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Big crowds turn out to vote in Fairfax County
Voters across Fairfax County showed up in large numbers Saturday to cast ballots in party primaries that will decide who advances to a special election this September for Virginia's 11th Congressional District seat. The seat was left open by longtime Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, who passed away May 21 after a battle with esophageal cancer. . . . Voters on both sides expressed enthusiasm and a sense of civic duty. "It's exciting," said Dan Clark, a Republican from Laurel Hill. "I've never missed a vote since I turned 18, and I'm not about to miss one now."
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.
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.
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.
Yancey: Trump administration forces out the UVa president; 7 things to know (or wonder about)
The president of Virginia’s flagship university is leaving, pushed out by the Trump administration. The actual facts available are few. Let’s review what little we do know, then focus on what we don’t know. The background: President Donald Trump came into office vowing to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs and started on day one by signing the first in a series of executive orders. Over the coming weeks, multiple colleges in Virginia moved to eliminate their DEI offices.
Metro begins Better Bus Program, biggest change to system in half-century
Metro began its Better Bus program Sunday morning, it’s the biggest overhaul of the road-based transit system in 50 years. Hundreds of bus routes, route names and times have changed. “This is the first time in decades that we are making comprehensive changes to the bus,” said Metro General Manager Randy Clarke. . . . The system also has all-new route names, using regional letter prefixes for improved navigation. For example, routes with an “A” stand for Arlington/Alexandria, “M” are for Montgomery County, “D” is for downtown D.C. and “C” is for crosstown routes. “F” is for Fairfax City, Fairfax County, and Falls Church. Limited-stop routes are indicated by an “X” at the end of their names.
Lawmakers, UVa faculty blame Trump admin's 'gross overreach' for Ryan resignation
University of Virginia President Jim Ryan has resigned after the Trump administration Department of Justice led an unprecedented pressure campaign against UVa’s chief executive. The DOJ faulted Ryan for not dismantling the diversity, equity and inclusion programs he established during America’s yearslong racial reckoning. Further, DOJ officials claimed Ryan misrepresented UVa’s efforts to eliminate DEI on Grounds — rebranding those initiatives instead of removing them. ... U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, estimated Friday that UVa has already lost $400 million in federal funding since President Donald Trump took office.
University of Virginia president, pressured over DEI, resigns rather than ‘fight federal government’
The president of the University of Virginia, facing heavy pressure from conservative critics and the Trump administration over the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices, announced Friday that he was resigning rather than “fight the federal government.” The departure of James Ryan, who had led the school since 2018, represents a dramatic escalation in the Trump administration’s effort to reshape higher education. Doing it at a public university marks a new frontier in a campaign that has almost exclusively targeted Ivy League schools.
‘This is not what students want’: Students react to Ryan’s resignation
Following University President Jim Ryan’s resignation from his position Friday, The Cavalier Daily asked students to share their reactions via an online form. Of the 121 responses received, all but one student expressed concern about Ryan’s resignation and what it meant for the University, its students and the state of higher education in the United States. “My immediate reaction was shock, then anger, then grief,” third-year College student Alex Minter wrote. “Shock that an administration claiming it supports academic freedom has gone so far into doing the opposite, anger that a popular, if flawed, president is leaving and grief over what will come next.”
Univ. of Virginia president resigns amid Trump administration inquiry into diversity initiatives
The president of the University of Virginia is resigning following pressure from the Trump administration to step aside amid a Justice Department investigation into the school’s diversity practices. James E. Ryan convened a meeting with his senior leadership Friday and announced that he would be stepping down, according to a source who attended the UVA Board of Visitors meeting.