Mark R. Warner

Hillary is great, but look at other women too, activists say

2013-05-02 11:03:00

WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton would be the runaway favorite among Democrats for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, a new Quinnipiac University poll shows, but activists at EMILY’s List, who have launched a campaign to elect the first...

Gay marriage gets its day in court and on the Web

2013-03-26 15:21:00

Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court arguments over whether gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry in California became a spectacle both in D.C. and on the Web. In Washington, demonstrators expressed both opposition to and support of same-sex...

Supreme Court gay marriage debate prompts lawmakers to state support

2013-03-27 11:38:00

WASHINGTON -- Six Democratic senators have announced their support for same-sex marriage in nearly as many days, policy reversals that reflect the changing politics of the issue as the Supreme Court hears arguments in potential landmark cases. Since...

At Supreme Court, gay marriage comes full circle

2013-03-26 03:20:00

It is the hottest ticket in the country. On Tuesday morning, only a lucky few will be inside the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the historic arguments over whether California’s gay marriage ban is constitutional. Among the 400 courtroom spectators...

McManus: 'Sequester' causing pain -- to Congress

2013-03-24 00:00:00

Think the automatic budget cuts Congress ordered at the beginning of March — the so-called sequester — haven't caused any pain yet? Think again. Judging from the squeals we're hearing from members of Congress whose districts are threatened...

Senate committee OKs bill expanding background checks for gun sales

2013-03-12 09:43:00

WASHINGTON — A bill to expand background check requirements for gun sales cleared its first Senate hurdle Tuesday, even though a compromise measure that would attract sufficient bipartisan support in the full chamber remains elusive. The Senate...

McManus: Will it be Clinton? Cuomo? Warren?

2012-12-12 00:00:00

Shortly after the 1988 presidential election, pollsters asked Democrats whom they favored to be their party's nominee in 1992. The strongest candidates were Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York. The governor of...

Virginia to receive earthquake aid after all

2011-11-05 16:36:46

Senator floats possible compromise on Bush-era tax cuts

2010-11-12 16:33:17

Obama calls insulation 'sexy' (text here)

2009-12-15 16:34:33

Tuesday's Democratic National Convention schedule

2008-08-26 01:32:39

TELEVISION COVERAGE: The network news channels (ABC, CBS, NBC) will offer nightly prime-time coverage of the convention from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cable news channels (MSNBC, CNN, Fox) will broadcast live from Denver and offer round-the-clock coverage....

Decision-making in the heat of battle

2006-06-02 00:00:00

Re "," May 31 Here we go again trying to fight a war with morality. Give me a break; to win a war, you have to fight the war. Tragedies happen; innocent people get killed; young soldiers make decisions in the heat of battle in the hope that it will save...

U.S. Senator Mark Warner and Former Virginia governor Tim Kaine deplane Friday from Roanoke Regional Airport.

2012-07-13 17:04:00

U.S. Senator Mark Warner.

2012-07-13 17:01:00

Virginia Senator Mark Warner shares the stage with State Senate candidate Bert Dodson at Lynchburg College Friday

2011-11-04 13:13:53