WASHINGTON, D.C. A fixture in the N.C. Senate, Sen. Dan Blue (D-Wake) has ascended to the role of president of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), a role he also held 1998-1999. Created […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. Among the hundreds of pardons and sentence commutations extended by President Barack Obama during his last days in office is Oscar Lopez Rivera, a Puerto Rican nationalist and former leader of the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for commerce secretary, voiced sharp criticism of China’s trade practices on Wednesday, telling senators he would seek new ways of combating them. In […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. Donald Trump’s pick for U.N. ambassador echoed his condemnation of the world body and pledged to push for reforms at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, but broke from the president-elect on some […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. On his way out of office President Barack Obama issued 153 commutations of sentences and 78 pardons. Some have captured headlines, like the release of Chelsea Manning, a transgender intelligence analyst serving […]
NEW YORK – The Clinton Global Initiative filed paperwork this week saying that it is closing its doors. At least 22 employees will be laid off on April 15, or possibly redirected into other Clinton […]
RALEIGH In a press release Tuesday morning, Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) announced the leadership and committee members of the N.C. Senate’s standing committees. The announcement comes a week before the N.C. General Assembly […]
RALEIGH — In response to the successful efforts of the North Carolina General Assembly to secure a restraining order against Gov. Roy Cooper’s attempts to expand Medicaid, Cooper said he was frustrated that Republicans are […]
RALEIGH Speaker of the N.C. House Rep.Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) announced standing committee chairs on Tuesday for the 2017 legislative session of the N.C. House preceding the General Assembly’s return on January 25. “I want […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. In one of his final acts before leaving office, President Barack Obama on Tuesday commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. military intelligence analyst behind the biggest breach of […]
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