The Latest Breaking News from Abigail Spanberger

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A GOP sweep of Virginia’s 2021 statewide elections has helped energize the Republican field in two of the country’s most competitive U.S. House races

Some pivotal elections will be settled with runoffs Tuesday, including a high-profile and pricey GOP primary to pick the likely successor to retiring Sen. Richard C. Shelby of Alabama.

Races Tuesday include the Alabama GOP Senate runoff in which Trump endorsed Katie Britt after rescinding his backing of Rep. Mo Brooks.

Six candidates are running in the Republican primary for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District on June 21, 2022. Derrick Anderson, Bryce Reeves, Crystal Vanuch, and Yesli Vega have raised the most money. Incumbent Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) is running for re-election in the redrawn 7th District.

The public hearings of the House committee investigating the insurrection pose a challenge to Democrats seeking to maintain narrow control of Congress

Open drug use and the threat of mass violence have prompted calls for more security funding for mass transit. Congress also says better oversight of existing security is needed.

Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns have made waves with tapes of Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans – but the president’s party has more to fear from what they reveal

By inventing a problem where there isn’t one, centrist Democrats are already giving in to conservative attacks.

An Associated Press review finds that state and local governments have spent nearly $1 billion worth of federal coronavirus aid on projects that have little to do with combating the pandemic

WASHINGTON — The official transcript of President Joe Biden’s 20-minute speech about lowering the cost of health care last week in Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s district was more than 3,300 words. “Masks” was not one of them, even though the administration decided just weeks earlier to make high-quality masks available…