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‘Stunning’ Silence: Youngkin Criticizes White House Over Quantico Base Trespassing Briefing Delay

Published August 7, 2024 at 8:00AM | Updated August 9, 2024 at 9:52AM

Gov. Glenn Youngkin and congressional candidate Derrick Anderson talk with voters at Spotsylvania Town Center.

Updated — Virignia Gov. Glenn Youngkin expressed his frustration at the White House after it did not provide him with a briefing on the arrests of two illegal immigrants charged with ramming the gate and trespassing on Quantico Marine Corps Base.

They haven’t briefed me at all, which is just stunning. What I know is what you know,” Youngkin told Potomac Local News during a tour of the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office’s National Night Out event at Spotsylvania Towne Center on Tuesday, August 6, 2024.

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They don’t like abortion, but Kaine’s GOP challengers say they won’t seek a federal ban

By Local News

Published May 20, 2024 at 8:46AM | Updated May 20, 2024 at 9:28AM

Cao with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin

It’s obvious where Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine stands on abortion access. And that’s not just for the fact that his party has been outspoken in support of access and other reproductive rights. Kaine has also co-sponsored the bipartisan Reproductive Freedom For All Act — an attempt to codify abortion protections into federal law.

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First Lady, Virginia Governor travel to region for closing arguments in congressional races

By Potomac Local News

Published November 8, 2022 at 5:00AM

First Lady Jill Biden makes a campaign stop for Jennifer Wexton (D) whose hoping to hold onto Virignia’s 10th Congressional seat.

The congressional candidates made their closing arguments in the 2022 campaign at events across the region on Monday, November 7, 2022.

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Virginia GOP files lawsuit in Prince William; Youngkin, Cruz to appear

By Potomac Local News

Published October 21, 2022 at 12:30PM | Updated October 23, 2022 at 2:31PM

Updated 7 p.m. –– The Republican Party of Virginia filed a lawsuit against the Prince William County Elections Office.

The GOP says the county has not done its job to allow handpicked party representatives to work as poll chiefs and assistant chiefs on Election Day, November 8, 2022.

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Wexton, Cao debate in Manassas Park, outline key differences on immigration, transgender issues

By Potomac Local News

Published October 6, 2022 at 3:44PM

Wexton / Cao

Congressional candidates Jennifer Wexton (D) and Hung Cao (R) spoke to voters at a forum Wednesday night in Manassas Park.

Mary Washington University Professor Dr. Steven F. Fuller asked more than 10 questions of the candidates during an exchange that lasted nearly an hour and a half. Many of them were about multiple crises facing the nation — inflation, the weakening economy, increased fuel costs, and increased mortgage rates in a cooling Real Estate market.