Mike Gooding
Senior Military and Political Reporter at WVEC-TV (Norfolk, VA)
Senior military and political reporter, since 1985 @13NewsNow, part of @TEGNA
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2 months ago |
13newsnow.com | Mike Gooding
NORFOLK, Va. — Usually, East Coast-based Navy guided-missile destroyers get sent overseas for combat missions in the Middle East. This time, the Norfolk-based guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely is staying in this hemisphere. It shipped out Saturday as part of the Defense Department's response to President Donald Trump's national emergency executive order calling for securing the southern border.
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2 months ago |
13newsnow.com | Mike Gooding
WASHINGTON — The clock is ticking on Capitol Hill. If lawmakers don't reach a deal by midnight Friday, the federal government will shut down. Senate Democrats are now pushing for a 30-day funding extension that would allow more time for negotiations to avoid a shutdown. Virginia's senators, Democrats Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, say the Republican-controlled House-passed continuing resolution, or CR, on the table now is simply unsatisfactory.
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2 months ago |
13newsnow.com | Mike Gooding
WASHINGTON — Over the next three years, the Navy will retire 13 more warships than it will commission, reducing the fleet to 283 vessels. All of which makes the stated goal of reaching 381 battle force ships in 30 years — and the $1 trillion price tag to make that happen — questionable.
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Mar 5, 2025 |
13newsnow.com | Mike Gooding
WASHINGTON — One day after President Donald Trump's address to Congress, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia) said Trump's 25% levies on goods from Mexico and Canada are "reckless." He said they amount to nothing more than a tax on American families. "At the end of the day, American consumers are going to pay. That's going to drive up the cost of cars. I understand about $12,000 in some cases. It will drive up the cost of building materials. We get a lot of lumber from Canada.
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Mar 4, 2025 |
13newsnow.com | Mike Gooding
HAMPTON, Va. — As President Donald Trump lays out his vision for the next four years during an address before a joint session of Congress, Democrats plan to zero in on his actions which are negatively impacting people. Some local lawmakers will bring special guests: veterans who lost their civil service jobs as part of the mass federal government layoffs.
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