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Dominion energy stock rises highest in over 3 years, Nextera energy stock crashes. Here's why

NextEra Energy is buying Dominion Energy in an all-stock transaction valued at about $66.8 billion, creating the world's largest regulated electric utility by market value.

The Economic Times

Former assistant principal on trial for child neglect after Virginia school shooting

A former assistant principal is set to go on trial, accused of ignoring warnings that a student brought a loaded gun to a Virginia elementary school

The Independent UK

Virginia woman’s ‘red flag’ date disses her work, then says he’s never finished a book: ‘I gasped at the leather seats comment’

In today’s world, dating is much harder than it used to be, to the point where many people prefer to stay single rather than even try to date someone, let alone be with them. If you’re in the dating scene, you know this is true, or if your friends are,…

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Sewage tank explodes after train smashes into truck in dramatic video

Driver left with life-threatening injuries after colliding with freight train in Virginia

The Independent UK

Supreme Court kills Virginia redistricting push

The Supreme Court denied a bid from Virginia Democrats to revive a voter-approved redistricting plan.

Axios

S. Ct. Denies Stay of Virginia Supreme Court's Redistricting Referendum Decision

Today's order is here; the application that was denied is here. The state's argument for a stay, which the Court… The post S. Ct. Denies Stay of Virginia Supreme Court's Redistricting Referendum Decision appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Supreme Court rejects Virginia Democrats’ bid to revive voting map

This decision marks the latest development in the ongoing, nationwide mid-decade redistricting competition

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Supreme Court turns aside Virginia redistricting request

The Supreme Court turned aside Friday an effort from Virginia Democrats to keep alive the commonwealth’s new congressional map, leaving in place the Virginia Supreme Court ruling holding the ballot measure process violated the Constitution. The one-line, unsigned, unexplained order from the justices declined to pause the state justices’ decision…

Roll Call

Virginia's New 'Assault Firearm' Ban Is Plainly Unconstitutional, a Federal Lawsuit Argues

Three Second Amendment groups say the law violates the right to own arms in common use for self-defense and other lawful purposes.

Reason

Virginia’s new gun restrictions targeting ‘assault firearms’ spark immediate legal challenges

The restrictions are part of nearly two dozen gun measures enacted during the Democratic governor’s first months in office

The Independent UK

Labor leaders call collective bargaining veto a ‘betrayal’ by Virginia governor

Union leaders say veto from Democrat Abigail Spanberger is an about-face from promises she made on campaign trail

The Guardian - US

Drawing lines: A look at the methods, precedents, and history of redistricting

Welcome to the Friday, May 15, 2026, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Virginia GOP rep’s ‘ditto’ to a racist radio rant just handed Democrats a weapon in the tightest House race of 2026

Virginia GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans just handed Democrats a loaded weapon in what’s shaping up to be the tightest House race of 2026. After agreeing with a conservative radio host’s racist remark about House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Kiggans is now facing calls to resign from top Democrats, including the…

The Mary Sue

Democratic calls grow for GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans to resign

More than a dozen House Democrats have called for the Virginia Republican to step down.

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The Guardian - US

Republican Jen Kiggans faces calls to resign for agreeing with racist ‘cotton-picking’ remark

Congresswoman says she did not condone radio host’s language about Hakeem Jeffries, the top House Democrat

The Mary Sue

US Army confirms the worst as one soldier’s body is recovered, but the fate of the other who jumped in to save him remains unknown

The U.S. Army just confirmed the worst possible outcome after one of two missing soldiers was found dead in Morocco. First Lieutenant Kendrick Lamont Key Jr, a 27-year-old platoon leader from Richmond, Virginia, was recovered along the shoreline about a mile from the cliffs where both soldiers vanished on May…

International Business Times

GOP Rep. Slammed For Not Pushing Back Against Claim That Hakeem Jeffries Should Get His 'Cotton-Picking Hands Off Of Virginia'

Democratic lawmakers are calling for GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans to resign after she did not push back against a claim that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries should get his "cotton-picking hands off of Virginia."

The Guardian - US

Virginia Democrats ask conservative-majority US supreme court to restore congressional map approved by voters – as it happened

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Key House Republican faces calls from Democrats to resign over radio interview

Several House Democrats told Axios they think Rep. Jen Kiggans should step down.

Roll Call

Virginia officials ask Supreme Court to step into congressional map clash

Virginia Democratic leaders on Monday asked the Supreme Court to pause last week’s commonwealth high court decision that invalidated a voter-passed ballot measure for a new congressional map. The emergency application urged the justices to halt the commonwealth court’s 4-3 decision while the state Democratic leaders pursue an appeal at…

Reason

The Stunning Plan To Reverse The Supreme Court of Virginia: Lower The Retirement Age to 54, "Retire" The Justices In The Majority, Install Cronies To Uphold New Map

This is not constitutional hardball. It is murderball.

The Guardian - US

The next Voting Rights Act must outlaw gerrymandering

The supreme court has gutted one of the strongest federal tools we had against the most effective weapon in US politics

The Guardian - US

Pardoned January 6 rioter sentenced to seven years for Virginia burglary

Zachary Alam spent four years in jail for his role in the US Capitol attack before Trump pardoned him in 2025

The Guardian - US

No-bid contract to turn DC’s reflecting pool blue goes to firm with ties to Trump

A company Trump has used for work at his Virginia golf course was awarded $6.9m to paint the iconic attraction

International Business Times

Democrats' Last Shot at the House Just Got Torched — Virginia Court Kills Voter-Approved Redistricting Map in 4-3 Ruling

The Virginia Supreme Court struck down a voter-approved congressional redistricting amendment in a 4-3 ruling, dealing a major blow to Democrats' hopes of winning the House in November's midterms. Combined with the U.S. Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act, Republicans now hold a commanding redistricting advantage.

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