stations south of Reagan National Airport, that is the Braddock Road, King Street-Old Town, Eisenhower Avenue, Huntington, Van Dorn and Franconia-Springfield stations. The affected stations will be shut down through…

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Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller delivered a statement on Wednesday morning, reiterating that his office was not confident that President Trump did not commit a crime and was prohibited from charging the President with a federal crime due to longstanding Justice Department policy. “If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit…