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921 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="far fa-clock"></i> 922 <a href="https://www.virginiascope.com/2026/10/"> 923 October 1, 2026 </a> 924 </span> 925 <a class="auth" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/author/vascope/"> 926 <i class="far fa-user-circle"></i>vascope </a> 927 </div> 928 <div class="mg-content"> 929 <p>Shannon Taylor, the Democratic nominee in Virginiaâs First Congressional District, is seeing a surge in fundraising and support going into October.</p> 930 </div> 931 </div> 932 </article> 933 <article id="post-8335" class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center post-8335 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics category-social-justice"> 934 <div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 935 <div class="mg-post-thumb back-img md" style="background-image: url('https://www.virginiascope.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/va-capitol.png');"> 936 <span class="post-form"><i class="fas fa-camera"></i></span> <a class="link-div" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/federal-medicaid-changes-could-put-hundreds-of-thousands-of-virginians-at-risk-of-losing-coverage/"></a> 937 </div> 938 </div> 939 <div class="mg-sec-top-post py-3 col"> 940 <div class="mg-blog-category"><a class="newsup-categories category-color-1" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/category/politics/" alt="View all posts in Politics"> 941 Politics 942 </a><a class="newsup-categories category-color-1" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/category/social-justice/" alt="View all posts in Top Stories"> 943 Top Stories 944 </a></div> 945 <h4 class="entry-title title"><a href="https://www.virginiascope.com/federal-medicaid-changes-could-put-hundreds-of-thousands-of-virginians-at-risk-of-losing-coverage/">Federal Medicaid changes could put hundreds of thousands of Virginians at risk of losing coverage</a></h4> 946 <div class="mg-blog-meta"> 947 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="far fa-clock"></i> 948 <a href="https://www.virginiascope.com/2026/09/"> 949 September 23, 2026 </a> 950 </span> 951 <a class="auth" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/author/vascope/"> 952 <i class="far fa-user-circle"></i>vascope </a> 953 </div> 954 <div class="mg-content"> 955 <p>As Virginia prepares for sweeping changes to its Medicaid program, state officials say hundreds of thousands of Medicaid expansion enrollees could be at risk under new federal eligibility and work…</p> 956 </div> 957 </div> 958 </article> 959 <article id="post-8332" class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center post-8332 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-social-justice"> 960 <div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 961 <div class="mg-post-thumb back-img md" style="background-image: url('https://www.virginiascope.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/spanberger-presser.jpeg');"> 962 <span class="post-form"><i class="fas fa-camera"></i></span> <a class="link-div" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/spanberger-urges-congress-to-regulate-ai/"></a> 963 </div> 964 </div> 965 <div class="mg-sec-top-post py-3 col"> 966 <div class="mg-blog-category"><a class="newsup-categories category-color-1" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/category/social-justice/" alt="View all posts in Top Stories"> 967 Top Stories 968 </a></div> 969 <h4 class="entry-title title"><a href="https://www.virginiascope.com/spanberger-urges-congress-to-regulate-ai/">Spanberger urges Congress to regulate AI</a></h4> 970 <div class="mg-blog-meta">
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1021 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="far fa-clock"></i> 1022 <a href="https://www.virginiascope.com/2026/09/"> 1023 September 21, 2026 </a> 1024 </span> 1025 <a class="auth" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/author/vascope/"> 1026 <i class="far fa-user-circle"></i>vascope </a> 1027 </div> 1028 <div class="mg-content"> 1029 <p>Virginia Attorney General Jay Jonesâ office is asking the State Corporation Commission to effectively restart the review timeline for Dominion Energy and NextEra Energyâs proposed merger, arguing that the companies…</p> 1030 </div> 1031 </div> 1032 </article> 1033 <article id="post-8321" class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center post-8321 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics category-social-justice"> 1034 <div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 1035 <div class="mg-post-thumb back-img md" style="background-image: url('https://www.virginiascope.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/us-capitol.jpg');"> 1036 <span class="post-form"><i class="fas fa-camera"></i></span> <a class="link-div" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/with-early-voting-set-to-begin-trump-rallies-virtually-for-republican-nominees/"></a> 1037 </div> 1038 </div> 1039 <div class="mg-sec-top-post py-3 col"> 1040 <div class="mg-blog-category"><a class="newsup-categories category-color-1" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/category/politics/" alt="View all posts in Politics"> 1041 Politics 1042 </a><a class="newsup-categories category-color-1" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/category/social-justice/" alt="View all posts in Top Stories"> 1043 Top Stories 1044 </a></div> 1045 <h4 class="entry-title title"><a href="https://www.virginiascope.com/with-early-voting-set-to-begin-trump-rallies-virtually-for-republican-nominees/">With early voting set to begin, Trump holds virtual rally for Republican nominees in Virginia</a></h4> 1046 <div class="mg-blog-meta"> 1047 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="far fa-clock"></i> 1048 <a href="https://www.virginiascope.com/2026/09/"> 1049 September 17, 2026 </a> 1050 </span> 1051 <a class="auth" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/author/vascope/"> 1052 <i class="far fa-user-circle"></i>vascope </a> 1053 </div> 1054 <div class="mg-content"> 1055 <p>President Donald Trump participated in a tele-rally Thursday night with Virginia Republican Reps. Rob Wittman, VA-01, Jen Kiggans, VA-02, and John McGuire, VA-05.</p> 1056 </div> 1057 </div> 1058 </article> 1059 <article id="post-8319" class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center post-8319 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics category-social-justice"> 1060 <div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 1061 <div class="mg-post-thumb back-img md" style="background-image: url('https://www.virginiascope.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/money.jpeg');"> 1062 <span class="post-form"><i class="fas fa-camera"></i></span> <a class="link-div" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/a-look-at-money-raised-by-potential-2025-statewide-candidates/"></a> 1063 </div> 1064 </div> 1065 <div class="mg-sec-top-post py-3 col"> 1066 <div class="mg-blog-category"><a class="newsup-categories category-color-1" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/category/politics/" alt="View all posts in Politics"> 1067 Politics 1068 </a><a class="newsup-categories category-color-1" href="https://www.virginiascope.com/category/social-justice/" alt="View all posts in Top Stories"> 1069 Top Stories 1070 </a></div> 1071 <h4 class="entry-title title"><a href="https://www.virginiascope.com/a-look-at-money-raised-by-potential-2025-statewide-candidates/">A look at money raised by potential 2025 statewide candidates</a></h4> 1072 <div class="mg-blog-meta">
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