According to a recent study by LendingTree, Virginia gets 33% of its imports from Canada, Mexico, and China and ranks 36th amongst most vulnerable states to tariffs.

One minute after midnight Tuesday, 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico went into effect and tariffs on goods from China doubled to 20%.

Pitino has the coaching pedigree and experience to lead a historic program like Virginia. He was recently named Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year and is in his fourth season at New Mexico. After an unpleasant tenure at Minnesota, Pitino is eager for another opportunity at a major program.

Scores of Americans are also permanent residents of Mexico, including thousands who call the historic, colonial town of Merida their home. As USA citizens who are patriotic about their home country, they also have a strong appreciation for the country they now call home: Mexico.

Numerous folks in Central Virginia woke up to find their cars covered with what at first may have appeared to be pollen, but was actually dust from storms in Texas and New Mexico.

President Donald Trump is reversing course on tariffs against Mexico, stepping back from a trade war he started with the nation's southern neighbor.In a Thursday, Mar. 6 post on his social media platform Truth Social,

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Tuesday the country will respond to the 25% tariffs imposed by the United States with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, with details to come.

Pitino took the job at New Mexico, in the Mountain West, the sixth-rated conference in KenPom, for the same reason that Shaka Smart, 47, who I have been told is UVA’s top target, took over at Marquette, in the Big East, KenPom’s third-rated conference – to rehab his reputation.