Virginia

A judge found the Air Pollution Control Board acted unlawfully when it voted to withdraw the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Rep. Gerry Connolly just won reelection.

Three competitive districts stayed with the same parties: the Republican incumbent kept the 2nd congressional district, while Democrats won the 7th and 10th.

The 2024 general election results reaffirmed Virginia’s status as a blue state, but Trump mounted a strong, near-comeback for the Republicans.

The Purcell principle, established by the Supreme Court, generally cautions against changes to election procedures close to voting day.

The case prompted a flood of sexual assault and harassment complaints from other CIA workers and led the agency to implement a string of reforms.

Virginia argued that a lower court misinterpreted a federal voting law.

The Fourth Circuit ruled on Oct. 27 that taking the names off the rolls so close to a federal election may be illegal.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said the state will file an appeal with the Supreme Court.

The plan violated a 90-day quiet period preventing systematic changes before an election, the judge said.

State officials have defended the removals based on noncitizen self-identification at Virgina’s Department of Motor Vehicles.

Military officials were unable to determine who was controlling a swarm of drones that flew over Joint Base Langley–Eustis for several days in December 2023.