N. Carolina getting $110M for replacement bridge on US 64
January 3, 2023 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina government leaders said on Tuesday the state will receive $110 million in federal funds toward construction of a replacement bridge on U.S. Highway 64 that helps link eastern North Carolina to the Outer Banks.
NC Sen. Tillis joins Republicans supporting Cawthorn rival
March 31, 2022 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis endorsed a state legislator Thursday over U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn in their upcoming Republican primary, saying the first-term congressman has “fallen well short” of expectations.
NC’s next federal prosecutors confirmed by US Senate
November 19, 2021 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden's three nominees to become North Carolina's top federal prosecutors were confirmed on Friday by the U.S. Senate.
The Senate voted unanimously for Michael Easley Jr., Sandra Hairston and Dena King to be the next U.S.
N. Carolina Republican candidate Jim Snyder dead at 76
September 16, 2021 GMTLEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A memorial service will be held Friday for Jim Snyder Jr., an attorney, author and conservative candidate for statewide office in North Carolina.
Snyder, 76, died Sunday at his Lexington home after an extended illness, daughter Elizabeth Snyder Lancaster said Thursday.
Former North Carolina Gov. McCrory enters US Senate race
April 14, 2021 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday announced he'll run for the U...
Sen. Thom Tillis says he has had surgery for prostate cancer
April 8, 2021 GMTCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis said Thursday he has undergone surgery for prostate cancer and looks forward to returning to his Senate duties soon...
N. Carolina state Sen. Jeff Jackson enters US Senate race
January 26, 2021 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina state senator announced Tuesday that he's running for the U...
Chairman says tribe won’t get federal recognition this year
December 21, 2020 GMTCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The chairman of North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe says it appears that the tribe will not be getting federal recognition this year...
Trump turnout helps N. Carolina GOP block Democratic advance
November 21, 2020 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) —
North Carolina Democrats were hoping this November they would break the backs of Republicans, who after dominating state politics for much of the past decade saw their power erode in the 2016 and 2018 elections...
North Carolina Sen. Tillis reelected, keeps seat for GOP
November 11, 2020 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis has won reelection to his U.S. Senate seat, confirming that Democrats must now win both runoff races in Georgia in January if they are to seize Senate control from the GOP.
Tillis-Cunningham US Senate race too early to call
November 4, 2020 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Thom Tillis and Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham was too early to call Wednesday, with many votes yet to be counted...
North Carolina voters decide most expensive Senate race
November 3, 2020 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina voters are choosing between a Republican U.S. senator and Donald Trump ally who has been criticized for voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and a Democratic challenger who admitted in the campaign's final weeks to sending sexually suggestive texts to a woman not his wife...
Storm halts Tillis stops; Cunningham discreet in campaigning
October 29, 2020 GMTCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Severe weather prevented North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis from making campaign appearances on Thursday with former New Jersey Gov...
Barrett swearing-in differs markedly from ‘superspreader’
October 27, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — This time they mostly wore masks.
It's been only a month since President Donald Trump's Rose Garden event to announce he was nominating Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the Supreme Court...
Tillis: I made a mistake taking off mask inside White House
October 7, 2020 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says he made a mistake by taking off his face mask indoors last month at a White House event...
Democrat’s personal scandal roils N. Carolina Senate race
October 7, 2020 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A race in North Carolina critical to control of the U.S. Senate has been thrown into turmoil over allegations of personal misconduct by Democrat Cal Cunningham, a married man who had an extramarital relationship this summer with a consultant...
Spokesman says Tillis is improving after COVID diagnosis
October 4, 2020 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina says that the senator is improving after experiencing mild symptoms following a positive COVID-19 test.
Tillis spokesman Adam Webb issued a statement Sunday night saying that the senator is continuing to self-isolate at home but that he's feeling better after experiencing mild symptoms the previous day...
Virus spreads on panel handling Supreme Court nomination
October 4, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising questions about the timing of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett and whether additional senators may have been exposed...
Senator, correcting himself, says he does not have COVID-19
October 3, 2020 GMTORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott said he misspoke Saturday when he said on national television that he had tested positive for COVID-19...
Timeline of Trump’s activities in week coronavirus hit home
October 3, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — With just a month to go until the election, President Donald Trump had a busy schedule in the week before the coronavirus hit home with him...
Trump, Lee, Tillis: Congress reconsiders testing its own
October 3, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders said Friday they are taking a fresh look at requiring virus testing on Capitol Hill after President Donald Trump's virus infection revived fears of an outbreak in the close, increasingly tense quarters of the House and Senate...
Supreme Court vacancy looms large in 2nd NC Senate debate
September 23, 2020 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Questions about the potential successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg hung heavy over Tuesday night’s second debate in a U...
In N. Carolina Senate race, Tillis calibrates ties to Trump
September 18, 2020 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When President Donald Trump fired up a crowd at a North Carolina airport last week, he gave a shout-out to the home-state senator fighting in his own tough reelection battle that could decide control of the chamber.
NC Senate candidates trade accusations on virus, vaccine
September 15, 2020 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis and Democrat Cal Cunningham battled over the government's COVID-19 response and a future vaccine in a debate Monday, kicking up a notch a campaign that could determine the Senate's control...
GOP candidates balance pros, cons of running with Trump
June 15, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is hitting the road again...
Cunningham wins Senate primary; Forest earns GOP gov’s nod
March 4, 2020 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina primary voters on Tuesday chose a Democratic former state legislator and Iraq War veteran to challenge Republican Sen...
Senate seems to have votes to reject Trump’s wall move
March 4, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Opponents of President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the U...
Trump’s national emergency sparks new GOP divide in Congress
February 16, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to build his long-promised border wall ends one political problem for the White House and its allies on Capitol Hill, but launches another...
Democrats, activists hit N Carolina GOP on Kavanaugh
September 27, 2018 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democrats and activists went on the offensive against Republicans for not opposing U...
Grassley, Judiciary Committee could soon consider bill to prevent undue firing of special counsel
April 13, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON — Legislation aimed at protecting special counsel Robert Mueller from being summarily dismissed will be on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s agenda next Thursday, with a vote expected the following week.