WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor on Wednesday for “conspicuous gallantry” to a pair of Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the American Civil War and drove it north for 87 miles as they destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines. U.S. Army Privates Philip […]
Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed bills Friday that would have protected access to birth control and removed real estate-related tax exemptions for organizations with Confederate ties, legislators confirmed. Del. Cia Price, who carried the birth control bill, said she received a call from Youngkin’s office informing her it was rejected. “This is such a popular issue,” […]
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislation that would end tax benefits for the United Daughters of the Confederacy — the Richmond-based women’s group that helped erect many of the country’s Confederate monuments — is on its way to Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who hasn’t said whether he supports it. The Democratic-led House of Delegates gave […]