A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from immediately enacting certain changes to how federal election are run, including adding a proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Trump administration directives that threatened to cut federal funding for public schools with diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
The White House is considering ways to encourage more Americans to have more children. One of the reported ideas involves paying brand new mothers a "baby bonusβ of $5,000.
North Carolina trial judges threw out on Wednesday another Republican attempt to strip the governor of his authority to appoint State Board of Elections members, declaring that a law shifting it to the elected state auditor is unconstitutional.
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked North Carolina election officials from contacting voters whose disputed ballots in an unresolved 2024 state Supreme Court race could be eliminated from the final count.
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending his more than four-decade career representing Illinois and piling more pressure on the party as it already faced a difficult path to reclaiming a majority in the Senate.
U.S. stocks are leaping Wednesday as a worldwide rally comes back around to Wall Street following updates from President Donald Trump about his plans for the Federal Reserve and his trade war that investors found encouraging.
U.S. health officials said they plan to phase out eight petroleum-based artificial colors from the nation's food supply, triggering an overhaul of scores of brightly hued products on American store shelves.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pulled the airstrike information he posted into Signal chats with his wife, brother and dozens of others from a secure communications channel from U.S. Central Command.
Harvard University has filed suit to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after recently announcing it would defy the Trump administrationβs demands to limit activism on campus.
Former Charlotte City Councilman Tariq Bokhari is officially the number two for the Federal Transit Administration. Bokhari tweeted pictures of his swearing in on Monday.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says βPete Hegseth must be firedβ after reports that the defense secretary created another Signal messaging chat to share military air strike details.
U.S. Vice President JD VanceΒ met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration's migrant deportation plans.
One of the newest adult beverages is creating it's own category. THC drinks have boomed in popularity in the last few years.
North Carolina'sΒ Supreme Court decided last weekΒ that ballots from two categories should have been left out of the tally of an unresolved November election for a seat on the court because state laws otherwise makes the voters ineligible.
The Supreme Court is keeping a hold on President Donald Trumpβs restrictions on birthright citizenship but will hear arguments on the issue in May.
North Carolina Senate Republicans have advanced a two-year budget for the ninth-largest state.
North Carolina House Republicans have advanced a bill that would create advisory committees to approve and remove books from libraries in public and charter schools.
Young volunteers who respond to natural disasters and help with community projects across the U.S. have been discharged.
A federal judge says he's found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador.
