Emma Rose

reporter at the virginian-pilot covering the military and immigration enforcement.

[Lara Korte @lara_korte]

Adm. Brad Cooper says the Pentagon is "coming to the end" of its full investigation into the Minab school attack.

No ETA but says he's willing to publish an unclassified version of the report for the public.

[BK @BradKutner]

NEW: Hearing @SpanbergerForVA will also veto a bill that required @ICEgov to get judicial warrants to make arrests in courthouses #VALeg

Bill👉https://t.co/vihlyaVwAY

[Emma Rose @emro_]

The Gerald R. Ford strike group sailors are finally home after an 11-month deployment.

Our reporting from the piers at Naval Station Norfolk:

https://t.co/benMaUXSy6

[Emma Rose @emro_]

NEW: Defense secretary Pete Hegseth will attend the Ford's homecoming tomorrow at Naval Station Norfolk, the Pentagon confirmed Friday.

https://t.co/CuhoFMhvuG

[Megan you-are-my-sunshine Rhyne @opengovva]

VCOG All Access News, 5/15/26: ode to VCOG; detention use of force; "it's a guy thing" #FOIA
https://t.co/KMQMrBJGZk

[Emma Rose @emro_]

Thanks to data published by The Washington Post, we were able to get a rare look at use of force incidents in Virginia immigration detention facilities. My latest:

https://t.co/unpX6c1vkh

[Tara Copp @TaraCopp]

SCOOP: The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier will depart the Middle East and begin the sail for home in the coming days. w/ @DanLamothe https://t.co/v8N2bzUe2K

[Brent Scher @BrentScher]

Scene in the room is chaos. What sounded like gun shots were right over my shoulder.

One person was pulled by secret service from the room limping.

[CSPAN @cspan]

"Stay down!"

President Trump and others are evacuated from White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
#WHCD #WHCA #NerdProm

Watch LIVE here: https://t.co/OQnyC97cOI

[Emma Rose @emro_]

More vacant positions were eliminated at the Hampton VA Medical Center between November and January than at any other Veterans Affairs facility in the country, according to federal data.

https://t.co/3a5hgMVc96

[Samuel B. Parker @SamuelParkerRTD]

Cerina Fairfax's murder is horrifying — but hardly unusual, domestic violence advocates and survivors tell me.

One in four U.S. women experience partner violence. Of 5,000 female homicide victims in 2021, ~80% were killed by partners, family, or friends.
https://t.co/5oJzawt5WO

[Tyler Layne @TylerLayneMusic]

An appeals court has found the Chesterfield police officer who shot and killed Charles Byers in 2023 used “unreasonable” force.

The court upheld a decision to deny qualified immunity to the officer.
https://t.co/qGfV2E0Evy

[Sarah Fitzpatrick @S_Fitzpatrick]

EXCLUSIVE @TheAtlantic On multiple occasions Patel’s security detail had difficulty waking him because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to info supplied to DOJ and White House officials. A request for “breaching equipment”was made because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors. https://t.co/Ater7LRQ2H

[Konstantin Toropin @KToropin]

NEW: The USS Gerald R. Ford is back in the Middle East, per 2 defense officials.

The Ford, which until recently was operating in the Eastern Mediterranean, transited the Suez Canal, along with 2 destroyers - USS Mahan and USS Winston S. Churchill - and is now in the Red Sea.

[Ryan J. Foley @rjfoley]

We also learned that many were allowed to start working even before their background checks were complete. Here’s my new story: https://t.co/DonvDUyW7N

[The Virginian-Pilot @virginianpilot]

Suffolk government contractor in talks to lease office space to ICE: https://t.co/4CHaAxk9Pe

[Katie Robertson @katie_robertson]

More: A source told me that the other, higher bidder for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was Alden Global Capital (which did not respond to comment request). PG owner Block Communications went with the nonprofit Venetoulis Institute instead https://t.co/zw3jxr9PuY

[BK @BradKutner]

INBOX: @AzlanSalimVA is not pleased with edits to several bills that aimed to reign in @ICEgov: “I am not interested in symbolism or half-measure“” #valeg

[Emma Rose @emro_]

SCOOP: ICE is in talks to lease office space from Suffolk government contractor SimIS, Inc., the company's CEO told me. He said the facility would be used for administrative, not detention, purposes.

https://t.co/EaVI57iXxb

[Seth Harp @sethharpesq]

Statement on the arrest of Courtney Williams, a brave and patriotic truth-teller who has committed no crime and, if there is any justice in the world, will soon be free from the clutches of Trump's rogue DOJ