Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart

How a Charlotte-area nonprofit won $1M in state budget — without asking for it

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NC lobbyists agree to civil fine in deal to drop charge over bourbon tour

NC lawmakers beef up US attorneys’ staffs, leave Wake DA with no new prosecutors

NC trooper charged with murder in Cumberland County deputy’s death

A former GOP chair told election official in NC how to vote at meeting, texts show

Gathering offered ‘intimate’ dinner with utilities regulators. Who from NC went.

Jeff Conolly, Manic Garage-Rock Frontman, Dies at 70

With federal probe into domestic abuse program seemingly stalled, Wake DA steps in

Company tied to NC officials was left off a UNC System leader’s ethics statement

Free tickets, parking, food at Charlotte speedway — if you’re an NC lawmaker

SBI director appears at NC fundraiser. Why ethics experts say that’s a problem

Wake DA: Greater Carolina probe expanding to include a look at Florida developer

NC quietly ends decades of tracking racial disparities in policing

U.S. Withdraws Subpoenas Issued to New York Times Journalists

Free Charlotte speedway passes for NC leaders went undisclosed. That’s going to change

Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media (Gift Article)

More NC lawmakers identified as attending bourbon trip, search warrant says

NC rep pushed costly plan for liquor warehouse that favors developer, ABC official says

‘Pray you make it home:’ Why driving a CATS bus in Charlotte is dangerous work

Search warrant details Kentucky bourbon distillery trips taken by NC lawmakers

Columbus County Agrees to Pay Lawyer Fees In Our Public Records Case

Short Naps, Long Hours: How Autism Clinics Squeeze Medicaid Dollars Out of Preschoolers

Lawmakers Direct Funds for Teaching Civil Rights History to Conservative Group

NC insurance commissioner accused of sending ‘uncomfortable’ texts to ex-staffer

Lobbyist and former NC lawmaker is no longer on firm’s website

They paid tens of thousands toward ‘dream homes.’ Then this NC company ghosted them.

The Data Center That Didn’t Exist

NC lawmakers gave autism nonprofit $2 million. Much went to a former colleague.

How North Carolina Officials Kept the Truth About a Police Shooting Hidden

Since Congress Let Obamacare Subsidies Expire, Millions Are Dropping Coverage

NC elections director hired private GOP-linked law firm without board approval

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Federal judge punishes ex-US attorney over AI use, error-riddled court brief

Four lobbyists indicted over Kentucky bourbon distillery trip for NC lawmakers

The Forces of Scarcity Hitting Asia May Soon Spread Across the World

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

Ties to Highway Patrol leadership raise questions in NC deputy’s killing

Cary gives its police chief a take-home vehicle. One home is 180 miles away.

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against The Wall Street Journal

Many Polls Say Orban Will Lose. But He Has an Edge Even Before Voting Begins.

Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account

Protests and cancellations mar Trump administration’s America 250 tour

Meta Ordered to Pay $375 Million Over Child Safety Violations

An NC man didn’t report to prison. Why a US judge sent his mother to jail

Firm That Planned Trump’s Jan. 6 Rally Received No-Bid Contracts

To Address Farm Labor Shortage, Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers