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Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of June 16, 2025:

Elizabeth Prom-Wormley was one of thousands that gathered at the Virginia Capitol Saturday, as thousands more protested across the commonwealth the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration.

The demonstrations in Richmond, Charlottesville, Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia and Washington, DC were among thousands of planned protests in the US, offering contentious counterprogramming to a military parade for the Army’s 250th birthday, which coincided with Trump’s 79th birthday.

In Charlottesville, protesters lined both sides of US 29 despite 60% humidity and temperatures in the 80s, waving flags and hoisting signs bearing logans about no kings. In Richmond, they donned papier-mache Trump masks, colonial-style tricorn hats and even a suit of armor.

Saturday was the first time Prom-Wormley had protested, she told VPM News.

“Enough's enough already,” she said. “I feel hurt. I feel angry. I feel hopeless, and I don't like feeling that way as somebody who pays their taxes on time and gives to my community over and over and over again.”

VPM News state politics reporter Jahd Khalil sat down for conversations with five of the six Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor. (State Sen. Aaron Rouse’s campaign did not make him available for an interview.)

The winner of Tuesday’s primary will go on to face Republican John Reid in November for the commonwealth’s No. 2 position, currently occupied by GOP gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears.

Check out Jahd’s interviews with the candidates below (in order of when the candidates were available):

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