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City leaders do not have a plan or timeline for voting to formally adopt the statement.

Five families sued the school division over a policy they say violates students’ rights.

Tainted deli meat caused 10 deaths, 61 illnesses and the closing of a Southside Virginia plant.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin has argued the carbon market is a regressive tax.

College Attainment for Parent Students began at some VCCS schools in 2023.

The U.S. House voted Thursday on a rescission bill to claw back money for foreign aid programs, along with the next two years of funding for the public media system. The measure now goes to the Senate.

Several Republican senators say they're opposed to the wholescale repeal of certain clean energy tax credits passed by the House. Their phones have been ringing off the hook from industry leaders and energy lobbyists who want to make sure the Senate makes changes to the bill.

People in 15 of 24 countries downgraded ratings of the U.S., according to the survey of more than 28,000. Majorities in almost every country surveyed describe Trump as "arrogant" and "dangerous."

As part of Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," the House voted to end a retirement supplement aimed at helping federal employees who retire before they're 62.

The Trump administration has a novel strategy to boost arrests and reduce courts' backlog: dismissing people's immigration cases and immediately arresting them.