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GOP struggles with chaos as shutdown deadline nears

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is on his third strategy to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month after suffering a series of defeats handed to him by conservatives …

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House Republicans at odds over Ukraine stall US spending

WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – The U.S. may be headed toward a government shutdown if Congress does not come up with a compromise to fund the government within the next nine days. …

Proposed North Carolina budget would exempt legislators …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican state lawmakers in North Carolina are attempting to exempt themselves from public records laws meant to safeguard transparency with a budget provision …

Explaining what’s in ‘the pork’ of the NC State budget

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) - Autopsy funding, block grants for mental health services, money for roads and stormwater drainage. They are all very specific projects in the North Carolina …

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Garland testifies before Judiciary Committee

‘Sound of Freedom’ subject Ballard denounced by LDS

Guilford Co. school board swears in Michael Logan

Guilford County Board of Education District 3 Rep. Bill Goebel (left) and Guilford County Board of Education nominee Michael Logan (right)

Senate bill that authorizes 4 new NC casinos

NC city polarized on potential balloon ban

Hunter Biden indicted on three federal gun charges

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Surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada led to …

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. India has expelled a senior Canadian diplomat and is accusing Canada of interfering in its internal affairs. The expulsion Tuesday came a day after Trudeau said Canada was investigating allegations India was connected to the assassination of Sikh independence advocate Hardeep Singh Niijar in Canada in June, and expelled an Indian diplomat. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Zelenskyy delivers upbeat message to US lawmakers …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is welcomed to the Capitol in Washington, by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. It is Zelenskyy's second visit to Washington since Russia invaded and comes as President Joe Biden's request to Congress for an additional $24 billion for Ukraine is hanging in the balance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gold, watches and other luxury items totaling $1.75B …

FILE - People are dwarfed against the financial skyline as they take photos of the Merlion statue along the Marina Bay area in Singapore, on June 30, 2020. Singapore police uncovered more luxury watches, gold bars and other assets from a massive money laundering scheme that was busted August 2023, they said, bringing the total amount of assets seized or frozen to 2.4 billion Singapore dollars ($1.75 billion).(AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim, File)

Weapons charges dropped in 2018 raid on family compound …

FILE - A children's bicycle and a baby stroller lay inside a squalid makeshift living compound in Amalia, N.M., on Aug. 10, 2018. Two firearms charges were dismissed Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, amid preparations for trial against an extended family arrested in a 2018 law enforcement raid on the compound in northern New Mexico and the discovery of a young boy's decomposed body. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

North Korea’s Kim sets forth steps to boost Russia …

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a Politburo meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Tears of joy after Brazil’s Supreme Court makes milestone …

An Indigenous woman cries tears of happiness after learning that the Supreme Court ruled to enshrine Indigenous land rights, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Six of the 11 Supreme Court justices voted against establishing a cut-off date after which Indigenous peoples could not claim new territory. (AP Photo/Gustavo Moreno)

Bus carrying high school students to band camp crashes, …

Emergency responders gather near the scene of a fatal bus crash, in Wawayanda, N.Y., Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. A charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp hurtled off a New York highway and down an embankment, officials said. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Zelenskyy visiting Canada for first time since war …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at the National Archives building in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.(AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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iPhone crash detection saves man trapped in truck …

iPhone crash detection saves man trapped in truck in Asheboro

North Carolina school officials discuss impact of …

North Carolina school officials discuss impact of metal detectors

Proposed North Carolina budget would exempt legislators …

Republican North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore speaks to reporters about a public records provision in the state budget, on the House floor in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

Man charged in Randolph County shooting

Man accused of taking indecent liberties with child

Carlos Castaneda Navarrette mugshot (Randolph County Sheriff's Office)

Lexington license plate agency to close Sept. 29

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Murdaugh pleads guilty to federal financial crimes

Debris field from downed jet is extensive: deputies

Iconic pink octopus along Highway 17 relocating to …

Suspect indicted in deadly South Carolina DUI crash

South Carolina teen shot, killed on road in Georgia

Man shot by deputy in Laurens Co.

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Questions remain about Blue Ridge Rock Festival

Attendee calls Blue Ridge Rock Festival ‘unacceptable’

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Map: These NC counties have the worst air quality

Va. woman, twin teens had sexual relationship: docs

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House Republicans at odds over Ukraine stall US spending

Where the UAW strike stands one week in

US-Iran prisoner swap unlikely to lower tensions

Amid spending bill impasse, Gov’t shutdown looms

Farm bill deadline approaches as lawmakers list priorities

Senators concerned over pending PGA-LIV Golf deal

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GSO semiconductor company sees record growth

Alamance Co. chamber president leads push for jobs

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NC developer fulfills dream of giving back to hometown

New WFU Dean of Medicine to lead 2 campuses

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