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Virginia joins list of GOP states leaving bipartisan effort to combat voter fraud amid conspiracies
Read full article: Virginia joins list of GOP states leaving bipartisan effort to combat voter fraud amid conspiraciesVirginia's top election official says she plans to withdraw the state from a bipartisan effort aimed at ensuring accurate voter lists and combating fraud.
EXPLAINER: What are special counsels and what do they do?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: What are special counsels and what do they do?The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department probes into the discovery of classified documents at the home and former office of President Joe Biden has focused renewed attention on the role such prosecutors have played in modern American history.
Supreme Court sympathetic to group convicted in NY scandal
Read full article: Supreme Court sympathetic to group convicted in NY scandalThe Supreme Court seems ready to side with a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others convicted of corruption related to an upstate economic development project dubbed the Buffalo Billion.
New special counsel has long career confronting corruption
Read full article: New special counsel has long career confronting corruptionThe prosecutor named as special counsel to oversee investigations related to former President Donald Trump has a long career confronting public corruption and war crimes.
Close races for governor unfolding in Virginia, New Jersey
Read full article: Close races for governor unfolding in Virginia, New JerseyTight races for governor were unfolding in Virginia and New Jersey late Tuesday with the Democratic candidates narrowly trailing their Republican rivals in states that President Joe Biden easily captured a year ago.
Political newcomer Youngkin wins Virginia GOP governor race
Read full article: Political newcomer Youngkin wins Virginia GOP governor racePolitical newcomer Glenn Youngkin has emerged as Virginia Republicans’ nominee for governor, in a year when the GOP hopes to end a 12-year losing streak in statewide races.
2021 marquee contest: Virginia governor's race in high gear
Read full article: 2021 marquee contest: Virginia governor's race in high gearJustin Fairfax directs the Senate at the Capitol, in Richmond, Va. An unusually broad field is vying to be the next governor of Virginia as the marquee political contest of 2021 gets into full swing. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)RICHMOND, Va. – An unusually broad field of candidates are vying for the governor's seat in Virginia as the marquee political contest of 2021 gets into full swing. The field of announced and likely candidates in the closely watched race is more diverse than anytime in modern history. “Folks, it is time for a new Virginia way,” he said at his campaign kick off in early December. The nomination fight, Kidd said, will be a key indicator of “whether or not the Trump fever has broken” among Virginia Republicans.