Election Day has officially arrived, and it’s time to cast your vote in the April 21 special election if you haven’t already!

Former Virginia Gov. George Allen, a Republican who served from 1994 to 1998, is challenging current Gov. Abigail Spanberger to a series of debates on redistricting ahead of the April 21 referendum.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger has appointed Josephus Allmond as chief energy officer, a cabinet-level position focused on addressing rising energy costs for families.

Early voting begins Friday, March 6, in the Commonwealth, with many Virginians ready to cast their vote on the state’s redistricting amendment.

There is new reaction to a judge’s decision to block Virginia’s new social media law, with the state appealing the ruling, NBC 12 reports. Attorney General Jay Jones is appealing, but the law’s opponents say the ruling is a victory for the First Amendment.

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Rocky Mount Mayor Holland Perdue has announced he will seek reelection.

President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in the modern era. This morning, we brought in our political analyst Ed Lynch to break down the key points that both sides are touting.

Mexico is showing sensitivity to U.S. military movements since the attack earlier this month on Venezuela.

Rocky Mount Mayor Holland Perdue is working to achieve a milestone never before reached in Virginia.

Incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Warner has officially announced he will seek reelection to continue serving the Commonwealth.

Three flights connected to Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport were cancelled with two more being cancelled this weekend.

Election Day has officially arrived, and it’s time to cast your vote in this year’s general election if you haven’t already!

As the government shutdown hits day 15, Virginia ranks sixth among the states most affected due to federal jobs, contract dollars and access to national parks.

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: How might the government shutdown affect the U.S. economy.

U.S. stocks rose to more records as Wall Street still doesn’t seem to care much about the latest shutdown of the U.S. government.

President Donald Trump on Friday announced the U.S. government has secured a 10% stake in struggling Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in a deal completed just a couple weeks after he depicted the company’s CEO as a conflicted leader unfit for the job.

The report from the VA’s Office of Inspector General found severe staffing shortages in 25 occupations at the Salem VA alone including clinical and support staff. It includes specialties like emergency medicine, nursing and nephrology.

In a statement to 10 News, she called the termination “unjustified and retaliatory in nature.”

Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow removed the group from its list of outlawed organizations.

House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump’s priority bill to approval Thursday.

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.

Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger has secured the Democratic nomination to serve as Virginia’s 75th Governor.

The Virginia General Assembly will be busy on Wednesday, working to sort through hundreds of bills for which Governor Glenn Youngkin has proposed amendments.

On Monday night, Governor Glenn Youngkin took action on more than 900 bills he received during the 2025 General Assembly session.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that he would be meeting with billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk at the Pentagon on Friday to discuss “innovation, efficiencies & smarter production.”

Virginia’s Democratic-led Senate on Tuesday passed constitutional amendments on abortion and voting rights that were quickly lambasted by Republicans who could use the issues as the party tries to regain ground in November’s statewide elections.

Tens of thousands of activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have rallied in the nation's capital.

Former State Sen. Frank Ruff died Saturday. He served portions of Southside for 30 years.

The White House says the federal government has approved nearly $2 billion in assistance across six states to help people hit hard by hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Protests over skyrocketing power bills have shut down a major road into Pakistan’s capital as some 3,000 supporters of a major Islamist party continue a sit-in despite pouring monsoon rains.

The U.S. government has officially ended its legal fight against an upcoming dive to the Titanic shipwreck.

New Virginia laws are taking effect on Monday.

Craig Mackinlay said he wants to be known as the “bionic MP” going forward.

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin took action on a final batch of bills from the year’s regular legislative session Friday, signing seven but vetoing 48.

Joe Biden has won the Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico.

Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney is withdrawing from the 2025 race for Virginia governor and is instead throwing his hat in the ring for Lieutenant Governor.

If your kitty has claws, you soon won’t be able to have them removed in the Commonwealth.

Former Roanoke City Mayor David Bowers is throwing his hat in the ring for the Star City’s top public office.

The Virginia General Assembly approved the state budget over the weekend. Now it rests in Governor Glenn Youngkin's hands.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will drop out of the 2024 presidential race Wednesday after losing every state but one — Vermont — in Super Tuesday’s primary contests, a source familiar with Haley’s plans confirmed to NBC News.

Changes could be coming to roadkill in Virginia.

Virginia lawmakers are now halfway through the General Assembly session.

If you want to play a role in politics, both Republican and Democratic parties in Virginia are encouraging voters to be delegates to attend the national conventions.

Virginia lawmakers are considering a bill that would require Martinsville citizens to vote whether or not they want the city to revert to a town.

The Virginia General Assembly session reconvenes on January 10. 10 News is working for you by speaking with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle about their legislative priorities.

10 News sat down with Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea about the highs and lows of his nearly 20-year career on city council.

After serving the City of Roanoke for nearly 20 years, Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea has announced that he won’t be seeking re-election in the upcoming election.

Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced Monday that he will run for Virginia governor in 2025.

Congressmen Ben Cline, Morgan Griffith and Bob Good all voted against Speaker Johnson's resolution on Tuesday.

On Monday at about 1:15 p.m., President Joe Biden delivered remarks highlighting how Bidenomics and his Investing in America agenda are fixing long-standing infrastructure needs, including the largest investment in passenger rail since the creation of Amtrak, according to White House officials.

On Friday at about 11:30 a.m., President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks on the September jobs report and National Manufacturing Day.

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is launching an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Republicans are probing the business dealings of the president and his son, Hunter Biden.

Virginia lawmakers will reconvene in Richmond next week to consider a compromise General Assembly negotiators recently reached on the long-delayed state budget.

A special election is slated for Tuesday to select a new representative for Virginia’s 6th House District.

Carroll County leaders have now made it easier for people to apply for a concealed carry license.

President Biden is slated to deliver remarks on the one-year anniversary of the PACT Act at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City.

NBC News is expected to have a Special Report as the U.S. Supreme Court releases a decision on affirmative action cases.

Former President Donald Trump is set to make his first court appearance in Miami Tuesday afternoon.

President Biden announced his intent to nominate General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. to serve as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at 1:45 p.m.

Mutual supporters of Sen. Tim Scott and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are in a conundrum now that the two South Carolina natives are both candidates for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Southwest Virginia will now have more voices in the state legislature.

On Thursday afternoon, Governor Glenn Youngkin will visit E.C. Glass High School to deliver remarks and sign HB1572 and SB1291.

The government’s report Thursday that the economy grew at a 1.1% annual rate last quarter signaled that one of the most-anticipated recessions in recent U.S. history has yet to arrive.

President Joe Biden delivered remarks to trade unions on his agenda for investing in America to bring manufacturing back at about noon.

The body of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, the founder of Spain’s fascist Falange movement, will be exhumed from a Madrid mausoleum and transferred to a city cemetery.

A country renowned for its cuisine is turning to pots and pans to express its discontent with French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms.

A new report says books with LGBTQ+ themes remain the most complained about at public schools and libraries around the country.

A prosecutor says Proud Boys leaders charged with plotting to use violence to keep Donald Trump in power saw the far-right extremist group as the former president's “army.”.

The Chinese government says it respects the sovereignty of former Soviet Union republics after Beijing’s ambassador to France caused an uproar in Europe by saying they aren’t sovereign nations.

A growing number of developers are considering converting empty office towers into housing as part of an effort to revive struggling downtown business districts that emptied out during the pandemic.

A new sense of urgency is growing among Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ allies as emboldened critics within his own party — especially former President Donald Trump — work to undermine his presidential campaign before it begins.

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has been hiding in plain sight all along.

A government-commissioned report says Australia needs to spend more on defense and develop the ability to strike longer-range targets as China’s military buildup challenges regional security.

President Joe Biden is expected to tap Julie Rodriguez, a senior White House adviser, to manage his reelection campaign.

About 10,000 people bearing torches have marched through Armenia’s capital to commemorate the estimated 1.5 million Armenians killed in Ottoman Turkey more than a century ago.

Lizzo filled her stage with drag queens in a concert Friday night in Knoxville, Tennessee, in a glittery protest against the state’s legislation against public drag performances.

Russia says that the United States has denied visas to journalists who wanted to cover Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s trip to New York.

Tachlowini Gabriyesos fled his native Eritrea and walked the desert to reach Israel when he was just 12 years old.

Members of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party have narrowly approved a local coalition deal in Berlin with Germany’s main center-right opposition party.

Thousands of Alaskans who depend on government assistance have waited months for food stamp benefits, exacerbating a hunger crisis laid bare by the pandemic, inflation and the remnants of a typhoon.

Republican lawmakers in Missouri are pushing for a state takeover of the St. Louis police department.

A Washington-based think tank says that Ukrainian forces have successfully crossed the wide Dnieper river in the country's south to establish and maintain positions on its east bank.

An effort to create a national testing program for technology central to U.

In campaign 2024, Democrats are looking to find a successor for one of their top House candidates as they try to retake the majority in the House.

A top election official in Myanmar has been fatally shot in Yangon in the latest attack attributed to militants opposed to military rule.

Indian police have arrested a separatist leader who has revived calls for an independent Sikh homeland and the secession of India’s northern Punjab state, which has a history of violent insurgency.

The front door in America is one of the landscape's most intimate and personal of borders.

U.S. special operations forces have carried out a precarious evacuation of the American Embassy in Sudan, where fights has broken out between two warring factions.

The NAACP warns that “separate and unequal policing” will return to Mississippi’s majority-Black capital under a state-run police department.

Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, a longtime Donald Trump ally, will help lead a political action committee that's encouraging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.

Donald Trump, stinging from a rebuke by the nation’s leading anti-abortion group, used a speech Saturday before influential evangelicals in Iowa to spotlight his actions as president to try to restrict abortion rights.

Former President Donald Trump’s behavior toward women has long been a source of flashpoints in his political career.

Now that Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against Fox News ended in a $787 million settlement, what will be the impact on media outlets that appeal to conservatives.

Imagine it’s April 22, 2027, and we're 72 hours into a first-strike Chinese attack against Taiwan.

China’s foreign minister says his country is willing to work with the Philippines to resolve their differences, as tensions rise over Beijing’s behavior in the disputed South China Sea and Manila’s deeping military cooperation with the U.S. Foreign Minister Qin Gang held talks in Manila with his Philippine counterpart, Enrique Manalo.

Witnesses say makeshift tents were deliberately set ablaze in a large camp of migrants in Mexico across the border from South Texas this week.

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Nothing will change for now.

An overwhelming majority of people in the United States say they have recently experienced an extreme weather event, and most of them attribute that to climate change.