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Trump picks Fox News host to run Pentagon; Tulsi Gabbard to head national...
President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to nominate Pete Hegseth as secretary of Defense. In this photo, Hegseth speaks onstage during the 2023 Fox Nation Patriot Awards at The Grand Ole Opry on...
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Trump to pick Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz as attorney general amid ethics...
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is photographed inside the Rayburn House Office Building Feb. 27, 2019. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he...
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Western NC landscaper hit with injunction for allegedly charging $25K to...
Hurricane Helene damaged homes and left debris piled up throughout western North Carolina. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)A western North Carolina landscaper was hit with a preliminary...
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Appeals court upholds North Carolina felony disclosure law for candidates
The Lewis F. Powell Jr. federal courthouse in Richmond is home to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. (Photo: Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury)The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals found that...
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Riggs inches ahead of Griffin in the race for NC Supreme Court, with more...
Judge Jefferson Griffin and Justice Allison Riggs (Courtesy photos)Incumbent Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, was leading Republican Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin by 24 votes as of Sunday...
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GOP candidate sues state elections board over Supreme Court contest
Bins full of absentee ballots await Wake County Board of Elections review. (Photo: Lynn Bonner)This story has been updated. Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin on Monday sued the North Carolina State...
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Senate advances nomination of NC Solicitor General Ryan Park for Fourth...
North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park (Photo: NC Department of Justice)The Senate appears set to vote on North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park for a seat on the Fourth Circuit Court of...
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NC Republican lawmakers move to curb power of statewide offices won by Democrats
The North Carolina Legislative Building (Photo: Clayton Henkel) Republicans in the North Carolina legislature moved swiftly Tuesday to reduce the authority of statewide offices that will be held by...
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North Carolina Supreme Court race heads to a recount
Democrat Allison Riggs leads Republican Jefferson Griffin by 625 votes. (Courtesy photos) North Carolina county election boards began their recounts Wednesday in a much-watched Supreme Court contest in...
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Republican NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin challenges more than...
Democrat Allison Riggs leads Republican Jefferson Griffin by 625 votes. (Courtesy photos) Trailing incumbent Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs by 625 votes, Republican Appeals Court Judge Jefferson...
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Matt Gaetz bows out as Trump’s pick for attorney general
Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz leaves a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 3, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Former Florida...
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Fourth Circuit nominee Ryan Park to not receive vote under reported Senate deal
North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park (Photo: NC Department of Justice)North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park will not receive a vote in the Senate to fill a vacancy on the Fourth Circuit...
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Former Florida AG Pam Bondi gets Trump’s latest nod for attorney general
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi address the Republican National Convention on Aug. 25, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald...
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NC’s top elections official asks Senate leader to retract his statement...
NC State Board of Elections executive director Karen Brinson Bell and Senate President Phil Berger. (File photos) The state’s top election official wrote Senate leader Phil Berger with “an urgent plea”...
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CNN moves to dismiss Mark Robinson libel suit, condemning it as ‘political...
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (left) and his attorney Jesse Binnall hold a news conference to announce a lawsuit against CNN and Louis Money of Greensboro in Raleigh, North Carolina on Oct. 15,...
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GOP lawmakers passed a 131-page bill packed with changes to NC law. Here’s...
The North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline) Republicans in North Carolina’s legislature recently passed a 131-page bill that makes myriad changes to how...
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DOJ special counsel Smith drops federal criminal cases against Trump
U.S. Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith moved Monday to drop the two federal prosecutions of former President Donald Trump following Trump’s victory in this month’s presidential election....
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Supreme Court candidate Griffin moves to disqualify election board member,...
Members of the state Board of Elections learned of Griffin’s motion to disqualify during their Tuesday canvass, causing them to defer discussion of his protest to more than 60,000 ballots in his...
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President Biden issues pardon to son Hunter on gun and tax charges
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden talks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 13, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden Sunday night announced he has...
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Despite protests, NC Senate overrides Cooper’s veto of bill that shifts...
Demonstrators protest the veto override of Senate Bill 382 from outside the Senate chamber on Dec. 2, 2024. (Christine Zhu/NC Newsline)Republicans in the North Carolina Senate voted Monday to override...
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