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Virginia’s U.S. senators last month urged ICE to resume processing DACA applications following an appeals court decision. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine with other Democrats in the U.S. Senate in a letter urged U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to resume processing applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program following a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in June in Texas. Currently, more than 100,000 initial DACA applications are pending with USCIS, according to a...Continue Reading

Serving the community since 1997, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia supports families with after school care, academic support, and character development. Melanie Shanks said as a single parent, it’s crucial. “My little boy loves being here and meeting new kids and he’s gotten so much better in his grades because they have special tutoring,” said Shanks. But now, the Boys & Girls Clubs is concerned about losing federal funding. The Trump Administration has not given states the...Continue Reading

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine made a stop in downtown Charlottesville on Friday afternoon, in an effort to speak with members of the University of Virginia community about President Jim Ryan’s resignation under pressure from the federal government. In the midst of a Department of Justice investigation into whether UVA properly complied with its order to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, Ryan suddenly announced his resignation in late June, with Friday marking his last day as Presiden...Continue Reading

Hundreds of State Department employees are facing unemployment after the Trump administration's reorganization plans led to the dismissal of over 1,300 workers, including more than 1,000 civil servants and over 200 foreign service officers. Senator Tim Kaine criticized the administration's approach, stating that some employees had heard rumors of potential cuts, but Congress was not given a formal plan or the opportunity to vote on the layoffs. Kaine said this is a 'willy nilly' effort to get ri...Continue Reading

When Republicans won control of Washington in November, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) asked his staff to compile a list of the procedural ways he could try to rein in a president determined to stretch the bounds of executive power. Just six months in, Kaine — a longtime advocate of reclaiming Congress’ Article I authority — has checked off pretty much the entire “motley list” his staff put together. This year alone, Kaine has triggered votes on five privileged resolutions and co-sponsored a sixth on Mi...Continue Reading

U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine are demanding the Trump Administration release $108 million in federal funding earmarked for Virginia’s K-12 schools, accusing the administration of deliberately withholding money that Congress approved to support teacher training, after-school programs, mental health resources and more. The Trump administration has accused states and schools of using federal education grants earmarked for immigrants’ children and low-income students to help fund “a rad...Continue Reading

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., filed a series of amendments Monday to the Republican-led budget package moving through Congress, arguing the legislation would slash essential services and disproportionately benefit the wealthy.  A member of the Senate Budget Committee, Kaine said his amendments are designed to blunt some of what he called the proposal’s “worst of the worst” provisions. “We should be focused on growing and supporting the middle-class, not passing Donald Trump and congressional Repub...Continue Reading

After days of delays, members of Congress were briefed on ongoing tensions with Iran in a closed-door meeting. Both Virginia Senators are unhappy with how long it took to receive information on the U.S. strikes on an Iranian nuclear site and said they found out about the strikes when everyone else did, on the news. “What are the next steps? Are we sure now that Iran is not going to strike back against our 40,000 troops in the region?” Sen. Mark Warner said. Warner is the Vice Chair of the Senate...Continue Reading

Several days after President Donald Trump ordered an attack on three of Iran’s nuclear sites, and with debate still raging over how effective those strikes actually were, Democrats are finding a rare moment of unity. Not over whether Trump should have done it in the first place—most think no, some think yes, and others have stayed quiet. Instead, they’re rallying around the notion that Trump has usurped Congress’s authority to declare war.  Clearly, the party’s sudden zeal for congressional war ...Continue Reading

Virginia’s U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner criticized the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites without congressional authorization, while Gov. Glenn Youngkin supported President Donald Trump’s actions. Democrats in Virginia’s congressional delegation faulted the president for acting without congressional backing or consultation, while Republicans supported the U.S. effort to neutralize Iran’s nuclear threat. Kaine, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Foreign Relation...Continue Reading

As tensions escalate between Iran and Israel, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is working to ensure the United States isn’t drawn into another war without congressional approval. The Virginia Democrat has introduced a War Powers Resolution aimed at preventing the president from unilaterally launching military action against Iran. Under the resolution, Congress would be required to debate and vote before the U.S. could enter the conflict. “We have about 40,000 troops in the region. And Iran has made plain...Continue Reading

Accomack County Supervisors are considering drafting a letter to federal legislators to 'make every attempt necessary" to restore lifeguard services at Assateague Island National Seashore, as beachgoers raise safety concerns heading into the peak of summer. With local officials now looking for federal government assistance, WBOC spoke with U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) about what can be done to restore funding for seasonal lifeguards. “We’re writing the FY26 budget, and [we're] in the ...Continue Reading

On Wednesday, President Trump said he hadn't decided yet if the U.S. will strike Iran's nuclear facilities. But Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said a war with Iran would be disastrous. Kaine introduced a resolution that would require Trump to seek congressional approval before U.S. troops could engage in military conflict with Iran. "A third war in the Middle East in this century would be a horrible, horrible mistake," Kaine said, "and it's going to put U.S. service members at risk and al...Continue Reading

As tensions escalate between Iran and Israel, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is working to ensure the United States isn’t drawn into another war without congressional approval. The Virginia Democrat has introduced a War Powers Resolution aimed at preventing the president from unilaterally launching military action against Iran. Under the resolution, Congress would be required to debate and vote before the U.S. could enter the conflict. “We have about 40,000 troops in the region. And Iran has made plain...Continue Reading

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) said Monday he has introduced a resolution to ensure the United States does not go to war against Iran without congressional approval. “It is not in our national security interest to get into a war with Iran unless that war is absolutely necessary to defend the United States,” Kaine said in a statement. Kaine announced the war powers resolution on the fourth day of bloody strikes between Israel and Iran. President Donald Trump has pushed for a diplomatic solution, tho...Continue Reading

Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.)  toured the new barracks at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown on Monday and told 13News Now the issue surrounding housing for all military members remains a top concern. "These guys have missions that are tough enough; housing should not be an additional stressor, it should relieve stress," Kaine said. Kaine, who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made the trip as he plans fiscal priorities ahead of writing the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA...Continue Reading

Virginia’s Democratic U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, D-Va., are slamming the Republican spending plan moving through Congress, warning that tucked among its billion-dollar tax cuts for the wealthy is a dangerous gift to the gun industry that rolls back long-standing safety rules for firearm silencers. In a blistering joint statement Thursday, the senators said the proposal would weaken gun laws that have been in place since 1934 by eliminating registration and ownership requirements...Continue Reading

WASHINGTON - Senators Tim Kaine, Chris Van Hollen and Chuck Schumer are filing a resolution to require the State Department to issue a human rights report on El Salvador.  What we know: Kaine, Van Hollen and Schumer announced Thursday that they are filing a resolution under Section 502 B.C. of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.  "This is a little-used privilege motion. But it's designed, like the other privileges are designed, to enable the Article I branch to check executive overreach," said ...Continue Reading

When Sen. Tim Kaine launched a new strategy to hold President Donald Trump and Republicans accountable for this administration’s power-grabbing moves, Democratic leadership was resistant. But now they’re embracing it. In the aftermath of Trump’s win, with Republicans also controlling both the House and Senate, Kaine asked his staff to find everything in statute and Senate procedure that would allow a single senator to force a floor vote. When the new Congress began, and Kaine saw what he conside...Continue Reading

On Thursday, Senator Chris Van Hollen joined with Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) at a press conference on the Capitol grounds to discuss their legislation requiring the Trump Administration to detail their steps to comply with current court orders regarding the return of citizens wrongfully deported to El Salvador. In particular, the Senator addressed the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was abducted off the streets of Baltimore and sent to Centro Industrial prison in Santa Ana without due process. Th...Continue Reading