Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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Virginia News
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A blizzard of executive orders signals Trump's desire to remake American institutions.
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning Jan. 20.
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Possible federal funding cuts, state trigger law put coverage at risk
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Final Senate vote this session expected Tuesday
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President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office at noon followed by a presidential parade, signing ceremony and inaugural balls.
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President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant contributions to improving their communities."
NPR News
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The order, for now, overturns actions that limited DOGE's access to sensitive private information. In a separate case, the court said DOGE did not have to share internal records with a watchdog group.
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In an emergency appeal, the administration is asking the Supreme Court to lift a lower-court order blocking mass staffing cuts at the Education Department.
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Dilly Dally, a loggerhead turtle who survived a run-in with a predator that ultimately cost her a flipper, has been rereleased into the wild.
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Dr. Mark Dybul was an architect of PEPFAR, a program credited with saving 26 million lives. Now its future could be in jeopardy as Congress reviews the Trump administration's funding rescission memo.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported to El Salvador, is back in the U.S. to face smuggling chargesAbrego Garcia faces criminal charges for allegedly transporting migrants without legal status around the country, according to a Justice Department indictment.
Arts & Culture
- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?