 It comes as both the governor and the former president claim Virginia could be in play this year in the presidential race. They're holding the rally in a section of Virginia that Mr. Trump won in 2016 but narrowly lost in 2020. Nick Ainelli, WTOP News. Virginia's elective African-American studies course should be changed to remove certain references to racism. That is one of the recommendations from a nonpartisan watchdog group that reviewed the course. WTOP's Scott Gelman has details.