Virginia Republican AG Jason Miyares and Democratic candidate Jay Jones to debate

RICHMOND, Va. (WCYB) — Virginia Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares and Democratic Attorney General candidate Jay Jones will debate Thursday in Richmond. The debate will take place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the University of Richmond’s...

Virginia Attorney General Candidates Face Off in 2025 Debate

The University of Richmond and the Virginia State Bar host the 2025 Virginia Attorney General Debate at 6 p.m. ET on Oct. 16. Candidates for attorney general, Jason Miyares and Jay Jones, share their vision, discuss key issues, and answer...

Leaked texts loom over Virginia AG debate

(The Center Square) – Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and Democratic challenger Jay Jones are set to face off Thursday night in their first and only debate. The debate comes after weeks of controversy surrounding Jones’ leaked text...

Melanie McDonagh: Beyond the grave, Virginia Giuffre hits back at her tormentors in memoir

Beyond the grave, ­Virginia Giuffre can still turn the tables on her tormentors. Of course, the villain of her story is dead, Jeffrey Epstein, having died while in prison facing charges of sex trafficking, but the familiar charges have a dreadful...

Judge Halts Shutdown Layoffs—for Now; Virginia AG Candidates Will Debate Tonight; Flying Ferry to Be Tested on Potomac

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Virginia Dem who wanted 'two bullets' in rival's head faces heat over reckless driving

Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones defended himself when confronted with his text message scandal at a debate with incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares Oct. 16. (Courtesy: University of Richmond) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News...

Jones texts addressed in Virginia attorney general’s debate, but don’t dominate discussion

RICHMOND — The candidates running for Virginia attorney general were quick during Thursday’s debate to address an issue that has threatened to be the October surprise of the election: former Del. Jay Jones’ text messages espousing violent...

Virginia AG candidates Jay Jones and Jason Miyares clash over violent rhetoric in feisty debate

Republican candidates for Virginia election visit JMU

The 2025 Virginia gubernatorial Republican ticket spoke about their campaigns and introduced themselves to students on Monday. In Bridgeforth Stadium, gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears, lieutenant governor candidate John Reid and incumbent...

Virginia attorney general debate centers on Jay Jones' violent texts

Republican Jason Miyares and Democrat Jay Jones faced off in a contentious debate for Virginia attorney general Thursday that focused in large part on the recently surfaced violent texts that Jones sent three years ago. In their only debate before...

'Trump Couldn't Have Been Friendlier': Jeffrey Epstein Abuse Accuser Virginia Giuffre Details the Moment She Met The Prez at His Office in Posthumous Memoir

Epstein's most famous accuser is set to spill all of his secrets from beyond the grave in her posthumous memoir. Giuffre took her own life in April at age 41, but not before completing her explosive book. In her upcoming autobiography, Nobody’s...

Virginia’s new missing child alert system shows early success

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - It’s been over a year since Virginia State Police began issuing “CODI alerts.” The new system is meant to fill a gap when it comes to finding missing and endangered children quickly. So far in 2025, state police say there...

Violent Texts and Trump Dominate Virginia AG Debate

Virginia’s Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares kicked off the Thursday debate referencing text messages in which his Democrat opponent Jay Jones wished death on a political rival. Jones responded in his opening remarks on the controversy...

Virginia AG candidates Jay Jones and Jason Miyares clash over violent rhetoric in feisty debate

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares and Democratic challenger Jay Jones squabbled over a host of lawyerly issues on Thursday in their first and only debate: criminal prosecutions, consumer protection and...

Virginia dismisses OT Wallace Unamba

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Virginia dismissed offensive lineman Wallace Unamba, the school announced earlier this week.The dismissal was because of a violation of team policy. Unamba started the Cavaliers’ first two games of the campaign at right tackle...

Massachusetts 13-year-old abducted by ICE and transported to Virginia detention center

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents transfer an immigrant into the ICE Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, after an early morning raid. [AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes]The abduction of a 13-year-old boy by armed agents of...

Miyares, Jones clash in Virginia attorney general debate

Summary Miyares, Jones face off in Virginia attorney general debate Jones’ 2022 texts suggesting political violence spark controversy Miyares calls messages “disqualifying”; Jones apologizes Debate underscores high stakes in one of two statewide...

Virginia ranks 6th in federal shutdown impact

(The Center Square) – Virginia ranks sixth among the most affected in the ongoing federal government shutdown. Nearly 900,000 federal employees have been furloughed, and another 700,000 are still working without pay. The shutdown is costing the...

Virginia attorney general debate kicks off with apology for text scandal

Virginia Attorney General Debate: Jay Jones Apologizes for Controversial Remarks

On Thursday evening, during the debate for the Virginia attorney general position, Democratic candidate Jay Jones responded to criticism of graphic and aggressive remarks directed at his colleague by his opponent Jason Miyares. “Let me be very...