Child welfare bills sail through General Assembly on unanimous votes as legislator concern for vulnerable youth crosses party lines ...

Since early 2024, a Fairfax County father has been trying to change Virginia legislation regarding parental rights. James ...

(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president issued a decree Friday giving him emergency powers to restore order in a coca-growing region bordering Venezuela ...

President Donald Trump has come into office signing a record number of first-day executive orders and making other pronouncements. How do these affect Virginia? Or do they? The impact varies from ...

Environmental groups have condemned the energy emergency order, saying climate change driven by fossil fuels consumption is the true emergency. But some have said they do not expect to file ...

But a Virginia Beach wind farm already under construction will be spared the immediate effects of the order, said environmental experts and Dominion Energy officials. Still, the experts say other ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va (WCHS) — The American Civil Liberties Union is calling on West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey to revoke an executive order ending all Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs at ...

President Trump in a directive on Monday directed the secretary of transportation and the Federal Communications Commission to “consider waiving” laws and policies that limit the ability of the ...

Declaring a national energy emergency is a first for a U.S. president. The executive order activates legal mechanisms that could significantly expand the government’s ability to expedite energy ...

Invoking presidential emergency powers gives the president the ... drone support and help procuring detention space. But in a separate order, Mr. Trump appeared to go further by giving the ...

One order declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border to “erect physical barriers” and deploy military assets under the command of the Secretary of Defense. It is unclear how many ...