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Recently, I spoke to students at the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and one topic that came up was Taylor Swift’s donations to food banks. Then, right after our meeting, news broke that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were making even more donations to food banks in celebration of their wedding. kAm%96D6 5@?2E:@?D 3J %2J=@C 2?5 %C2G:D 42? :?DA:C6 @E96CD E@ 86E :?G@=G65 :?

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Gov. Abigail Spanberger has appointed her fifth member to the Virginia Board of Education, giving her a majority over the four remaining appointees of former Gov. Glenn Youngkin. kAm%96 ':C8:?:2 q@2C5 @7 t5F42E:@? :D k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^=2H]=:D]G:C8:?:2]8@G^4@?DE:EFE:@?6IA2?5^2CE:4=6g^Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm4@?DE:EFE:@?2==J 492C865k^2m H:E9 @G6CD66:?8 E96 DE2E6’D AF3=:4 D49@@= DJDE6>] xED >6>36CD G@E6 @? DE2E6H:56 65F42E:@?

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Rob Wittman recently wrote a commentary that tells a story about his life, and it's a good one. He was adopted as an 8-month-old by parents who wanted him. His father came home from World War II and used the GI Bill to get his footing. His mother taught school in Hanover and Richmond. They raised him to believe in service, and he'd tell you his whole career flows from that. kAmx E2<6 9:> 2E 9:D H@C5] xVG6 5C:G6? >@C6 E92? `_[___ >:=6D 24C@DD E9:D 5:DEC:4E :?