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Convicted sex offender offered opening prayer at rally for GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina
A North Carolina pastor who led the opening prayer at a recent campaign stop for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley is a registered sex offender, twice sentenced to prison. Records show pastor Daimon L. King was convicted in 1998 and again in 2010 for offenses involving children. Democrats...
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Fact-check: Cooper says NC officials ‘removed’ an HBCU early-voting site ahead of midterm elections
North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper said election officials “removed that ballot box” from North Carolina A&T, a historically Black university in Greensboro. While the campus had a site in 2024, it has never had one in midterm elections.
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Cooper defends record as Trump, Whatley hammer him on public safety, Helene
North Carolina “has become a crime-ridden state” under former Gov. Roy Cooper, President Donald Trump said Wednesday. Data shows crime has been dropping for years.
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Cooper maintains 11-point lead over Whatley as undecided voters increase, new Elon poll shows
A majority of polled voters identified affordability issues as playing an important role in their voting decisions.
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Fact-checking Trump's RNC claims about affordability, US senate candidates El-Sayed and Talarico
President Donald Trump headlined the first night of the Republicans’ first-ever midterm convention in Dallas, spotlighting policies about transgender people, illegal immigration and opponents who align with democratic socialism.
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Michael Whatley seeks to boost US Senate campaign with speech at RNC convention
Whatley is going all-in on his support for Republican President Donald Trump, as he trails Democratic candidate Roy Cooper in polls and fundraising.
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Fact-checking Trump's claim that 'thousands' of immigrants illegally voted in New Jersey
“They caught thousands of votes in New Jersey where illegal aliens were allowed to vote,” President Donald Trump said during a speech in Georgia. “Thousands and thousands of votes.”
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Mail-in voting has begun in NC. Here’s what to know for the 2026 midterms
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to vote by mail in North Carolina this year. Learn more about how to request a ballot, send it back in and track its progress to ensure it’s counted.
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2026 midterms begin: Voting underway in NC as officials make last-minute changes
The new rules for mail-in voting could lead to more ballots being thrown out in 2026 and beyond, due to mistakes that elections officials didn’t previously view as problematic.
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NC Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. won’t seek reelection, opening door to chief justice run
Phil Berger Jr. won’t seek reelection to his associate justice seat on the NC Supreme Court in 2028, when the chief justice seat is also up. He hasn’t announced his next move but says he’s giving “serious thought” to other ways to serve.
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NC plans to start mailing 2026 ballots Friday. Could the rules still change before then?
The North Carolina State Board of Elections plan to consider new mail-in ballot rules hours before the start of mail-in voting. Meanwhile, federal lawsuits still loom.
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Fact-check: Political ads attacking Cooper link COVID-era NC inmate release to unrelated murders
The Senate Leadership Fund is attacking Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper, the former governor, for agreeing to a settlement that led to the release of inmates during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Influencers have a lot to say about politics. Many are quietly paid for it.
Josh Greene is a rising left-wing social media star with his own podcast, nearly 800,000 followers and access to politicians like Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York.
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U.S. Senate candidates debate immigration ahead of midterm election
With just over two months to go before the midterm elections, the focus is on the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina, where candidates Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley are sharpening their approaches. Both candidates express a desire for secure borders, yet their strategies diverge significantly.
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‘Business as usual,’ for now: NC plans to send mail-in ballots next week following new court ruling
North Carolina was among the states suing to stop the U.S. Postal Service from being allowed to decide who should be allowed to receive or turn in mail-in ballots. The ongoing case has raised questions about whether the state would be able to send out mail-in ballots by Sept. 4.
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Judge Once Again Bars Postal Service from Restricting Mail-in Vote
WASHINGTON — A federal judge Thursday once again temporarily prohibited the U.S. Postal Service from implementing a plan to restrict mail-in voting, put in place after a directive from President Donald Trump.
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Proposed NC election rules head to legislative review. Will they be in place before the election?
A legal fight is delaying implementation of new mail-in ballot and voter ID rules, threatening GOP hopes that they’ll be in place for the 2026 midterms.
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Stein wants commission to delay proposed ballot rules as NC absentee voting nears
Rules proposed by the GOP-majority state elections board could make absentee voting more burdensome and increase the chances of ballots being rejected, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein says. The Democrat wants a state commission to delay final approval so that the legislature can review the rules.
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Fact-check: Did North Carolina 'process' 1 million duplicate voter registrations?
“Governor Josh Stein won North Carolina by 828,187 votes. North Carolina processed 1,031,350 duplicate registrations,” Shiloh Marx, president of the Integrity First Alliance, said in a July 20 X post.
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What Trump’s mail-in voting win at the Supreme Court means for NC voters
Monday’s win for President Donald Trump at the U.S. Supreme Court won’t immediately block mail-in voting in North Carolina or in any other state. But it does leave the door open for such a result in the coming weeks.
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Trump's new plans for mail-in ballots and North Carolina's response
Donald Trump has proposed changes to the handling of mail-in ballots, which have been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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NC election officials OK early voting plans that eliminate Sunday voting in some counties
Critics of early-voting plans proposed this year by North Carolina Republicans are accusing GOP leaders of discrimination, alleging that they’re angling to eliminate sites and days preferred by Black voters.
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Caught on cam: Ballot counting mistake in Wisconsin
Caught on camera: A wrong button was pushed in the ballot counting process, delaying Wisconsin's primary election results.
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New poll on MAGA, democratic-socialist identity underscores power of moderates in NC elections
One-third of North Carolinians align themselves with President Donald Trump’s “make America great again” movement, and fewer than one-third of North Carolinians align with democratic socialists, according to the results of a new Elon University poll.
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Stein vetoes election bill that would cut early voting, ramp up voter purges
Republican lawmakers recently passed a bill that they say would improve election integrity. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed it, saying GOP leaders are scared of voters and want to make it easier to throw out ballots or stop people from voting entirely.
