GOP-led counties push back against Democrats’ redistricting charge, testing Virginia’s constitutional limits

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Virginia counties and several independent cities are pushing back against an April special election that could reshape nearly every Republican-held congressional district in the state before voters next head to the polls. If approved, the referendum would trigger a mid-cycle redrawing of the state’s congressional map, potentially altering the balance of power in Virginia’s U.S. … Read more

China-linked birth tourism under scrutiny as GOP lawmakers press Trump admin for answers

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FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are pressing the Trump administration for answers over whether China is exploiting U.S. birthright citizenship and visa programs in a U.S. territory to secure long-term influence inside the United States. In a letter sent Monday to outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Interior Secretary … Read more

Schumer once blocked Trump’s move to fill the nation’s oil reserves, now he wants them opened

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The top Senate Democrat wants President Donald Trump to tap the nation’s oil stockpile as fuel prices skyrocket, years after blocking his attempt to replenish the supply when prices were low. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on Trump to unleash reserve barrels of oil from America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as oil prices … Read more

A Mississippi mother couldn’t find accurate sex ed for her kids. So she started a class at church

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As states scale back requirements for comprehensive sex ed, some parents and faith communities are stepping in to teach what schools won’t When Wendy Pfrenger’s children started high school in the town of Oxford, Mississippi, she had the choice to enroll them in abstinence-only or abstinence-plus sex ed. Although the abstinence-plus option would include instruction … Read more

Georgia teacher killed by student driving away from prank gone wrong

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Five teenagers arrested after Jason Hughes run over outside his home after prank involving toilet paper A beloved Georgia teacher was accidentally run over and killed outside his home recently by a student driving away from a prank involving toilet paper, according to authorities. The death of math instructor and athletics coach Jason Hughes, 40, … Read more