WASHINGTON, D.C. — N.C.’s U.S. senators, Richard Burr and Thom Tillis, reintroduced the Lumbee Recognition Act, legislation to grant full federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. “For more than 130 years, the Lumbees […]
RALEIGH — Former N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley formally declared her bid for the Democratic nomination after months of deliberation. She joins four other Democrats who have already begun campaigning to fill the […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, a 10-term representative from Ohio’s blue-collar Mahoning Valley, officially launched his bid Monday for a coveted open Senate seat in Ohio. Ryan, 47, becomes the Democratic frontrunner […]
The effort to undo the Senate’s legislative filibuster is an un-American, Constitution-eroding, radical play to nationalize politics by empowering slim and fleeting majorities to institute wide-ranging, generational policies. Judging from the media coverage, you might […]
On an invitation-only call last week, Sen. Ted Cruz huddled with Republican state lawmakers to call them to battle on the issue of voting rights. Democrats are trying to expand voting rights to “illegal aliens” […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Without opposition, the Senate confirmed veteran diplomat William Burns as CIA director on Thursday, giving him control of the nation’s premier spy agency as the U.S. government confronts threats from China, Russia, […]
RALEIGH — Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) has cosponsored a bill targeting the influence of the Chinese Communist Party on college campuses and free speech in higher education. On Mar. 4, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate on Monday confirmed New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department and the first to lead the federal agency […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Reviving West Virginia’s economically battered coal towns and reversing a persistent population decline is a tall order. But Sen. Joe Manchin, who grew up in the mountain town of Farmington, has emerged […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate has confirmed Merrick Garland to be the next U.S. attorney general with a bipartisan vote, placing the widely-respected, veteran judge in the post. Democrats have praised Garland, a federal appeals […]
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