Donald Trump

A group of men at the 35th Annual Carolina Indian Circle Powwow perform traditional drumming and singing of the Life by the River canoe song. It is performed at ceremonies, gatherings and powwows, according to UNC-Pembroke's Museum of the Southeast American Indian.

Race, Class & Communities

Government misses Trump's deadline for a plan to give Lumbee full federal recognition

Aaron Sánchez-Guerra

A Jan. 23, 2025 memo from President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Interior to fast-track federal recognition.

News

How much of the VA's budget savings will go to patient care? Collins says it's 'up to the President'

Steve Walsh

VA Secretary Doug Collins is aiming for a 15 percent cut in the agency's budget, even as it's serving a growing population of veterans.

The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., hosts both chambers of Congress. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center

Politics

Made to order: Trump’s ‘maximalist approach’ looks to transform how North Carolina, and a nation, vote

Sarah Michels | Carolina Public Press

Lynn Berry-Bernstein knows what builds electoral trust — and it’s not President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on elections.Berry-Bernstein, the founder of Transparent Elections NC, used to work with election observers in North Carolina. Before observing their first absentee ballot meeting, they often reported very little confidence in the fairness and accuracy of elections.

A sign held by Leah Fowler, who left her job as a probationary worker at the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development last week, which has a major campus in Research Triangle Park. Fowler said she left as it became clear her position was in jeopardy after plans for major cuts to the EPA were announced by the Trump Administration. Fowler said she remains committed to the EPA's mission and is worried about the impact the proposed cuts could have. "We're not going to able to do the science that is detecting all of the harmful things that we want to try to remove from the environment," Fowler warned, referring how the cuts could interrupt critical studies on PFAS, so-called forever chemicals that have polluted rivers in North Carolina and other areas, as well as the effects of lead, arsenic, and microplastic contamination.

News

Raleigh protesters object to Trump administration cuts to universities and research funding

Rusty Jacobs

Thousands gathered Saturday on Raleigh Bicentennial Plaza across from the North Carolina General Assembly to protest the Trump Administration and presidential adviser Elon Musk.

Appalachian State University opened a Red Cross shelter on its campus for students and community members.

Politics

NC lawmaker proposes bill aiming to make political discrimination in disaster relief a felony

Adam Wagner

North Carolina already makes many kinds of discrimination in disaster relief illegal. Now, a lawmaker wants to make discriminating based on politics a felony.

Rep. Chuck Edwards talks during a town hall in Asheville, N.C. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Politics

North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump

Associated Press

A town hall held by Rep. Chuck Edwards in Asheville, North Carolina, got rowdy as attendees asked a barrage of scathing questions about policies rolled out under President Donald Trump's administration.

A protester holds a sign at a Washington, D.C. demonstration against the Trump Administrations budget cuts on Feb. 28, 2025.

Military

Veterans long enjoyed federal hiring preferences. Now, they're especially at risk of being fired

Jay Price

The federal firings have affected an estimated 6000 veterans, who make up a disproportionate share of the government workforce.

Ricardo Rossi, originally of Caracas, Venezuela is owner of BB's Grill, a full service food truck on Highway 70 in southeast Durham near the northwestern edge of Raleigh.

Race, Class & Communities

North Carolina's Venezuelan community struck by uncertainty as Trump ends legal temporary status

Aaron Sánchez-Guerra

It was President Donald Trump who first issued Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans in 2021 while in the last days of his first presidential term.

<strong>March 20:</strong> Rachel Nockles, 7, gets a Ukrainian flag painted on her face at a STANDwithUKRAINE rally in front of the White House. Her mother is from Ukraine, but her family now lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Politics

What North Carolina's Members of Congress think about Ukraine, Trump, and Zelensky

Dave DeWitt

A rundown of where North Carolina's Congressional delegation stands on Ukraine, as of Monday, and how those views may have changed after Friday's contentious meeting between Trump and Zelensky.

President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with homeowners affected by Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C., Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.

Economy

Trump funding freeze leaves NC transportation projects in limbo

Bradley George

The Biden Administration poured billions of federal dollars into road and rail development, including a new passenger train rail line from Raleigh to Richmond, Virginia.