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While state lawmakers were on a spring break for most of the week, snippets of the House spending plan have started to emerge.Meanwhile, with two special…

It was a frenzied week in Chapel Hill, where UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt announced her resignation, and at the same time authorized the removal…

Uncertainty and chaos continues to cloud North Carolina's upcoming election.On Monday federal judged re-affirmed the state's U.S. House seats are illegal…

State lawmakers released portions of their adjusted state budget this week.Rank and file state employees will get a raise that keeps up with inflation,…

Author Marina Lewycka discusses her debut novel, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian. The novel, about Ukraine's dark political past, has made the shortlist for the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction.

In Columbus, Ohio, neighbors are debating whether Sen. John Kerry or President Bush will be better for America. In this political battleground state, voters are finding it hard to win their neighbors over to their point of view. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The investigation of the leak that revealed the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame raises complicated questions that can't be immediately answered. Was a crime committed? Were Bush administration ethical standards breached?

With the Mueller investigation behind him, President Trump has had a renewed focus on policy, from health care to Venezuela.

The political clout of the militant Islamist group Hamas is rising. The group's candidates are expected to do well in next week's Palestinian parliamentary elections, with current polls showing Hamas winning at least one-third of the seats. That scenario presents a challenge for Israel.

The biggest conventional names in American politics — Clinton and Bush — have stumbled this summer as Americans look to channel their frustrations through unconventional outsiders.