FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—In a stunning upset, Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s party is projected to lose both legislative chambers on Tuesday night. Although not all races have been called, Democrats have secured narrow majorities in both chambers: 21 out of 40 Senate seats and 51 out of 100 House seats, according to Decision Desk HQ. […]
News Analysis LEESBURG, Va.—Abortion may prove to be the make-or-break issue in Virginia’s off-year election, traditionally a bellwether for the nation. With Election Day just around the corner, each party sprints toward the finish line: both with the goal of keeping their narrow majority in one legislative chamber and flipping the other. To achieve that, […]
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has granted an absolute pardon to a Loudoun County father arrested at a school board meeting in June 2021. The pardon came weeks before the father’s jury trial for disorderly misconduct. “Upon careful deliberation and review of the circumstances of the matter, I have decided it is just and appropriate to […]
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks at the Time for Choosing Speaker Series, a forum from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute, at 9:00 p.m. ET on May 1 to address critical questions facing the future of the Republican Party.
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s removal of Virginia for consideration for automaker Ford’s new battery plant has come under fire from Democrats, who said that a $3.5 billion Ford battery manufacturing plant would have created over 2,500 jobs in southern Virginia while questioning whether the national security concern over Ford’s China-based partner was legitimate. On Tuesday, […]
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Friday issued an executive order to ban TikTok and WeChat from state government devices. The move adds Virginia to a growing list of more than a dozen U.S. states that have moved to ban TikTok in recent weeks. “Applications and websites such as TikTok and WeChat provide foreign governments, such […]
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday issued an executive order directing state agencies to report all fines, fees, and suspensions related to COVID-19 shutdown violations. State agencies shall report to the state’s Secretary of Finance by Jan. 15, 2023. According to the governor’s executive order (pdf), state action imposed during the COVID-19 public health emergency in Virginia […]
Some of President Joe Biden’s remarks on his 2024 plans, the pandemic, and Taiwan depart from what the White House has said. To break down Biden’s “60 minutes” interview, we sit down with Florida Congresswoman Kat Cammack. The Biden administration returns a kidnapped American home in exchange for releasing a Taliban prisoner. The prisoner swap […]
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vowed to put a halt to his state’s requirement to follow California in adopting strict rules for vehicle emissions, calling it a “ridiculous edict” that would eventually ban the sale of gasoline- and diesel-fueled vehicles. State officials said last week that Virginia is on track to adopt California’s new rules for […]
We’re learning more about the documents seized at former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, what the Justice Department said in its latest court filing, and what difference it could make. Virginia Gov. Glen Youngkin says he doesn’t want his state to follow California’s plan to ban gas-powered cars. He called the plan “ridiculous” and says […]
President Joe Biden held a White House celebration Monday to tout a gun control bill he signed into law last month. But Biden wants more restrictions on guns. The First Amendment is back in the spotlight with Elon Musk backing out of his bid to buy Twitter. As social media continues to ban and censor, […]
While more and more states and districts are dropping COVID-19 restrictions, others are doubling down. Loudoun County, Virginia, is one of them. That’s where a battle is raging between state-level directives and the will of the local school board—and children are bearing the brunt of it. On his first day in office last month, Virginia […]
The Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate on Feb. 8 passed a bill to make masks optional in schools. The move comes as a January executive order to the same effect has been challenged by lawsuits, and resisted by dozens of school districts across the state. The bill, introduced by Democratic state Sen. Chap Petersen, would bar school […]
Some students in Virginia have been isolated from their mask-wearing peers after their parents sent them back to school without a mask per Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order, reports say. Jan. 24 marks the first day that Youngkin’s order took effect. Signed hours after the Republican governor assumed office, the order allows parents to “elect […]
Virginia’s new governor on Thursday unveiled a COVID-19 action plan that includes discouraging mass and asymptomatic testing for the disease and encouraging vaccination. Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plan (pdf) is aimed at relieving pressure on health care systems, keeping state residents healthy, and avoiding shutdowns. On testing for COVID-19, the plan says Youngkin “will discourage mass […]
Virginia’s new Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, was sworn in over the weekend. He got to work immediately, signing 11 executive actions on his first day. NTD has more on the governor’s key moves and two major investigations launched by the state’s new attorney general.
On his first in office, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin fulfilled his campaign promise by prohibiting public schools in the state from teaching critical race theory, which he described as an “inherently divisive” concept. Youngkin, who was sworn in as governor Saturday in Richmond, signed nine executive orders and two executive directives to address some of […]
Two weeks after winning Virginia’s election, Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin reemphasized his commitment to the state’s education. At a weekend thank-you rally, he told supporters he plans to use his veto pen and rule out the teaching of critical race theory in schools.
