Jimmy Carter is celebrating his 95th birthday, becoming the first U.S. president to reach that milestone as he continues his humanitarian work and occasionally wades back into politics and policy debates almost four decades after leaving office.
Young people and politics. This week, a 16-year-old Swedish activist has been the center of the climate change debate.
The 9-page whistleblower document was released Thursday ahead of testimony to House investigators from Joseph Maguire, the acting director of national intelligence.
President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine’s new leader to work with Rudy Giuliani and the U.S. attorney general to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, according to a rough transcript summarizing the call released Wednesday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, yielding to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation into an election year clash between Congress and the commander in chief.
Landlords in Charlotte could soon face stiffer penalties for not keeping their properties up to code. It's in response to anger over poor conditions at a West Charlotte apartment complex.
Stanly County Schools says the North Stanly High School football game scheduled for Friday night has been cancelled due to safety concerns.
The Pentagon on Friday announced it will deploy additional U.S. troops and missile defense equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as President Donald Trump has at least for now put off any immediate military strike on Iran in response to the attack on the Saudi oil industry.
Saudi Arabia alleged Wednesday that Iranian cruise missiles and drones attacked the heart of the kingdom’s oil industry, showing journalists the remains of the weapons while stopping short of directly accusing Iran of launching the assault.
The Federal Reserve looks poised to cut interest rates for a second time Wednesday to help extend the economic expansion in the face of global weakness, President Donald Trump’s trade war with China and geopolitical risks such as the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has sworn in two Republicans who won special elections in North Carolina last week.
New York City prosecutors have subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s tax returns, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Monday.
The North Carolina state Senate has agreed to a new map of nearly half of its electoral districts to comply with a state court order that declared current boundaries partisan gerrymanders.
The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.
Conservative Republican Dan Bishop won a special election Tuesday for an open House seat in North Carolina, averting a Democratic capture of a GOP-leaning district.
CHARLOTTE, NC -- Republican Dan Bishop defeats Democrat Dan McCready in North Carolina's 9th congressional district race, giving Republicans a narrow victory in the GOP-leaning district where Donald Trump won by 12…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday forced out John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser with whom he had significant disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and a cascade of other global challenges.
The polls are open for primary voting in Mecklenburg County and will remain open until 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
