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The Supreme Court on Monday threw out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in four states following the justices' recent decision upholding a Tennessee ban on certain medical treatment for transgender youths.

The federal lawsuit, filed by Democratic state officials across the country, including those in North Carolina, accused President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting efforts through the Department of Government Efficiency of reneging on grants funded through the AmeriCorps State and National program, which was budgeted $557 million in congressionally approved funding this year.

This week, postcards were mailed to thousands of homes and businesses located within a one-mile radius of the now-demolished facility. That same area was asked to evacuate during the January 2022 blaze, after emergency crews discovered more than 600 tons of ammonium nitrate on the site.

Disability Rights North Carolina says involuntary commitment is a forced treatment method that should only be a last resort.

The Trump administration accused North Carolina's election board on Tuesday of violating federal law by failing to ensure voter registration records of some applicants contained identifying numbers.

The reason Democrat Allison Riggs wasn’t sworn in until Tuesday was because her opponent, Republican Jefferson Griffin, contested the election for six months.

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked North Carolina election officials from contacting voters whose disputed ballots in an unresolved 2024 state Supreme Court race could be eliminated from the final count.

North Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that tens of thousands of cast ballots challenged by the trailing candidate in November’s unresolved election for a seat on the court must remain in the election count.

North Carolina's Supreme Court temporarily halted enforcement on Monday of an appeals court decision that favored a Republican candidate in a close and unresolved November election for a seat on the state's highest court.