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Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced $5,058,755 in federal funding to support infrastructure improvements at seven airports across Virginia, including Roanoke Regional Airport.
The strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities received mixed responses from local lawmakers. The decision garnered criticism from Democrats such as Sen. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, but was praised by Republican representatives, as well as Gov. Youngkin.
A federal broadband program meant to close the digital divide in rural America is stalled, and now thousands of Virginians are left waiting.
The Senate has voted to move forward with legislation to regulate a form of cryptocurrency called stablecoins, two weeks after Democrats blocked the measure.
Senate Democrats have blocked legislation to regulate a form of cryptocurrency after arguing that the bill needed stronger protections.
Congressman Gerry Connolly of Virginia is stepping down as the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee and won’t be seeking reelection next year.
Sen. Mark Warner threw the first ceremonial pitch at the annual Education Day game between the Salem Red Sox and Lynchburg Hillcats on Wednesday morning.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va, says he’s still waiting for answers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture about funding cuts that are impacting food pantries across the Commonwealth.
U.S. officials say Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the only woman on NATO’s military committee, was fired over the weekend by the Trump administration.
U.S. officials and members of Congress say President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency.
Trump administration officials are struggling to stem the fallout from revelations that top national security officials discussed sensitive attack plans over a messaging app and mistakenly added a journalist to the chain.
Local lawmakers issued statements regarding President Trump's recent executive order that ordered the closure of the Department of Education.
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 Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.
The investigation into a January midair collision that killed 67 people near Washington, D.
Veterans questioned the local leadership during a quarterly town hall meeting, telling them care has greatly improved but that the layoffs have them concerned for the future.
Parts of Southwest Virginia are still reeling from this weekend’s storms that brought flooding to areas already impacted by Hurricane Helene.
President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet nominees have flooded the zone in back-to-back-to-back confirmation hearings.
Democratic senators have grilled three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks during their confirmation hearings.
The first bill signed by President Donald Trump is named after a slain Georgia nursing student whose name became a rallying cry during Trump’s White House campaign.
With a ban on TikTok in the United States looming, Virginia Senator Mark Warner offered a statement on the possibility of users losing access to the social media service.
Senate Democrats reelected Chuck Schumer as party leader on Tuesday as the party moves into a deeply uncertain time, with no real consensus on a strategy as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.
China watchers know Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz as “the Florida faction” in foreign policy — two Florida lawmakers who share especially tough positions on China.
The hours and days immediately after Election Day are likely to pose the greatest opportunity for anyone looking to mislead and deceive U.S. voters.
A judge is freeing from prison a Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020.
When the Russian government hacked into Hillary Clinton's campaign emails and leaked them to the press in 2016, intelligence officials agonized for weeks about the correct response.
Virginia senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine recently celebrated the unanimous Senate passage of their proposed bill to rename the Lynchburg VA Clinic after the war hero Desmond T. Doss.
Top U.S. intelligence officials say Russia, China and Iran are continuing to target voters in the U.S. with disinformation and propaganda related to the upcoming presidential election.
Last Thursday, Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine released statements regarding the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act, a piece of legislation they both cosponsored. It is set to receive a final vote in the Senate next week.
After meeting for around two hours to discuss whether President Joe Biden should remain at the top of their presidential ticket, Senate Democrats almost unanimously have agreed on one thing — not to say anything about it.
Text, photos, videos and audio created using artificial intelligence are increasingly making their way into campaigns for state and local office.
Senator Kaine and Mark Warner are working to advance the Right to IVF Act. The Senate is expected to vote soon on the legislation that would protect and expand access to IVF nationwide.
The Justice Department says it's concerned that releasing audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel about his handling of classified documents could lead to deepfakes that trick Americans.
The leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee says the U.S. may be less prepared for the threat of foreign disinformation ahead of this year's election than it was four years ago.
Nearly $100 million is headed to the Commonwealth to fund affordable housing, community development, and homelessness.
Senator Mark Warner addressed the Virginia Association of School Superintendents at their 2024 Spring Conference Monday morning.
Sen. Warner will address business, higher education, and community leaders as well as elected officials from the City of Radford, Pulaski County and Montgomery County at an economic development luncheon hosted by Radford University.
On the 17th anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting, Virginia senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine introduced a new bill to reduce gun violence across the nation.
Roanoke Valley health leaders and U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) met for a roundtable talk at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC on Wednesday.
A leadership shake-up at Boeing is highlighting the difficult path facing the iconic aircraft manufacturer as it tries to navigate through another safety crisis.
TikTok’s extensive lobbying campaign is the latest tech industry push since the House passed legislation that would ban the popular app if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake.
Both Virginia Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner are sponsoring a bill to protect access to IVF treatment.
The U.S. Senate is slogging past far-right Republican opposition to helping Ukraine fight Russia.
A northern Virginia county is acknowledging that it underreported President Joe Biden’s margin of victory there over Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election by about 4,000 votes.
A former Colorado officer has been sentenced to 14 months in jail in the death of Elijah McClain.
Senate Democrats have moved to temporarily change Senate rules and confirm hundreds of military nominees.
The Biden administration has chosen a location for a new FBI headquarters in Maryland, selecting the site over one in Virginia following a sharp competition between the two states.
A jury has acquitted another Denver-area police officer who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before the Black man was injected with the powerful sedative ketamine by paramedics and died.
At a closed-door Senate forum, tech leaders loosely endorsed the regulation of artificial intelligence.
On Tuesday, Senator Mark Warner and Senator Tim Kaine announced more than $4,000,000 in federal funding for Virginia airport improvements.
A judge in Colorado has agreed to delay the first criminal trial in the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was stopped by police, forcibly restrained and injected with a powerful sedative nearly four years ago.
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation that would require the National Archives to screen documents leaving the White House for classified material.
Millions of dollars in federal funds will go to help ensure people living in Lexington and parts of Rockbridge County will continue to have clear, safe water.
The Biden administration has begun sharing with a bipartisan group of lawmakers known as the Gang of Eight classified documents found in the possession of former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence.
All eyes will be on Congress’ chambers on Tuesday night as President Joe Biden reflects on the nation’s achievements and his goals in the last half of his presidential term during the 2023 State of the Union address.
Members of the Senate intelligence committee say they should have access to classified documents that were discovered in the homes of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.
