A new voice for Hampton’s families and future To the Editor: Hello! I am Carleigh Beriont, and I am running for Hampton’s Board of Selectmen. As a working mom of two young kids, I will bring a different set of experiences, relationships, and questions to the conversations and choices that the Select Board makes on […]
Early voting has begun in North Carolina’s 2024 primary elections, which takes place on Tuesday, March 5. A number of statewide offices, including governor and lieutenant governor, are on the ballot, as well as competitive races for Congress and the state legislature. Here’s how to find the candidates the Editorial Board is recommending in races […]
North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District spans across Lincoln and Forsyth counties. ALSO READ: The Political Beat Candidate Guide: North Carolina primary elections Five Republicans have thrown their hat in the ring and are facing off ahead of the March 5 primary elections. Two candidates have captured extra attention in the specific race: Pat Harrigan endorsed […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before Donald Trump announced his campaign to retake the White House, he launched a quieter campaign to rack up Republican endorsements. In early 2021, after Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden and inspired a mob of supporters to attack the Capitol trying to overturn the 2020 election, the defeated president started […]
Former President Donald Trump is racking up several high-profile endorsements after his New Hampshire primary win on Tuesday. Trump’s coast to victory in the early voting state — earning 54.6 percent of the vote compared to former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s 43.2 percent — builds off his win in Iowa and tightens his grip on […]
Start your week in North Carolina politics with our News & Observer podcast, Under the Dome. Dawn Vaughan here, your host and state Capitol bureau chief. For our latest episode this week of Jan. 15, 2024, I’m joined by our Washington, D.C., correspondent Danielle Battaglia. Snow is expected up in D.C. in the coming days, […]
On his last day as president on Jan. 20, 2021, Donald Trump stood in a snapping wind and waved goodbye to relatives and supporters before he took his final flight on Air Force One back to Mar-a-Lago. No elected Republican of any stature showed up at Joint Base Andrews for the bleak farewell. Trump, at […]
“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. What’s happening About a year ago the NCAA opened the door for college athletes to make money from their talents for the first time, upending the model of amateur athletics that had been a bedrock principle of college sports for generations. Last […]
Republican politicians and organizations opposed to former President Donald Trump have delivered high-profile endorsements of other candidates over the past month in efforts to change the race for the GOP presidential nomination. But those endorsements haven’t moved the needle politically in Iowa, according to the new NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of the state. At least not yet. In addition to […]