Virginia lawmakers on Monday defeated for another year legislation that would allow certain adults facing terminal illness to end their own lives with a self-administered controlled substance prescribed by a health care provider. A House committee voted to carry the medically assisted suicide bill sponsored by Democratic Sen. Ghazala Hashmi over to the 2025 session, ending its chances this year. Similar legislation failed in previous years. But Hashmi’s...

Congress couldn’t quite get its act together to pass four spending bills and avert a partial government shutdown last week. So it tries again this week. But here’s the catch. Only in Congress-logic would you add two bills to the mix and give yourself one less day to complete everything. Lawmakers must now approve six spending packages before Friday. But neither the House nor Senate return to session...