President Trump personally directed the use of taxpayer money for ads praising his presidency, according to people familiar with the matter. Our White House correspondent, Maggie Haberman, explains.

Republicans are calling the legislature back in session to remind voters of Trump’s gas and diesel price hikes.

North Carolina counties are now paying more for a federal program that helps some hungry people eat, as a law shifting more of the cost of the nutrition assistance program to states takes effect.

A N.C. housing advocacy group and nine other nonprofits asked a federal court to block the Trump administration from withholding funds.

The new moves from the Senate Leadership Fund reflect a difficult landscape for Republicans, with increasingly competitive races in red states.

Two candidates are challenging the incumbent in the race for North Carolina's District 7 seat in the U.S House of Representatives in the upcoming November 2026 elections

The U.S. transmission grid isn’t growing fast enough to meet surging electricity demand. Fast-tracking transmission upgrades could change that.

The US Transportation Department on Monday will finalize sharply lower vehicle fuel economy standards through 2031, reversing a push by the Biden administration to force automakers to build more elect...

Republicans want to keep shifting the tax burden from the wealthy to the rest of us.

Our new tool shows what corporations gain and residents lose

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Emily Donovan, co-founder of the group Clean Cape Fear, joins Newsline to discuss the enormous problems posed by PFAS pollution and why current efforts of state and federal leaders remain inadequate…

Vice President JD Vance announced the Trump administration will take hundreds of thousands of people off Obamacare plans, alleging they were improperly enrolled.

SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency has rolled back precautions related to PFAS and water pollution, according to an August memo signed by Assistant Administrator for the Office of...

The harmful One Big Beautiful Bill, or H.R. 1, made deep funding cuts to SNAP and shifted more of the program’s costs onto states. Instead of stepping up to cover North Carolina’s new costs, state lea...

The Trump Administration plans to rescind the Roadless Rule, a 2001 rule that protects public land from development. Many rural communities are worried that the rescinding could hurt their economies.

Republicans cheer as Trump calls North Carolina “one of the worst in the whole nation.”

Experts say Michael Whatley could bear the brunt of voters' economic frustrations.

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U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley listed among LCV's 2026 "Dirty Dozen." His history landed him with politicians driving up costs.

President Donald Trump says he plans to give every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections.

Carolina Forward is an independent, grassroots think tank producing policy research and analysis for North Carolina.

North Carolina is ranked  among "America’s Top States for Business.” But a new ranking by Oxfam lists the state dead last in this year's 2026 Best States to Work Index.