Democrats urge IRS watchdog to find out why a top lawyer who clashed with White House left his job

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats want a watchdog at the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the recent departure of a high-ranking IRS attorney who clashed with President Donald Trump’s White ...

A Hampton veteran dreams of walking again after a series of strokes. With this device, he has hope.

Everett Plummer’s last stroke was four years ago. Now, a device from Hampton VA Medical Center is keeping his dream of ...

Norfolk’s Book Exchange moving to former Rite Aid location, expanding

The Book Exchange will move to the former Rite Aid location across the street in early September, allowing the store to ...

Malone unfazed after Hampton U picked last in CAA preseason football poll

Van Malone’s first Coastal Athletic Association media day as Hampton’s head coach came with familiar expectations. The Pirates were picked last among 13 teams in the conference’s preseason poll after ...

Democrats say Social Security boss’ message pushed misleading statements on Trump tax law’s benefits

Some Democrats are squaring off with President Donald Trump’s administration over one of the most potent political issues in the country ahead of this year’s midterm elections: Social Security. The ...

More than 24 states sue Trump administration after it put conditions on receiving disaster funding

More than two dozen states on Thursday sued the Trump administration for requiring them to comply with election and immigration conditions in order to receive billions of dollars in federal funding ...

Gas, groceries and back-to-school items are where shoppers might see higher oil prices surface

Already feeling pinched since the start of the Iran war, consumers are likely to feel more pain ahead as oil prices pushed past $100 a barrel Thursday amid renewed fighting and military strikes that ...

Laura Loomer meets with Zelenskyy in Ukraine after major reversal on the war

Laura Loomer, an ardent ally of President Donald Trump with a reputation for incendiary social media commentary, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday after a dramatic ...

Bob Molinaro: We Americans are used to commercials interrupting sports

Molinaro noted that Americans mostly shrugged during each half’s hydration break. Meanwhile, he said NFL players likely will have to give concessions to owners to gain more natural-grass fields, and ...

Hampton Roads Academy adds wrestling program under coach Eric Thompson

Starting in the winter of 2026, the Navigators will compete in varsity wrestling for the first time, the school announced Thursday. The program will be guided by Eric Thompson, who has extensive ...

Sen. Mark Warner says if reelected this year, it would be his last term

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner said at a campaign stop in Staunton that if he’s elected in November, he would serve out his last term ...

US is ready to help end the ‘senseless war’ in Ukraine but no quick deal ahead, Rubio says

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the Trump administration is poised to help end the “senseless war” in ...