President-elect Donald Trump has asked a judge to halt this weekβs sentencing in his New York hush money case while he appeals a ruling upholding the verdict. Trumpβs lawyers said Monday they plan to ask a state appeals court to reverse Judge Juan M. Merchanβs decision last week, which set the case for sentencing Friday.
Trump is certified as the winner of the 2024 election without challenge, a stark contrast to the violence of 4 years ago.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation in the face of rising discontent over his leadership, and after the abrupt departure of his finance minister signaled growing turmoil within his government.
It's theΒ largest prosecutionΒ in Justice Department history β with reams of evidence, harrowing videos andΒ hundreds of convictionsΒ of the rioters who stormed theΒ U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now Donald Trump's return to power has thrown into question the future of the more than 1,500 federal cases brought over the last four years.
Congress plans to convene during a snowstorm to certify the 2024 election results for President-elect Donald Trump. But the legacy of Jan. 6, 2021, hangs over Monday's proceedings as the Republican who tried to overturn the previous election is legitimately returning to power.
The public is now getting a chance to see the flag draped coffin of former President Jimmy Carter whose body will lie in repose at the Carter Center in Atlanta until Tuesday morning.
In an extraordinary turn, a judge has set President-elect Donald Trumpβs sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 β little over a week before heβs due to return to the White House β but indicated he wouldn't be jailed.
Republican Mike Johnson has won re-election to House speakership on first-round voting. He pushed past GOP holdout and got a boost from President-elect Donald Trump.
The new Congress convenes Friday with one major task at hand and that is the election of the House speaker. But current Speaker Mike Johnsonβs weak grip on the gavel threatens not only his own survival but President-elect Donald Trumpβs ambitious agenda.
Governor Josh Stein signed five executive orders to bring much-needed relief to people in western North Carolina, including accelerating temporary housing and the repair of private roads and bridges.Β
Mike Johnson is fighting for his political life, again. The Louisiana Republicanβs hold on the House speaker's gavel and his position as second in line to the presidency will be tested Friday when a new Congress convenes.
North Carolina's new Governor has been sworn in. Wednesday morning inside the Old Senate Chambers at the historic Capitol in downtown Raleigh, Roy Cooper transferred his power to Democrat Josh Stein.
Tributes to former President Jimmy Carter are pouring in from his small hometown of Plains, Georgia, and around the world. Carter died Sunday at the age of 100. A Charlotte native was close friends with President Carter, even taking fishing trips with him twice a year.
Governor Roy Cooper ordered all U.S. and North Carolina flags at state facilities to half-staff beginning Monday, December 30 until sunset Thursday, January 30, 2025. President Biden schedules Jimmy Carter's state funeral in Washington for Jan. 9, also a National Day of Mourning in US.
The City of Salisbury announced the passing of Mayor Karen Alexander on Monday. She's being remembered as a dedicated public servant whose leadership and vision guided the city toward a brighter future.
PresidentΒ Joe BidenΒ announced on Monday that he isΒ commuting the sentencesΒ of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before President-electΒ Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.
Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government, or federal agencies will shutter. It's up to each federal agency to determine how it handles a shutdown, but there would be disruptions in many services.
Veering toward a midnight government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson is proposing a new plan. It would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster relief for a few months, but punts President-elect Donald Trump demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.
Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal.
Carolina Migrant Network is working hard to prepare Charlotte's Spanish community for an America led by President Elect Donald Trump.
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