Republican Launches Anti-Trump Presidential Campaign | Patch PM

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Former CIA Operative Evan McMullin Launching Anti-Trump Bid for President

GOP's anti-Trump movement isn't giving up, and now they have a candidate to push as an alternative: Arlington resident Evan McMullin, a CIA veteran and chief policy director of the House Republican conference, according to multiple media outlets.

Besides never having been elected to office before, McMullin is also an odd choice because he doesn't have much of a public profile. The 40-year-old rarely appears on television and, according to BuzzFeed, had just 135 followers on Twitter before news broke of his campaign. >>> Read more.

Mayor to Resign After Meth-for-Sex Charges

Fairfax City Mayor Scott Silverthorne has announced he will resign from office later this week. Silverthorne was arrested Thursday on charges that he offered undercover detectives meth in exchange for sex at a Tysons Corner hotel.

Councilmember Jeffrey Greenfield is serving as acting mayor since Silverthorne's arrest on charges of felony distribution of methamphetamine and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

• West Springfield High grad, 19, kicks off hopes for a U.S. victory with a win in the women's 10-meter air rifle finals.

• Accident took place Saturday morning at Katie's Cars and Coffee, a weekly event at a local coffee shop in Great Falls.

• Us Weekly reported Jolie would be a visiting professor at Georgetown University, but the university is denying it, according to a report.

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