At issue is President Trump's challenge to a constitutional provision that has long been interpreted to guarantee American citizenship to every child born in the United States.
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Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty ImagesA majority of Supreme Court justices peppered Solicitor General D. John Sauer with skeptical questions about the Trump administration's position that birthright citizenship should not apply to babies born to immigrants in the country illegally. -
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Trump administration and its critics are waging a war of images on the National Mall like none before. The president's face stares down from federal buildings while statues and posters mock him below.
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Parties in the lawsuit against Confederate school names in Shenandoah County make their final arguments… Charlottesville grapples with providing more affordable housing… Meanwhile, the governor signs her first bills addressing affordability….
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Protesters took to the streets for “No Kings” rallies in cities across the U.S. on Saturday, with demonstrators energized by issues including the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics and the war in Iran. WMRA's Meredith McCool reports on the rally in Staunton, followed by WMRA’s Anjoleigh Schindler's report from Saturday's event in Charlottesville. -
Hundreds of people got free medical care in Fishersville this weekend, when the national nonprofit Remote Area Medical set up a pop-up clinic at the Augusta Expo Event Center. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi visited and filed this report. -
The Virginia Forum was held at Shenandoah University on its 20th anniversary over the weekend [March 19-21], bringing people together from different fields of study, such as Virginia history and literature. WMRA’s Ayse Pirge reports. -
Augusta County officials held a cornerstone ceremony on Monday at the new courthouse, which is in the final stages of construction. Its opening will mark a new era in a county that predates the U.S. government. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Harrisonburg educator and author George Newman’s novel was published over a century after it was originally written. Now, his work is being brought to life in a staged reading at the Virginia Festival of the Book. WMRA’s Kate Bean reports. -
Between 2000 and 2020, Crozet’s population more than tripled, growth that’s crowded schools, created water worries, and snarled traffic. A new roundabout now aims to ease commuters’ ride from the rural hamlet, even if not everyone’s convinced, as Christine Kueter reports. -
A shared-use commercial kitchen in Charlottesville provides a fully-equipped facility for weekend culinary entrepreneurs and established caterers, bakers, pizza chefs, and more. Recent state and federal grant awards will help the social enterprise expand. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Traditional fasts by Muslims, Christians and adherents of the Baha’i faith have coincided this year, and some students at the University of Virginia took part last week in an interfaith gathering to break fast together. WMRA’s Ayse Pirge reports. -
The Harrisonburg Planning Commission voted 5-1 Wednesday night to recommend that the city council approve The Link, a controversial multi-story apartment complex planned for downtown. WMRA’s Bridget Manley reports. -
Automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs, are widespread across our broadcast region and the nation. Harrisonburg is the latest local city to face pressure from grassroots groups to remove the technology from public streets. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports in the first installment of a two-part series. -
Virginia author, and former television executive, Bruce Bryan, reveals how skills learned in food service work are the same abilities that drive success in any career. -
In Valley novelist Rebecca Kauffman’s new book, The Reservation, a restaurant erupts into chaos with the discovery that twenty-two rib eye steaks have been stolen before a high level patron’s reservation.
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