Wars are costly in the extreme. The Vietnam War cost $168 billion, or $1 trillion in today’s dollars. Post-war benefits for veterans and their families have cost about $22 billion ...

Despite leaked violent text messages and a controversy over dodging jail time, Democrat defeats Republican incumbent.

Jones, a Democrat, overcame revelations that he had sent violent texts suggesting that a Republican official deserved to be ...

Democrat Jay Jones won the race to become Virginia’s next attorney general, overcoming the disclosure of text messages in which he suggested a former legislative colleague should be shot.

Democrat Jay Jones has won Virginia’s election for attorney general despite turmoil late in his campaign over texts he sent ...