Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
March 4, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska; Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and Jim Himes, D-Conn.; Gov.
IRS nominee Werfel faces questioning on ‘thankless’ job
February 15, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic senators who have been arguing over how much money to give the IRS and how it should be spent found at least one point of unanimity Wednesday as they considered President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the agency: Both sides wished Danny Werfel good luck with the worst job in Washington.
Senators: Officials blocking access to mishandled documents
January 26, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the Senate intelligence committee said Wednesday that they should have access to classified documents that were discovered in the homes of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, arguing that Biden’s administration is stonewalling them over the matter.
Virginia Rep. McEachin dies at 61 after cancer battle
November 29, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Va., died Monday after a battle with colorectal cancer, his office said. He was 61.
Tara Rountree, McEachin's chief of staff, said in a statement late Monday: “Valiantly, for years now, we have watched him fight and triumph over the secondary effects of his colorectal cancer from 2013.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
November 19, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Paul Ryan, former Republican speaker of the House.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Former Vice President Mike Pence.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
September 10, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — To be announced.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Vice President Kamala Harris.
Umbrella swept by wind kills woman at South Carolina beach
August 11, 2022 GMTGARDEN CITY, S.C. (AP) — A beachgoer was killed Wednesday after a loose beach umbrella impaled her in the chest, authorities said.
The umbrella was blown from its anchoring by the wind around 12:40 p.m.
Warner, Kaine want dog breeding facility stripped of license
March 31, 2022 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's U.S. senators called Thursday on a federal agency to immediately suspend the license of a dog breeding facility where recent inspections have found repeated animal welfare violations.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
March 25, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova; Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Cory Booker, D-N.J.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
February 26, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House press secretary Jen Psaki; Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S.
Virginia Sen. Warner announces positive COVID-19 test
January 26, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19 and is working from home, his office said Tuesday.
Rachel S. Cohen, Warner's communications director, said the 67-year-old Demcorat was glad he had been vaccinated and received booster shots.
Senators: Virginia congresswomen bear redistricting burden
December 24, 2021 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's two U.S. Senators have told the state Supreme Court that its proposed map for Virginia's congressional districts puts “the heavy weight of change” on the state's three congresswomen.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
November 6, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern; White House chief of staff Ron Klain; Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J.; Sen.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
October 23, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Sens.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
July 23, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Preempted by coverage of the Tokyo Olympics.
Rural southwest Virginia county marks hospital reopening
July 3, 2021 GMTPENNINGTON GAP, Va. (AP) — A sprawling southwest Virginia county that lost its only hospital eight years ago celebrated the reopening of the facility this week.
Lee County Community Hospital, a 10-bed facility serving southwest Virginia and southeast Kentucky, officially opened its doors to the public on Thursday, Ballad Health announced in a news release.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
June 5, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
ABC’s “This Week” — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo; Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
February 27, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
ABC’s “This Week” — — Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Sens...
Democrat Elaine Luria holds on to US House seat in Virginia
November 4, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Freshman Democratic U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria has held on to her seat in a Virginia congressional district that includes suburban and rural areas and the world’s largest naval base...
Coronavirus dominates low-key Senate race in Virginia
October 17, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Much like the presidential contest, the U.S. Senate race in Virginia has been heavily shaped by the coronavirus...
Concerns mount over outbreak at immigrant detention center
July 30, 2020 GMTFARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia's governor and two U.S. senators urged President Trump to respond to the nation's worst coronavirus outbreak that has occurred inside an immigrant detention center, calling it a “dire situation...
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
June 20, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
No big-name Republicans to challenge Warner for U.S. Senate
June 19, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — For the second time in two years, no big-name Republicans in Virginia are bothering to try and win a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Once a hotly contested swing state where Senate elections were decided by small margins, Virginia has swung solidly blue in the Trump era as voters in the state's growing suburbs reject the president's agenda.
U.S. internet well-equipped to handle work from home surge
March 14, 2020 GMTBOSTON (AP) — The U.S. internet won’t get overloaded by spikes in traffic from the millions of Americans now working from home to discourage the spread of the new coronavirus, experts say...
What’s your data worth to Big Tech? Bill would compel answer
June 24, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress bears down on big tech companies, two senators want to force giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon to tell users what data they're collecting from them and how much it's worth...
Key Senate Democrat warns of Barr’s expanded powers
May 28, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee is sounding the alarm about the new powers that President Donald Trump has granted to Attorney General William Barr.
‘Russian playbook’ remains after Mueller report wraps up
March 26, 2019 GMTATLANTA (AP) — The collusion question now answered, another one looms ahead of 2020: Will U.S. elections be secure from more Russian interference...
Dems contact Twitter over account that boosted edited video of Lincoln Memorial encounter: Report
January 23, 2019 GMTDemocrats in the House and Senate are probing a suspicious Twitter account responsible for posting a viral video of the recent confrontation between a group of high school students wearing "Make America Great Again" hats and a Native American elder, Nathan Phillips, a report said Wednesday.
Mark Warner warns of shutdown impact on security clearances
January 14, 2019 GMTThe three-week government shutdown threatens to undermine the process by which federal employees obtain and maintain sensitive security clearances, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said.
Members of Congress honor Saudi writer killed in Turkey
January 11, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress called for the protection of press freedom around the world Thursday as they honored a U...
Trump associate Roger Stone pleads the fifth in response to Senate invites
December 13, 2018 GMTRoger Stone, President Trump's former election campaign adviser, said he will refuse to answer questions from members of either of two Senate committees investigating the 2016 race.
Mr. Stone has declined requests to testify before both the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination rather than accepting their invitations to appear, he and his lawyer, Grant Smith, told Reuters.
Nation’s top voting equipment vendors grilled by Senate on election security
September 17, 2018 GMTThe Senate's leading election security advocates blasted the country's top voting equipment vendors on Wednesday for potentially failing to shore up ballot boxes despite November's midterm elections already being underway with primaries.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
September 7, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
ABC's "This Week" — George Papadopoulos, former Trump campaign adviser...
Russian Meddling Likely To Continue
May 28, 2018 GMTThe furor surrounding special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into documented Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election obscures the fact that the interference continues. Based on the Mueller team’s work, a grand jury has indicted 13 Russians and the “troll factory” in St.
Gina Haspel, CIA pick, easily clears intel committee
May 16, 2018 GMTGina Haspel passed her first Senate hurdle to becoming the first woman to lead the CIA, winning approval of the intelligence committee Wednesday morning after navigating a renewed debate over the agency's harsh interrogation programs conducted on terror suspects after 9/11.
The Latest: Reddit says it banned 944 suspicious accounts
April 11, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Facebook's privacy scandal and Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony (all times local):...
Congress’ challenge: How to tame industry giant Facebook
April 5, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook isn't just a company. It's a behemoth, with 2.1 billion monthly users, $40 billion in revenue and more than 25,000 employees worldwide.
And that leaves Washington with a daunting task: How do you tame a corporate giant...
Homeland Security officials to testify before Senate Intelligence committee on election security
March 19, 2018 GMTThe Senate Intelligence Committee will question the current and former Homeland Security secretaries on Wednesday and focus on threats the U.S. election infrastructure could face as American voters prepare to cast ballots in the upcoming midterm elections.
The Latest: Trump Jr. finishes 9-hour interview in Senate
December 14, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election (all times local):
7:30 p.m.
Donald Trump Jr. has finished a nine-hour interview with the Senate intelligence committee, concluding his third interview on Capitol Hill as part of probes into Russian interference in the 2016 election...
Virginia launches new network for entrepreneurs, investors
December 12, 2017 GMTALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Virginia is launching a new network designed to help pair the state's investors with its entrepreneurs...
Google cooperating with Russia probe after Twitter slammed
September 30, 2017 GMTMENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Google says it is digging into its vaults for evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, after Virginia Sen...
Senator slams Twitter over suspected accounts tied to Russia
September 29, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Social media giant Twitter told congressional investigators it has suspended at least two dozen accounts that may have been tied to Russia, but the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee was anything but satisfied...
Senator: Twitter’s actions on Russia-linked accounts lacking
September 28, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Social media giant Twitter told congressional investigators Thursday it has suspended at least two dozen accounts that may have been tied to Russia, but the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee was anything but satisfied...
The Latest: Senate Dem not impressed with Twitter briefing
September 28, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Twitter's sessions with congressional investigators (all times local):...
Trump’s lawyer to publicly testify in Senate next month
September 19, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's lawyer will return to Capitol Hill for a public hearing next month after the Senate intelligence committee abruptly canceled a closed-door staff interview Tuesday morning...
Flynn turns over documents to panel probing Russia, Trump
June 6, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn turned over about 600 pages of documents Tuesday to the Senate intelligence committee as part of its investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election, according to a congressional aide...
The Latest: VA senator say Russia hacking more widespread
June 6, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration and the Russia investigation (all times local):
4:15 p.m.
The ranking Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee says Tuesday that hacking into state voting systems was more widespread than has been disclosed...
The Latest: Comey to testify before Senate intel committee
May 19, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible Trump campaign connections with the Russians (all times local):...
Senate panel seeks Flynn documents in Russia probe
May 11, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate intelligence committee subpoenaed former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn for documents related to the panel's investigation into Russia's election meddling...
Senate panel seeks Flynn documents in Russia probe
May 11, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate intelligence committee has subpoenaed former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn for documents related to the panel's investigation into Russia's election meddling...
Senate intel leaders pledge Russia probe cooperation
March 30, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Pledging cooperation, the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee said Wednesday they would steer clear of politics in their panel's probe of Russian interference in last year's election...