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President Trump announced via Twitter Wednesday that he would nominate Christopher Wray to be the next FBI director. Virginia Tech administrative politics expert Matthew Dull says to take that tweet with a grain of salt.

Loving v. Virginia was a pivotal civil rights case brought by Richard Loving, a white man, and Mildred Loving, under Virginia law a “colored” woman, who were arrested in eastern Virginia for marrying each other in 1958.

Two Virginia Tech experts on politics can discuss Thursday’s upcoming testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee by fired FBI Director James Comey.

"Just like every hurricane season, it only takes one storm," said Stephanie Zick, an assistant professor and tropical meteorologist in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment.

Expert says recent cyberattacks are an important reminder for internet users to practice regular digital hygiene in efforts to prevent future ransomware attacks.

Two Virginia Tech presidential scholars are available for interview on the “inevitable” comparisons happening between Presidents Trump and Nixon.

Virginia Tech is offering two experts on the U. S. Presidency who can speak to yesterday’s firing of FBI Director James Comey.

The United States still needs big improvements to its bicycling infrastructure to improve safety and encourage more cycling commuting.

Reaching out to your mom on Mother’s Day not only sustains an emotional bond -- it can also reduce reduce her stress, increase her happiness and help avoid social isolation, says Virginia Tech’s Rosemary Blieszner, co-author of Spiritual Resiliency and Aging: Hope, Relationality, and the Creative Self.

As the 25th anniversary of the Los Angeles Riots approaches (April 29 - May 4), three Virginia Tech experts are available to comment on the historical implications of the protests, what’s changed, what hasn’t, and what work still needs to be done.

A report released Monday by the Anti-Defamation League found anti-Semitic incidents in the United States rose by more than one-third in 2016, and have jumped 86 percent in the first quarter of 2017.

The tradition of assessing the first 100 days of a presidential administration dates back to Franklin D. Roosevelt who took office during the Great Depression – but Virginia Tech political expert Karen Hult says it’s a flawed evaluation tool.

Members of Virginia Tech’s Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team (HEVT) are making final preparations before heading to Michigan for this year’s EcoCAR 3 Year Three Competition. A send-off for the team and its hybridized 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is scheduled from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, April 26.

Why did British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday call an early general election, and what power gives her that ability? Yannis Stivachtis, director of the International Studies Program in Virginia Tech's Department of Political Science, explains.