Pat Harrigan

America 250 NC holds March events; April features Greensboro stop

April 3, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Even without the General Assembly’s America 250 committee meeting in March, the state’s commemoration of the country’s 250th anniversary continued with a special focus by America 250 NC on Women’s History Month, highlighting […]

Cooper, Whatley pitted in Senate race

March 13, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Former Gov. Roy Cooper and former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley secured their party nominations during last week’s U.S. Senate primary. Unofficially and before provisional totals were added, 824,798 Democratic votes and […]

Trump’s State of the Union: US is ‘winning so much’

February 25, 2026 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump declared during a marathon State of the Union on Tuesday that “we’re winning so much” — insisting he’d sparked an economic boom at home and imposed a new world […]

Rep. Virginia Foxx sued by suspended Columbia student

February 19, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-Banner Elk) is being sued by a suspended Columbia University student who claims Foxx abused her official position, resulting in his being blocked from reenrolling at the school. Khymani […]

Former Wake Forest employee drops suit against Harrigan

February 16, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The libel lawsuit against Congressman Pat Harrigan (R-Hickory) has been voluntarily dismissed by a former Wake Forest University trainer. The voluntary dismissal motion was filed on Feb. 2 by Bridget Sullivan’s attorney, Walter C. Holton Jr., with a copy […]

NC Middle Court files to move libel suit against Harrigan to federal court

November 21, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — U.S. Attorney for North Carolina’s Middle District Clifton Barrett has filed multiple motions in the case involving former Winston-Salem University staffer Bridget Sullivan’s libel lawsuit against Congressman Pat Harrigan (R-Hickory). Sullivan sued Harrigan […]