As U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson vies to keep his gavel, President-elect Donald Trump on Monday gave the Louisiana ...

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As lawmakers consider Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposal to provide vehicle tax relief for Virginians and ultimately eliminate ...

Following the passage of a federal law earlier this year that calls for the owners of social media app TikTok to either sell ...

The U.S. Department of Education on Dec. 20 signaled it would withdraw a proposed rule that would have set a regulatory ...

The U.S. Senate approved a broadly bipartisan bill early Saturday that would increase Social Security benefits for millions ...

If advocates are successful, Washington would join a dozen Democratic-leaning states and several cities that have added new ...

The unconstrained buildout of data centers has handed Virginia leaders a problem that is, in the parlance of JLARC, “very ...

From St. Nick to Santa to Kris Kringle, it’s a marvel that Rudolph isn’t completely confused about whom exactly he is working ...

The Mercury's top 10 most-read stories this year reflect our readers' interests in a range of issues that affect them and ...

A recent immigration surge brought newcomers to every state this year, helping to offset a continued drop in U.S. births ...

Valerie Fridland is a professor of linguistics at the University of Nevada in Reno and author of the book, "Like Literally, ...