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A Republican-led group is running ads in NC opposing the GOP attempt to throw...
RightCount Action TV ad opposing GOP attempts to throw out ballots. (Screenshot)The Republican-led group RightCount Action is running an ad in major television markets opposing GOP Judge Jefferson...
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North Carolina members of Congress introduce bill allowing ‘sanctuary cities’...
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) (Photo: Screen grab from Senate.gov)North Carolina lawmakers introduced legislation in Congress Wednesday that would allow the victims of felonies committed by undocumented...
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U.S. Senate Dems push for vote on condemning Trump Jan. 6 pardons
Donald Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as rioters try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Democratic...
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A federal appeals court considers who should decide whether NC votes are...
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)In a pivotal hearing in the North Carolina Supreme...
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Spouses of NC Supreme Court justices gave maximum contributions to the GOP...
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin continues to pursue litigation in hopes of overturning the results of the November election he lost to incumbent Justice Allison Riggs. (File...
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Facial recognition in policing is getting state-by-state guardrails
Michigan resident Robert Williams was arrested for a crime he didn’t commit because a facial recognition system incorrectly suggested that he was the suspect seen in security camera footage. (Courtesy...
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Mark Robinson ‘will not run’ for Senate in 2026, as he drops defamation...
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)Former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whose campaign for governor in 2024 was derailed by a series of controversies and scandals, said Friday he...
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North Carolina officials, education and care providers condemn Trump funding...
Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC2) condemned the Trump administration’s attempt to freeze all federal grants and loans as “unconstitutional” and dangerous to vulnerable North Carolinians. (Photo: Brandon...
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Federal immigration officials have extensive technology at their disposal
Investments in high-tech tools in recent years give federal immigration officials enormous power to track and categorize immigrants, experts say. (Getty Images)As President Donald Trump deploys federal...
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The question of Black voting power in northeastern NC is back before a...
Image: The North Carolina Senate map - Image: ncleg.netFormer Congressman G.K. Butterfield testified Monday that he performed considerably worse in largely white precincts than he did in Black...
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ACLU, immigration legal aid groups sue Trump administration over asylum ban
Afternoon light shines on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service Processing Center in El Centro, California, on May 27, 2022. (Getty photos)WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties...
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Lawsuit filed over attempts by Elon Musk’s DOGE to take over U.S. benefit...
Elon Musk arrives for the inauguration of President Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Two large...
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Federal appeals court: Riggs-Griffin dispute will stay in state court for now
Democratic incumbent Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs and her Republican challenger, Judge Jefferson Griffin. (Courtesy photos) In the push and pull over whether a Republican judge’s request to...
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U.S. Senate confirms Florida’s Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing for U.S. attorney general in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on...
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Judge Griffin’s effort to throw out military ballots dishonors service...
Democrats in the NC legislature denounce Judge Jefferson Griffin's attempts to throw our military votes. (Screenshot from ncleg.net video feed)Sen. Val Applewhite, a U.S. Air Force veteran from...
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Judge issues nationwide injunction blocking Trump executive order on...
In this aerial view, Mexican immigration officials and police escort deportees after they were sent back into Mexico on Jan. 22, 2025, as seen from Nogales, Arizona. (Photo by John Moore/Getty...
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NC GOP files bill to stop attorney general from challenging Trump’s executive...
Attorney General Jeff Jackson said he joined a legal challenge to the federal funding freeze out of concern for “widespread and immediate damage” to North Carolinians. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar)North...
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NC overseas voters were told they didn’t need photo ID. Now their votes are...
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin continues to pursue litigation in hopes of overturning the results of the November election he lost to incumbent Justice Allison Riggs. (File...
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SC doctors seek conscience protections to provide abortion care in new...
Passed in 2023, South Carolina’s so-called “fetal heartbeat” law effectively bans abortion around six weeks’ gestation, before many women first learn they are pregnant. (Photo by Roberto Machado...
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North Carolina judge finds racial bias in landmark death penalty case
Johnston County courthouse. (Photo: North Carolina Judicial Branch website)A North Carolina judge ruled in a landmark case on Friday that race played a key role in the death penalty trial of Hasson...
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