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The prime-time address is a chance for the president to tout his record ahead of this year's midterm elections. But it comes at a moment when Trump has seen his agenda complicated on multiple fronts.

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French President Emmanuel Macron accepted Laurence des Cars' resignation as "an act of responsibility" at a moment when the Louvre needs security upgrades, modernization and other major projects.
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Gene therapies have the potential to cure some diseases, but they are extraordinarily expensive. Location can also be a big hurdle for patients seeking this specialized care.
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Whatley is a former chair of the Republican National Committee. Before that, he was a chairman of North Carolina's Republican Party.
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Firefighters were called to Camden Westwood apartments, just off Chapel Hill Road, around 6:15. They found a fire burning on the third floor of a building with about 30 apartment units, according to a statement from the Town of Morrisville.
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Carolina North, a satellite development 1.6 miles from UNC-Chapel Hill's campus, is planned to turn 250 acres of primarily empty land into a "live, work, play and learning" space.
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Fewer than 20,000 voters participate in a typical state Senate primary, but GOP primary voters in two counties will have a major impact on the power dynamics in the state legislature.
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Nearly every North Carolina county is now in moderate to severe drought as the spring wildfire season ramps up.
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For more than a decade now, Brad Cook has been one of the most in-demand record producers in the business. He's worked with Mavis Staples, Bon Iver, and Waxahatchee just to name a few. WUNC music reporter Brian Burns recently caught up with Cook in his home studio in Durham.
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This week, North Carolina joined 22 other states in filing a motion to enforce an earlier ruling that demanded FEMA release funding for the more than 2,000 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities projects left in limbo nationwide.
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The selection of Asheville “reflects the Trump Administration’s commitment to the revitalization and resilience of western North Carolina,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
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The federal government plans to pay to keep coal plants open longer. It recently selected Duke Energy’s two-unit coal-burning plant to receive up to $34 million.
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