The 2026 US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference was held in the US state of Virginia from October 18 to 20, where Taiwanese officials called for strengthening self-defense capabilities and cooperation with the domestic defense industry.
Agents from U.S. Homeland Security Investigations conducted a search outside a residence in Virginia, carrying several boxes of items out of the house and loading them into a vehicle.
The Cold War Museum at Mount Weather, Virginia, exhibited a plaster enlargement of Mao Zedong's left ear, donated by former intelligence officer Dino Brugioni, which was once used by the CIA to identify Mao Zedong's body doubles.
Members of the Old Town Running Club of Virginia initiated a full-length 780-kilometer national flag relay long-distance run, starting from Shanksville, Pennsylvania, passing through the Pentagon, and finally heading to Ground Zero in New York City, to commemorate the victims of the 9/11 attacks and raise funds for the foundation.
On U.S. Independence Day, the local community's annual picnic was held at Occoquan Regional Park in Lorton, Virginia, where members of the Taiwan Liberty Project were interviewed on site.
According to WWMT television, 24-year-old Chinese national Xiangbo Sun entered the country on a tourist visa and is suspected of taking part in a scam impersonating the US Federal Trade Commission, with more than $1 million involved across the country. On June 18, after collecting $60,000 in scam money from an elderly woman at her home in Michigan, he was arrested by officers lying in wait; the woman had been defrauded of nearly $500,000 within two months. Sun faces fraud and theft charges, and arrest warrants have been issued for him in Texas and Virginia.
Larry Wu-Tai Chin died in a federal prison in Virginia. While prison officials concluded it was suicide, his cause of death has sparked skepticism from the public and prosecutors.