Event organizers scheduled the rally to counter the Trump administration’s Freedom 250 programming, which is taking place on the National Mall over several weeks.
A federal judge in Texas on Sunday paused a lawsuit seeking to revoke nationwide approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, saying the case won’t be heard until at least Dec. 1 and granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s request for a stay to continue its safety review of the drug.
The NC State student center won’t be an early voting site this year. Republicans on the Wake County elections board said parking is too hard.
Bishop William Barber and other faith leaders were arrested Monday following a voting rights protest in the Hart Senate Office Building. They say they’ll take their message to the states to turn out voters in the November election.
The bill safeguards against fraudulent “ghost students,” which lawmakers say have cost taxpayers millions of dollars by applying for federal student aid under stolen identities, only to later disappear with the funds.
House Bill 133 would prohibit “adversarial” foreign countries from buying agricultural land situated within 50 miles of a military installation.
The recalls have focused attention on the Trump administration’s decision to cut funding and staff at several public health agencies, and prompted questions about whether those changes have made consumers more vulnerable.
As the Trump administration increases the scale of its immigrant detention program, now up to 68,000 immigrants in custody, reports have surfaced of inhumane conditions and inadequate medical care at ICE detention facilities.
Coal-fired plants in North Carolina would receive millions of dollars in the plan, which President Donald Trump said will save 14,000 coal jobs and lower energy costs. The spending will not lower the price of gasoline or diesel fuel.
An NC Senate bill with hospital healthcare staff whistleblower protections advanced Thursday, but a provision requiring state oversight of hospital mergers was removed.