virginia gov

Latest Stories

People march in the streets of Durham protesting against a possible march by the Ku Klux Klan, Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, in Durham, N.C. Hundreds of anti-racist demonstrators gathered in a North Carolina city in response to rumors of a white supremacist march. The sheriff had issued a statement that he was investigating the rumors, but no gathering of white supremacists was apparent by midafternoon. However, officers blocked streets and businesses closed. (AP Photo/Jonathan Drew)

The Latest: Family: Remove Arlington’s Confederacy monument

Associated Press

A statue of Jefferson Davis (second from left), president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, is on the list for removal from Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. (Associated Press/File)

Capitol’s Confederate statue removals pose difficult questions

By Seth McLaughlin and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Marcus Martin, right, hugs his fiance Marissa Blair, left, during a memorial for Heather Heyer Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville, Va. Martin pushed his fiance out of the way of the vehicle that killed Heyer last Saturday. (Andrew Shurtleff/The Daily Progress via AP, Pool)

The Latest: Sculpture put in removed statue’s spot toppled

Associated Press

A portrait of Heather Heyer, who was killed when a vehicle drove through counter protestors in Charlottesville, Va., lies on a table with flowers during a vigil on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss., Monday, Aug 14, 2017. The rally was held in response to a white nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post via AP)

The Latest: Peaceful candlelight vigil moves through campus

Associated Press

Heather Heyer’s funeral: Mourners gather to remember woman killed at Charlottesville rally

Associated Press

FILE- In this June 22, 2017, file photo Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney gestures during a news conference at City Hall in Richmond, Va. In the wake of a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Stoney says his city should consider removing or relocating its Confederate statues. Stoney's announcement Wednesday is a reversal from a position he took earlier this year. In June, he said he thought the monuments should stay but have context added about what they represent and why they were built. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

In wake of rally, Richmond’s mayor reconsiders monuments

By SARAH RANKIN and ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

Daily Stormer, neo-Nazi website, faces GoDaddy, Google bans

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Protesters march on Broad Street late Sunday Aug. 13, 2017, in Richmond, Va. The group marched through the Fan District to the Lee Monument to Jackson Ward. The march was held a day after a white supremacist rally spiraled into deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va. (Shelby Lum/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

The Latest: Student leaders say campuses should be safe

Associated Press

Mayor: Boston won’t welcome ‘hate groups’ seeking to rally

By STEVE LeBLANC - Associated Press

The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee still stands in Lee park in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. The removal of the statue is in litigation and is at the center of the racial tensions and demonstrations in the town. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Experts: Police response inadequate at Charlottesville rally

By BRIAN WITTE and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP)

Crash suspect’s ex-teacher says he idolized Hitler, Nazism

By DAKE KANG and DAN SEWELL - Associated Press

Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

The Latest: Victim’s friend calls her death an act of terror

Associated Press

These undated photo provided by the Virginia State Police show Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates, left, of Quinton, Va., and Lt. H. Jay Cullen, of Midlothian, Va. The two were killed Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, when the helicopter they were piloting crashed while assisting public safety resources during clashes at a nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. (Virginia State Police via AP)

Family, friends mourn 3 dead in Virginia rally violence

By JOSHUA REPLOGLE and ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

Trump addresses Charlottesville violence in tweets, signing ceremony

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One, Saturday, July 22, 2017, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Naval Air Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., to attend the commissioning ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Latest: Trump calls aircraft carrier a symbol of power

Associated Press

A view of Pfitzner Stadium, in Woodbridge, Va., Tuesday, July 19, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

Dan Snyder, Redskins won’t end up in Virginia

By Thom Loverro

In this Feb. 3, 2012 file photo, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

Government scraps search for new FBI headquarters

By SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday March 29, 2007, file photo, William Morva watches as prospective jury members are interviewed to serve in his attempted robbery trial in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Christiansburg, Va. Morva is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday, July 6, 2017, for the killings of a hospital security guard and a sheriff's deputy in 2006. Morva's attorneys and mental health advocates are calling on Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to spare his life. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP, File)

The Latest: Virginia executes inmate for killing 2 in 2006

Associated Press

Kris Kobach

Kris Kobach: Voter information refusal ‘idiotic’

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

McAuliffe announces Mexican trade agreement, jabs Trump

Associated Press