The bill received an extensive public comments period during the committee hearing last week and passed on the House floor by a vote of 42 to 32.

The U.S. and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war on Sunday after the White House said the South American nation had agreed to accept military aircraft carrying deported migrants. U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened tariffs and sanctions on Colombia to punish it for earlier refusing to accept military flights carrying deportees as part of his sweeping immigration crackdown.

A bill moving through the General Assembly could have major impacts in Virginia workplaces. It would allow all public employees, at state and local levels, to collectively bargain. SEE ALSO: Trump's first week marked by flurry of orders to undo Biden policies There's currently a law that prohibits collective bargaining for public employees,

A bill that focuses on eliminating bargaining rights by labor unions in the public sector - including those representing teachers, law enforcement and firefight