With fall elections looming larger and larger on the horizon, President Trump and his allies are pursuing ever more brazen efforts to cling to power and we’ll discuss some of them and the pushback they’re attracting in an extended conversation with States Newsroom national democracy reporter, Jonathan Shorman

The Trump administration is continuing its pushback against state artificial intelligence laws that it views as ideologically biased, proposing a new Federal Trade Commission policy. The proposed policy statement, which is open for public comment through July 31, would affect how the FTC regulates AI companies.

Climate-related risk is now the primary cause of increasing insurance premiums.

Anderson Clayton came to lead the NC Democratic party in 2023 with a long list of goals, including appealing to rural voters. That list got longer this year.

North Carolina Senate Democratic leaders gathered Thursday to address how the legislature’s failure to pass a budget has affected state employees.

The change would apply to workers on temporary visas, as well as to people living here illegally but hoping for legal status through sponsorship by relatives such as spouses or children who are U.S. citizens.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that administration officials were close to brokering an end to the hostilities with Iran and predicted there could be a signing ceremony in Europe as soon as this weekend.

The push has been concentrated largely in Democratic-led states, though 3D-printed and other firearms without serial numbers concern some Republicans as well.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night of a “brief and sudden illness,” the South Carolina Republican’s office announced early Sunday.

The order expands on the North Carolina State Ethics Act, which prohibits public servants from insider trading.