Voters are much more likely to support U.S. Senate candidates in the November midterm elections if they have a plan to avoid an automatic cut to Social Security benefits in 2032, according to a poll released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

Vast stretches of North Carolina are maternity care deserts. The state wants to increase access to maternity care in rural counties.

The vote came as diesel prices reached a record high of $6.31 per gallon in the United States, and gas hovered at an average of nearly $4.37 a gallon Wednesday, according to AAA. Global oil markets have been rocked since Iranian officials effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, a major petroleum trade route.

A federal judge has ended nearly 14 years of oversight of North Carolina’s program to help people with serious mental illness move out of adult care homes.

One month before early in-person voting begins in North Carolina, civil rights leader and Repairers of the Breach President Bishop William Barber said voters should not fall victim to the confusion surrounding voting in the midterms.

Declining birth rates mean fewer students. And that means more districts grappling with whether to close or merge schools.

After two tries, a mother of three finally completed self-improvement programs at StepUp Ministry, a Raleigh nonprofit facing growing demand for its services.

The Trump administration will comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s order this week blocking new restrictions on mail voting for this year’s elections, but President Donald Trump was right to attack the ruling, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said during a wide-ranging White House press conference Tuesday.

FBI Director Kash Patel sidestepped questions about FBI agents at polling places in the midterm elections at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that also featured a tense exchange between GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey.

The cost of U.S. military operations in Iran has exceeded $40 billion and the war will continue to cost taxpayers between $2 billion and $3 billion per month, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.