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Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

May. 02, 2024 07:14 AM EDT

Charleston Gazette-Mail. April 30, 2024. Editorial: A look at the upcoming congressional primaries The primary election for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia has been a long-anticipated one. And it’s only picked up more heat since Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., the...

Disgraced coal CEO lost races as GOP and third party candidate. He's trying again as a Democrat

Apr. 24, 2024 00:13 AM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Don Blankenship hasn't had much success running for office. He ran for the Senate as a Republican in 2018 and sought the White House in 2020 as a third party candidate. He lost badly both times but is on the ballot again in 2024, this time as a Democrat...

US appeals court finds for Donald Trump Jr. in defamation suit by ex-coal CEO Don Blankenship

Mar. 25, 2024 20:36 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court rejected a bid Monday from former coal executive Don Blankenship, who argued that Donald Trump Jr. defamed him by calling him a “felon.” The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, left in place a lower court's...