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Warner: Trump bill will be ‘political albatross’ for Republicans
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Sunday that President Trump’s megabill will be a “political albatross” for Republicans back at home. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan noted that the GOP tax and spending bill, which just cleared a key hurdle in the Senate on Saturday night, includes some policies that Democrats have championed. “You can put as much lipstick on this pig as you want. This will be a political albatross for the Republicans,” Warner said, suggesting the individual policy add-ons don’t justify supporting the bill overall.
Mark Warner decries ‘outrageous’ ouster of University of Virginia president
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Sunday the Trump administration was “doing damage to our flagship university” after the University of Virginia’s president resigned after pressure from the White House over the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. James E. Ryan, who had served as the university’s president since 2018, announced his resignation Friday amid the Justice Department’s ongoing probes into DEI practices at schools around the nation. Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Warner defended Ryan and predicted that other universities will not be exempt from the administration’s goals.
Beyer announces reelection bid, pledging to wield influence to keep fighting Trump
Rep. Don Beyer is pursuing another term in office, promising to keep fighting “abuses of power” while his party plots strategies to take back Congress. The Democrat representing Virginia’s 8th Congressional District, which includes all of Arlington, acknowledged to ARLnow that his party has struggled to resist dramatic policy changes under President Donald Trump while Republicans control the legislature.
U-Va. president resigns amid Trump administration pressure
University of Virginia President James E. Ryan resigned Friday, a decision he said he took to try to spare the university a costly fight with the Trump administration amid pressure over diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Justice Department officials had previously told Ryan they’d like him to step down, a person familiar with the matter said. The agency declined to comment Friday. In a note to the community, Ryan said he worried that trying to save his own job to fight the federal government would harm U-Va. researchers reliant on federal funding and students who could lose financial aid or their visas.
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
The Trump administration on Friday secured perhaps the most significant victory in its pressure campaign on higher education, forcing the resignation of the University of Virginia’s president, James E. Ryan, over the college’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The extraordinary wielding of federal power to oust the 58-year-old college president showed the unusual lengths the administration would go to pursue President Trump’s political agenda and shift the ideological tilt of academia, which he views as hostile to conservatives. Mr. Ryan’s resignation also presents new challenges for other colleges negotiating with the government, including Harvard, ...