Governor announces $40 million to prepare business sites across Virginia

Business development in Virginia received a shot in the arm Friday with the announcement of tens of millions of dollars in new state grants to help evaluate and improve large industrial sites. Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced that $40 million from...

Virginia International Raceway holds weekend of motorcycle races

Former Tennessee coach Derek Dooley announces 2026 Senate bid in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — Former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley on Monday announced his 2026 Republican bid for the U.S. Senate in Georgia against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff. The 57-year-old Dooley is backed by Gov. Brian Kemp and...

2028 Presidential Election Candidates: Possible Democrat, Republican Contenders And Why Are We Hearing This Now

With the 2028 U.S. presidential election over two years away, a crowded field of potential Democratic and Republican candidates is already emerging, sparking early speculation. Names like Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, and JD Vance dominate...

U.S. senators propose bill to support Taiwan's diplomatic ties with Latin America

Washington, Aug. 3 (CNA) A group of American senators has recently introduced a piece of bipartisan legislation to support Taiwan and its diplomatic partners in Latin America and the Caribbean, amid Beijing's continuous poaching of Taipei's allies...

Diddy's Ex Virginia Huynh Supports Rapper, Says He's No 'Danger’

An ex-girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs publicly endorsed the music mogul and requested his release from prison. In legal documents filed to Judge Arun Subramanian in the Southern District of New York on Sunday, August 3, and obtained by Us Weekly...

Address to the Liberian Community Association-District of Columbia-Maryland-Virginia (DMV)

Delivered: July 26, 2025 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen - just so you know - I will deliver this speech in “good and beautiful English," which I learned to speak, to read and to write in the Republic of Liberia. Your Excellency Ambassador Dr....

Virginia Bourbon & Beer Festival Contest Rules

ALPHA MEDIA’S CONTEST-SPECIFIC RULES FOR “VA BOURBON & BEER FESTIVAL” CONTEST NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. These contest-specific rules should be read in conjunction with Alpha...

Trans Rights and the Future of Sex Discrimination Law

The Supreme Court considers how the equal protection doctrine applies to transgender individuals. In a highly anticipated decision, United States v. Skrmetti, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed for the first time how equal protection principles...

U.S. Senate Committee Approves Record Defense Budget

2 It also includes money to support Ukraine. The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved an $852 billion draft U.S. defense budget for the next fiscal year. The document was supported by 26 votes to 3. It aims to modernize the military,...

Virginia band hosts benefit concert for Texas flood victims: 'Do what you can to help'

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Red Letter Mercy, a Christian band made up of members from churches across Central Virginia, is organizing a benefit concert to support communities impacted by recent flooding in Kerrville, Texas. The idea for the concert...

Trump's scathing response to Senate after negotiations blow up

Donald Trump has been ranting and raging once again, this time at his own country. The US president has been yelling about a lot of things recently, having taken issue with a recent South Park episode where they mocked him, hit out at the...

Virginia Bourbon & Beer Festival

ALPHA MEDIA’S CONTEST-SPECIFIC RULES FOR “VA BOURBON & BEER FESTIVAL” CONTEST NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. These contest-specific rules should be read in conjunction with Alpha...

Trump signals he would endorse Winsome Earle-Sears in Virginia governor’s race

ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA — President Donald Trump on Sunday night gave his strongest indication yet that he will endorse Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in the Virginia gubernatorial election. Trump was asked by the Washington Examiner whether he...

In battle for U.S. House, Democrats are calling up military recruits

NEW YORK — The Democratic Party is turning to an unusually large crop of military veterans in an effort to flip the House in 2026, recruiting and promoting veterans in some of the top battleground districts in a reprisal of a strategy that helped...

International Money Launderer Sentenced in Florida

An international money launderer was recently sentenced for a conspiracy to conceal millions in drug proceeds. Senior U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington recently sentenced 33-year-old Miguel Alexander Perez Perez, of the Dominican...

2028 Presidential Election Candidates: Republicans & Democrats Vying for White House

Image Credit: Getty Images We’re still three years away from the 2028 presidential election, but multiple names in both the Democrat and Republican parties are in the conversation to run for office. One of them is JD Vance, who currently serves as...

Republicans jostle for post-Trump future, Democrats still soul-searching as prep begins for 2028 presidential elections

Former vice-president Kamala Harris has ruled out a bid for California governor in 2026 but offered her clearest signal yet that she may seek higher office. Speaking on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday (July 31), Harris said she...

Legal cases could prise open Epstein cache despite Trump’s blocking effort

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed that his administration would release a tranche of documents in the criminal investigation into disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein. But since Trump returned to the White House, his promises have...

How a dog’s hurricane rescue in rising waters changed Florida law

“I don’t blame you. It’s okay,” he continued, before he brought the dog to the safety of his cruiser. Nearly a year later, the dog, a bull terrier who was named Trooper after his saviour, has been thriving in his new home in suburban Parkland,...