NC Auditor Dave Boliek told county elections chairs his preferences for early voting sites and emphasized turnout in GOP counties.

The Trump administration has a new plan for teenagers learning about pregnancy: Beginning this summer, it will steer millions of dollars toward organizations that focus on anatomy, fertility tracking, hormonal production and “reproductive goals counseling.”

Venturella worked at DHS during the Obama administration. He has also worked for the private prison company GEO, which earns billions in government contracts to detain immigrants across the country. He retired from GEO in 2023 after serving as the vice president of client relations.

Democrats are seizing the mantle of states’ rights to oppose the agenda of President Donald Trump, who has sought to reset Washington’s relationship with the states.

A new documentary from WRAL TV looks at the rapid and troubling spread of so-called news deserts, and we’ll learn more from award-winning journalist and program producer, Cristin Severance.

Republican-backed constitutional amendment to strip the governor’s appointment power over the NC State Board of Education advanced Tuesday

Attorneys for the former Olympic canoeist charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have asked the judge in the case to release more information from the grand jury. David Hearn’s legal team wrote in a motion that “the Government’s sole grand-jury witness on damages testified that the property was already damaged before Mr. Hearn allegedly touched it; that the same repairs would have been required regardless of Mr. Hearn’s conduct; and that he could not quantify any loss attributable to that conduct.”

U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner dropped out of Maine’s U.S. Senate race after his support from Democrats tanked following an accusation of sexual assault.

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a new ruling that guts the federal Voting Rights Act, and we’ll dig into the details what this means for our democracy in a special two-part conversation with Southern Coalition for Social Justice Senior Counsel, Chris Shenton

The new definition is part of President Donald Trump’s administration’s sweeping overhaul of the federal student loan system stemming from the GOP’s 2025 “big, beautiful” law. Most provisions in the overhaul took effect July 1.