2024 election

Climate activists rally around Harris, seeing a chance to build on Biden’s record

5:30am August 11, 2024

by Michael Copley

Kamala Harris has long voiced support for action on climate change, during her career in California and as vice president. Environmentalists hope that background signals she'd take major steps if elected.

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Politics & Government

Guilford Democrats choose Tracy Clark to fill unexpired House 57 seat

3:39pm August 08, 2024

by Paul Garber

Clark will fill out the unexpired term of Ashton Clemmons, who announced last month she was stepping down.

Politics & Government

Harris taps Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate

11:00am August 06, 2024

by Dana Ferguson

Supporters hope the chair of the Democratic Governors Association, ex-Army National Guard leader, former teacher and congressman can help Harris pick up support in the Midwest.

Politics & Government

NC Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson mocked women for abortions. He's now running an ad with his wife's own story

2:00pm August 05, 2024

by Associated Press

A new commercial by Mark Robinson, North Carolina Republican's nominee for governor, is seeking to counter ads by Democratic rival Josh Stein criticizing his abortion views. The Robinson commercial describes his wife's previously revealed abortion decades ago and leaves the impression that he's now comfortable with the state's current 12-week ban on most abortions.

Vice Presidential Nominee Sen. JD Vance Visits Border In Montezuma Pass, Arizona

Vance focuses his border attacks on the 'Harris administration'

5:20pm August 01, 2024

by Ben Giles

JD Vance employed that particular phrase — the “Harris administration” — repeatedly Thursday, as the Trump campaign moves to put the vice president in the spotlight.

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Multi-faith Greensboro revival will address Christian nationalism

4:50pm August 01, 2024

by Paul Garber

A revival-style gathering will be held in Greensboro Saturday with speakers opposed to the movement.

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Politics & Government

North Carolina governor says Harris 'has a lot of great options' for running mate

12:59pm July 31, 2024

by Associated Press

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says he's excited Democrats "have a lot of great options" for Vice President Kamala Harris to choose for her running mate. Cooper made the comments in Brunswick County on Tuesday, the day after he confirmed he wouldn't be a candidate.

Politics & Government

JD Vance is unrecognizable to his former friend, who shared their emails and texts

10:10pm July 30, 2024

Sofia Nelson — a former friend and law school classmate of JD Vance — has made public dozens of email and text exchanges with the vice presidential candidate.

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Politics & Government

A childhood friend paints a picture of Kamala Harris' upbringing

5:16pm July 30, 2024

In her childhood in Berkeley, Calif., you can find the seeds of the political leader that Vice President Kamala Harris grew up to become.

Her childhood friend Carole Porter, who lived a few houses away, paints a picture of a working-class, multicultural neighborhood.

And she pointed to two women who had a huge effect on the vice president's life.

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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson kisses wife Yolanda Hill Robinson

Politics & Government

NC review shows nonprofit led by lieutenant governor's wife 'seriously deficient'

4:52pm July 25, 2024

by Associated Press

A letter dated Wednesday from the state Department of Health and Human Services addressed to Balanced Nutrition Inc. owner Yolanda Hill and others gave the group two weeks to correct a myriad of shortcomings regulators cited or be disqualified from participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.