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Spanberger signs bipartisan school-safety, student support bills into law
Measures expand thread assessment training, mental health resources, internet safety and emergency preparedness in Virginia schools.

Trump budget seeks 43% boost in defense spending, cuts in many domestic programs
The Trump administration released its fiscal 2027 budget request Friday, asking Congress to increase spending on defense programs by 43% and decrease funding for non-defense accounts by 10%.

Trump makes history at Supreme Court amid landmark birthright citizenship challenge
President Donald Trump made history Wednesday by attending oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court over his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, spotlighting a pivotal legal battle with far-reaching implications.

US Supreme Court justices skeptical of Trump attempt to end birthright citizenship
The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday seemed poised to reject the Trump administration’s attempt to redefine the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, and instead uphold the country’s long understanding of citizenship by birth on American soil.

The Aircraft carrier USS Bush and its 4,000 sailors left Norfolk Tuesday
The head of the strike group, Rear Adm. Alexis Walker, would not say where the ship and its complement of three destroyers were headed.

Spanberger signs first wave of bills targeting health care, housing and energy cost
Governor advances affordability agenda as hundreds of measures await action ahead of April 13 deadline.

Spanberger order, RNC lawsuit highlight divide over Virginia voter roll maintenance
Executive action to rejoin ERIC contrasts with GOP legal push to preserve noncitizen removals ahead of elections.

TSA officers finally get paid amid ongoing Homeland Security shutdown
Most Transportation Security Administration officers received a paycheck Monday covering four weeks of back wages that were held up by the funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security, a TSA spokesperson said.

Supreme Court skeptical of allowing states to count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the validity of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, in a case that could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of voters during the upcoming midterm elections.

After bills passed, NoVa lawmakers urge SCC to consider burying transmission lines
Two legislators representing a sprawling county in the northern region of the commonwealth asked the State Corporation Commission last week to consider burying high-voltage transmission lines, after bills that would initiate a pilot program for the proposed lines passed the General Assembly.










