So, Mr. Boyle, are you proud of Senator Tillis now?” This was right after Tillis, a Republican U.S. senator who’s represented ...

By Tom Campbell Donald Trump’s customary bluster, intimidation and threats backfired on him this time. It might well result in a Democrat winning the 2026 U.S. Senate election in our state. Senator ...

As the House moved to pass the GOP's marquee bill, Democrats began testing out the attacks they hope will win them back ...

As a former speaker of the House in the North Carolina Legislature, Tillis had done his homework. He knew that if he voted for the bill, he would be either leaving thousands of working people without ...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein vetoed legislation that in part would repeal an interim greenhouse gas reduction mandate for ...

Republican Senator Thom Tillis became one of only three GOP senators to cast a vote against President Donald Trump's budget bill. Ultimately, his vote was mostly symbolic--the measure passed on a ...

President Donald Trump has signed his signature bill of tax and spending cuts at the White House Fourth of July picnic ...

The country has become so divided, some scholars say, that leaders of the three branches are often more loyal to their ...

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House Speaker Destin Hall, left, and Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, talk before Gov. Josh Stein delivered his ...