Democrats Lurch Left on Top Policies as 2020 Primary Begins
Democratic presidential contender Julian Castro launched his campaign by pledging support for...
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Political Shifts, Sales Slump Cast Shadow Over Gun Industry
When gunmakers and dealers gather this week in Las Vegas for the industry’s largest annual...
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N Carolina University, Group Argue Over Race in Admissions
North Carolina’s flagship public university is defending its use of race in admitting...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Revenues Up Again at Halfway Point
North Carolina tax collections keep outpacing expectations. The top economist on the General Assembly’s nonpartisan staff says state revenues for the first half of the fiscal year through December are $189 million ahead of...
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Democrats Aren’t Buying Trump’s Shutdown-Ending ‘Compromise’
In a bid to break the shutdown stalemate, President Donald Trump offered to extend temporary...
Read MoreTechnology Near For Real-Time TV Fact-Checks – But Will Networks Want It?
A team at Duke University is developing a program that will allow TV networks to fact-check political speeches in real time – if the networks want it.
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Impacts Growing From Federal Govt Shutdown
Farmers applying for hurricane relief are being delayed by the closure of a key federal agency – and national park officials say vandalism is on the rise.
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Probe: Miscommunication Over Barriers Preceded Silent Sam Toppling
Chancellor Folt’s office was reportedly concerned that barriers would be “eyesores” – but she says she didn’t mean that as an order not to use them.
Read MoreCongress To Probe Report That Trump Directed Lawyer To Lie
The website Buzzfeed is reporting that Donald Trump told his former attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, which would constitute suborning perjury.
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Watchdog: Thousands More Children May Have Been Separated
Thousands more migrant children may have been split from their families than the Trump administration previously reported.
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