Originally published in WUSA 9
The Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters will move to the Alexandria building that currently houses the National Science Foundation, Secretary Scott Turner announced Wednesday.
The move will bring HUD's 2,700 D.C. employees across the Potomac River to work in Virginia. Still, as critics have noted, the move makes the future… Read more »
Originally published in: WUSA 9
Thousands of people participated in 'No Kings' protests across Northern Virginia, Saturday, including one on King Street in Old Town, Alexandria.
Others could be seen by drivers traveling on I-395 in Arlington. 'No Kings' protesters hung signs and flags on highway overpasses just a few miles from Saturday’s parade.
“When you ignore the people,… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today after U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) was assaulted while attempting to ask Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem a question during a press conference in Los Angeles:
“This is another disgraceful episode in a long train of abuses from a thuggish administration that has repeatedly incited and encouraged violence. What… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade and chairs the New Democrat Coalition’s Trade Task Force, issued the following statement on a ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade vacating and permanently enjoining Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on nearly every country in the world, including his “Liberation Day” tariffs and… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) today issued the following statement in response to Judge Myong J. Joun’s order blocking the Trump Administration and the “Department of Government Efficiency’s” (DOGE) illegal efforts to gut the Department of Education and mandating the reinstatement of wrongfully terminated staff:
“This ruling is a victory for millions of students, educators, and families… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) today issued the following statement welcoming a decision by Judge Beryl A. Howell protecting the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) from executive overreach. Judge Howell’s decision found that the Trump Administration and the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) acted unlawfully in removing USIP Board members, thereby nullifying subsequent… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means and as the Senior Democrat on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, voted against legislation offered by Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee that would cut taxes for the wealthy while doing little for regular people, and even raising taxes for many working Americans.
Beyer said:
“Democrats relentlessly… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) today issued the following statement welcoming a ruling by Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles rejecting the Trump Administration’s attempts to remove jurisdiction over the case of Beyer’s constituent, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, to Texas, where it whisked him after he was detained by masked ICE agents outside his home in Arlington, Virginia:
“Dr. Badar Khan… Read more »
U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) today pressed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reevaluate its detention of his constituent, Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Dr. Badar Khan Suri. In a letter, Beyer urged ICE to consider Dr. Khan Suri’s eligibility for release and to reevaluate his custody classification.
Dr. Khan Suri is a legally admitted visiting scholar with no… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Congressman Don Beyer (VA-08) announced the introduction of the ICE Visibility Act of 2025 would amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to require Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and all other Immigration officers, including those deputized, to wear visible and distinct uniforms at all times of action.
In… Read more »
