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The National Rifle Association gave a historic contribution to Virginia’s statewide elections this week, donating just over $200,000 to House of Delegates Majority Leader Todd Gilbert.The donation is far less than the $2.5 million given by gun control advocates. But both sums show how the issue could be decisive in the November elections for the General Assembly. Become a sponsor? “They may outspend the NRA, but they will never outwork us,” said NRA spokesperson Catherine Mortensen.The NRA is “fully engaged,” in the election “to protect the self defense rights of every law-abiding Virginian,” she said, adding that “big-city financiers” have...

The 15-year-old son of CNN President Jeff Zucker stepped down from the advisory board of Cory Booker’s Internet startup Wednesday — hours after a news report revealed the Newark mayor and Senate hopeful was receiving stock options for the role. The quick resignation by teenager Andrew Zucker followed revelations about the company, Waywire, and its lineup of wealthy Silicon Valley investors like Google’s Eric Schmit. In an amended disclosure filed just last month, Booker admitted a stake in the startup worth millions, the New York Times reported.