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Video: Thom Tillis calls Kristi Noem’s leadership a ‘disaster’

March 5, 2026

The retiring North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis went nuclear on Kristi Noem during a recent Senate hearing.

Video: US Sen. Thom Tillis says Kristi Noem ‘should be out of a job’

February 4, 2026

US Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to be fired recently over her handling of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Here’s what Tillis had to say.

‘Top Chef’ puts NC in the spotlight

March 6, 2026

Plus: What NC stands to lose in Iran. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Unbelievably, Cardinal & Pine is now 6 years old. We got off the ground in March 2020, as the first COVID-19 cases shut down our state. C&P started as a vital tool for spreading good information quickly in a scary…

Video: Kristi Noem’s racist, dehumanizing photo op for the Trump administration

April 2, 2025

Thursday’s photo op from US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was disturbing. Cardinal & Pine Senior Editor Billy Ball explains why.

Billy Ball Explains NC: The Trump administration did what to the Coast Guard?

March 11, 2026

In the latest Billy Ball Explains NC, we break down the tension between the Coast Guard and the Trump administration.

Here’s what ‘closing the chapter’ on FEMA would mean for North Carolina disasters

June 10, 2026

Officials say disaster survivors in rural North Carolina would be hit the hardest by the changes proposed by a Trump FEMA council.

Trump official Markwayne Mullin in Asheville area Tuesday to talk FEMA relief

April 7, 2026

With western North Carolina still in recovery from Hurricane Helene in 2024, President Trump’s new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin visits the region.

NC Dems condemn fatal shooting by Border Patrol, while Republicans stay mostly silent

January 26, 2026

Amid the growing outcry over the shooting of Alex Pretti, Republican Thom Tillis called for a bipartisan investigation, but most other North Carolina Republicans seemed to ignore it.

Fourth-generation western NC farmer Jamie Ager talks Congress run, Iran, FEMA

March 16, 2026

Fourth-generation Western North Carolina farmer Jamie Ager, will face two-term Republican U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards in the battle for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District in November.

Best authentic Mexican markets in NC

April 7, 2026

Plus: A full moon over Oak Island. 👀 Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. One of North Carolina’s top physicians has some advice for talking with someone who is worried about the safety of vaccines: Listen. “My process as a provider has always been when a patient would come to me with certain information…