Protesters say they want to lift up their voices to get the attention of lawmakers in Raleigh and Washington, but Mecklenburg County GOP leaders say they need to leave the chanting at home.Β
Lots of reaction after a Charlotte man took a knee while performing the National Anthem at Saturday night's Charlotte Independence game.
Quarreling and confusion marked the start of the Senateβs confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday, with Democrats trying to block the proceedings because of documents being withheld by the White House. Protesters also disrupted the proceedings.
John McCainβs daughter opened his memorial service by posing her fatherβs legacy as a direct challenge to President Donald Trump, setting a tone that echoed the senatorβs own fighting spirit as former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush eulogized him Saturday at the Washington National Cathedral.
From the tarmac, President Trump visiting with local heroes. Caldwell County Deputy Jordan Sherrill was shot during a traffic stop, and Cleveland County Deputy Tim Sims was shot by a wanted man. Sims spoke exclusively with WCCB after the visit.
President Trump in Charlotte to sign an executive order giving small businesses more power to provide 401k plans.
President Donald Trump on Friday directed the Labor and Treasury departments to work to make it easier for small businesses to band together to offer retirement plans to their workers.
Americans lined up for blocks outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday to say goodbye to John McCain as officials, relatives and friends paid their tributes inside to the Vietnam hero and longtime senator lying in state under the majestic dome.
Expect bumper-to-bumper traffic in Charlotte Friday afternoon as rush hour, a holiday weekend and a visit from the President converge on the city. Officials say there will be major delays.
President Donald Trump is signing an executive order Friday to make it easier for small businesses to group together to provide their workers with retirement plans.
A former vice president, an NFL star and other friends remembered Sen. John McCain as a βtrue American heroβ β and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good battle β at a crowded church service Thursday for the maverick politician that ended to the tune of Frank Sinatraβs βMy Way.β
Cindy McCain pressed her face against the flag-draped casket of her husband, U.S. Sen. John McCain, on Wednesday and several of his children sobbed during the first of two services for the statesman and former prisoner of war before he is taken for the last time from the state he has represented since the 1980s.
Election uncertainty ahead of this November's midterms. A Federal Court ruled North Carolina's Congressional maps need to be re-drawn because of gerrymandering. That could lead to new primaries or a winner-take-all general election.
U.S. Rep. Ted Budd and GOP nominee Mark Harris announced Friday that Trump is scheduled to attend an Aug. 31 luncheon in Charlotte.
Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to Congress and the Republican presidential nomination, died Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 81.
Arizona Sen. John McCain has discontinued medical treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer, his family said Friday, likely indicating the war hero, presidential nominee and longtime leading lawmaker is nearing the end of his life.
Facebook has identified and banned more accounts engaged in misleading political behavior ahead of the U.S. midterm elections in November.
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trumpβs former personal lawyer and βfixer,β pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying he and Trump arranged the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model to influence the election.
Paul Manafort, the longtime political operative who for months led Donald Trumpβs winning presidential campaign, was found guilty of eight financial crimes Tuesday in the first trial victory of the special counsel investigation into the presidentβs associates.
Microsoft has uncovered new Russian hacking efforts targeting U.S. political groups ahead of the midterm elections.
