# Start Here Oct. 23 | Blunt Questions Over Virginia Lawmaker’s Arrest

https://mins.news/en/video/112589

- ABC News, 2026-10-23 11:04 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0nsxKU3cGg

> The arrest of an 82-year-old Democratic state senator in Virginia shortly before the midterms has prompted questions about possible political motives. Sources say the U.S. and Israel have prepared plans for new strikes on Iran, while vineyard owners say wine drinking is at its lowest level since Prohibition.

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