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US sanctions commander of Iranian drone program that attacked shipping vessel

5 years ago
The Biden administration on Friday sanctioned a number of companies and individuals connected to Iran's military drone program as well as the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Umanned Aerial Vehicle Command (UAV) under whose leadership the US says Iran conducted a deadly attack on a shipping vessel earlier this year.

USPS agrees to provide daily election mail reports to Virginia Democrats after lawsuit claiming delays

5 years ago
The US Postal Service has agreed to provide the Democratic Party of Virginia with a daily report detailing how it has handled election-related mail as part of a lawsuit Democrats filed against the federal agency alleging that thousands of absentee ballots and applications from general registrars failed to be processed and scanned in a timely manner to get them to voters.

Former Virginia Gov. A. Linwood Holton Jr. dies at 98

5 years ago
Former Republican Virginia Gov. A. Linwood Holton Jr. has died, according to a tweet from his son-in-law Sen. Tim Kaine. He was 98. "I mourn the loss of my father-in-law Linwood Holton. He was my friend and public service role model. His courageous efforts to end racial discrimination in Virginia—born out of deep religious conviction about the equality of all God's children—made him a moral pillar for so many," Kaine tweeted.
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