Surry County, Virginia — For being just 19 years old, Cameran Drew of Surry County, Virginia, is ambitious — some might say overly ambitious. In last week’s election, the young liberal took on the establishment when he ran for a seat on the Surry County Board of Supervisors. “I wanted this job because I knew…
Police have been called to the Virginia home at the center of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ legal woes a dozen times since it was purchased. James, 67, bought the $137,000 home for her grandniece Nakia Thompson, 37, and her three kids to live in in August 2020. Last month the attorney general was slapped with…
A jury awarded $10 million to former first grade Virginia teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot and seriously wounded by a 6-year-old student in 2023, in a civil case that accused the school’s former assistant principal of ignoring multiple warnings the day of the shooting. Zwerner, 25, was shot in the hand and chest by a…
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – The government shutdown has now stretched to 36 days, officially becoming the longest shutdown of any kind in U.S. history. The landmark closure passed that historic threshold just hours after Democrats swept the polls in key elections, winning the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races, the New York City mayoral election,…
The Trump factor He may not have been on the ballot, but President Trump was on the minds of voters in the 2025 elections. He was a factor for many voters in each of the places where exit polls were conducted: Virginia, New Jersey, New York City and California. And more said their vote in…
Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger will defeat Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in the Virginia gubernatorial race, CBS News projected Tuesday, marking one of Democrats’ first major victories since President Trump’s win last year. Spanberger will be Virginia’s first female governor. Virginia’s off-year gubernatorial race tends to serve as a referendum on the president who was…
Candidates in the New Jersey governor’s race: Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill. AP Photos In the New Jersey governor’s race, Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill is running against Republican Jack Ciattarelli. Soon after polls closed at 8 p.m. ET, CBS News rated the race as lean Democratic, toward Sherrill. Gov. Phil Murphy is serving…
By Joseph Ax, Tim Reid and Maria Tsvetkova WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrat Abigail Spanberger won Virginia’s election for governor on Tuesday, U.S. media said, the first of several contests that will serve as an early gauge of how Americans are responding to President Donald Trump’s tumultuous nine months in office. Spanberger, 46, a former congresswoman and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday marks the nation’s first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, and his leadership and policies dominated the debate in almost every race — even though the Republican was absent from the campaign trail. The biggest contests are in Virginia and New Jersey, the only states…
Donald Trump is throwing a fit as a series of polls spell trouble for him and the GOP. The president, who likes to tell people he has the “best numbers,” appeared to acknowledge that recent polls have told a different story in a fuming Truth Social post he fired off Monday afternoon. “So many Fake…