RICHMOND, VA — In a defining moment for Virginia and for American politics, Ghazala Hashmi has been elected as the next Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, making history as the first Muslim woman, first ...

An Indian American woman in Texas was at work when a customer started throwing things at her and yelled anti-Indian slurs, saying, “I am glad that Trump is deporting you.” This story, submitted this ...

Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Ghazala Hashmi waits to speak to the press at her polling location after voting on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH ...

As Virginia’s 75th — and first female — governor, Abigail Spanberger will join a “boys club” that was nearly 250 years in the making.