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Trump Promoting Health Care 'Vision' In Swing State NC

By • Sep 24, 2020
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Updated at 6:55 p.m.

More than three-and-a-half years into his presidency and 40 days from an election, President Donald Trump on Thursday launched what aides termed a “vision” for health care heavy on unfulfilled aspirations.

Takeaways: Supreme Court Nomination At Center Of Second Debate Between Tillis, Cunningham

By & • Sep 23, 2020
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Republican U.S. Senator Thom Tillis and Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham squared off Tuesday night in the second of their three debates, and questions about the potential successor to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hung heavy over the debate.

Court Blocks Trump's Attempt To Change Who Counts For Allocating House Seats

By • Sep 10, 2020

Updated at 11:25 p.m. ET

A special three-judge court in New York on Thursday blocked the Trump administration's efforts to make an unprecedented change to who is included in the census numbers that determine each state's share of seats in Congress.

The president, the court concluded, cannot leave unauthorized immigrants out of that specific count.

NC: Trump Rally Exceeded Pandemic Limits, But Not Illegal

By • Sep 10, 2020
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A crowed political rally hosted by President Donald Trump put people’s health at risk, but was legal under state pandemic rules that exempt certain gatherings where people exercise free speech, a spokeswoman for North Carolina's governor said Wednesday.

NC Voter Guide: Everything You Need To Know About Early Voting, Mail-In Ballots

By & • Sep 9, 2020

The North Carolina General Assembly recently enacted legislation to ease absentee-by-mail voting this year and to make polls safer for in-person voting during the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0, And Trump Stops By

By • Sep 4, 2020
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This week: State legislators gaveled in for a brief two-day session and don't intend to return until next year — that is, until after the elections are over. Their singular charge was to allocate North Carolina's remaining pandemic relief funds from the federal CARES Act.

Becki Gray of the John Locke Foundation and Rob Schofield of NC Policy Watch discuss the good – and the bad – in the latest relief package. And they react to President Trump's visit to Wilmington, where he tacitly encouraged people to vote twice.
 


Lawmakers Returned To Raleigh To Pass Nearly $1 Billion COVID Relief Bill

By , & • Sep 4, 2020
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The North Carolina legislature passed the Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0 Thursday, which allocates the nearly $1 billion left of federal CARES Act money. 

Mike Pence Visiting Raleigh Thursday For Anti-Abortion Rally

By & • Sep 3, 2020
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Vice President Mike Pence will be in Raleigh on Thursday to promote an anti-abortion agenda, GOP candidates and to make campaign stops for President Donald Trump.

Trump Takes Jab At Biden During V-J Day Visit To Battleship

By • Sep 2, 2020
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As thunderstorms threatened, President Donald Trump sped through a V-J Day speech on Wednesday, trumpeting American strength and managing to squeeze in a swipe at Democratic rival Joe Biden.

President Trump To Declare Wilmington First Official World War II Heritage City

By • Sep 2, 2020
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Wilmington, North Carolina is about to become the first World War II Heritage City in the United States.  President Donald Trump is expected to make the formal announcement during a visit to the Port City on Wednesday.

About 300,000 veterans lived to see this year’s 75th anniversary of V-E Day, marking the end of World War II, according to Pew Research.

In Youngstown, Ohio, Clues About What Operation Legend Will Look Like

By Matthew Richmond • Sep 2, 2020

When someone fires a gun in Youngstown, Victoria Allen usually hears it — at least on her phone. Allen, who runs the ICU Neighborhood Watch group on Youngstown’s south side, has access to the city’s Shot Spotter app, which records the sound, time and location of gunshots.

On a recent August weekday, Allen was driving to a house that was the site of at least two shootings in the last two days.

Trump Praises Law Enforcement In Visit To Kenosha

By • Sep 1, 2020

Updated at 4:20 p.m. ET

President Trump visited Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday, a city roiled by unrest following the police shooting of Jacob Blake last month in a state seen as crucial to Trump's reelection prospects in November.

Trump went to an emergency management center, met with police and toured a section of the city damaged by rioting that followed the shooting of the 29-year-old Black man.

Trump To Visit Wilmington To Declare It A 'WWII Heritage City'

By & • Aug 31, 2020
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President Donald Trump will visit Wilmington on Wednesday to declare it a World War II “Heritage City.”

News outlets report that the visit is timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the end of the war.

Protests And Presidential Nominations: What Went Down At The National Conventions

By & • Aug 28, 2020
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Last night marked the close of the most unusual political conventions in American history. Both the Republican and Democratic national conventions looked radically different this year due to COVID-19 restrictions. For the Democrats, roll call was a virtual parade of state and territory landmarks, including Rhode Island’s trademark calamari. 

Fact Check: President Trump's RNC Speech

By • Aug 27, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks on stage during the first day of the Republican National Committee convention, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Charlotte.
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President Trump is accepting the Republican nomination for president on Thursday. NPR reporters are providing analysis of his remarks live.

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RNC Live Coverage: Thursday, Aug. 27

By • Aug 27, 2020

Follow live updates and analysis of Day 4 of the Republican National Convention. President Trump caps off the week with his address.

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RNC Live Coverage: Tuesday, Aug. 25

By • Aug 25, 2020

Follow live updates and analysis of Day 2 of the Republican National Convention. First lady Melania Trump headlines the night.

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President Trump Visits Mills River, Touts COVID-19 Farming Program After Renomination

By • Aug 25, 2020

On Day 1 of the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, President Donald Trump traveled about two hours west to a produce packing facility in Mills River.

Masks were encouraged but not required as President Trump spoke to a few hundred at Flavor 1st Growers and Packers.

“Ladies and Gentlemen to introduce the President of the United States the co-owner of Flavor First Growers and Packers Kirby Johnson.”  

Johnson’s company is part of a USDA program for families impacted by COVID-19.

Republicans Nominate Trump To Take On Biden In The Fall

By • Aug 24, 2020
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The Republican Party formally nominated President Donald Trump for a second term in the White House Monday, one of the first acts of a GOP convention that has been dramatically scaled down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

RNC Live Coverage: Monday, Aug. 24

By • Aug 24, 2020

Follow live updates and analysis of Day 1 of the Republican National Convention, where the party is set to formally nominate President Trump as its presidential nominee.

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Trump, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Set To Visit North Carolina As RNC Kicks Off

By • Aug 24, 2020
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Washington.
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President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Mills River, North Carolina on Monday.

The president is slated to visit a Farmers to Families Food Box program site. The program is sponsored by the U.S. Agriculture Department.

Near Misses At UNC-Chapel Hill’s High-Security Lab Illustrate Risk Of Accidents With Coronaviruses

By Alison Young & Jessica Blake for ProPublica • Aug 19, 2020
The Old Well on the UNC- Chapel Hill campus.
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This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.

The mouse infected with a lab-created type of SARS coronavirus was squirming upside down, dangling by its tail as a scientist carried it to a weighing container one day in February 2016. But the mundane task turned dangerous in seconds inside the North Carolina laboratory, which has drawn scrutiny for its partnership on similar research with China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Post Office Chief Suspends Controversial Changes Until After Election

By • Aug 18, 2020

Updated 7:50 p.m. ET

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has announced he will suspend the controversial changes he instituted to the U.S. Postal Service until after the November election.

"To avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail, I am suspending these initiatives until after the election is concluded," DeJoy said in a statement.

#NC11: Cawthorn Addresses Sexual Misconduct Allegations

By • Aug 18, 2020

Republican nominee candidate for NC Congressional District 11 Madison Cawthorn is facing new allegations of sexual misconduct.  BPR spoke with Cawthorn at a law enforcement rally over the weekend:

Crowd Protests Outside U.S. Postmaster's North Carolina Home

By • Aug 17, 2020
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More than 100 demonstrators converged outside the North Carolina mansion of the postmaster general, protesting the cutbacks, delays and other changes to the U.S. Postal Service that have created fears for mail-in voting ahead of the November presidential election.

Republican Convention To Mandate Masks, Track Attendees' Movements

By editor • Aug 11, 2020

Delegates at the scaled-back Republican National Convention later this month in Charlotte, N.C., must wear masks, and the GOP plans to track everyone's movements with badges equipped with Bluetooth technology.

The special badges will allow officials to find out whom they came in contact with if someone later gets sick from the coronavirus, said Jeffrey Runge, the convention's health consultant.

That will make contact tracing easier, he said.

In Executive Actions, Trump Extends Some Unemployment Benefits, Defers Payroll Taxes

By & • Aug 8, 2020

Updated at 10 a.m. ET Sunday

At his Bedminster, N.J., golf resort on Saturday, President Trump signed four executive actions to provide economic relief amid the coronavirus pandemic. The actions amount to a stopgap measure, after failing to secure an agreement with Congress.

The three memorandums and one executive order call for extending some enhanced unemployment benefits, taking steps to stop evictions, continuing the suspension of student loan repayments and deferring payroll taxes.

Political Junkie: North Carolina Polls Explained

By & • Aug 7, 2020
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What insight do the polls hold less than 90 days away from the November elections? North Carolina has remained a bright purple target in the Electoral College and has received increased attention from presidential candidates in the 21st century. Former Vice President Joe Biden currently holds the lead in the Old North State, with four percentage points over President Donald Trump in a CBS Battleground Tracker Poll published on Aug. 2.

WATCH: Attorney General Barr Testifies Before House Judiciary

By & • Jul 28, 2020
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Patrick Semansky / AP

Attorney General William Barr is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about oversight of the Justice Department.

Trump To Visit North Carolina On Monday To See Work On Virus Vaccine

By & • Jul 27, 2020
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President Donald Trump is coming to the Triangle on Monday to visit a facility involved in work to create a COVID-19 vaccine.

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