Michael McElroy is Cardinal & Pine’s political correspondent. He is an adjunct instructor at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media, and a former editor at The New York Times.
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Higher prices, hungrier children, and veterans in crisis: A look at Trump’s first 100 days in office.
Trump’s policies and cuts threaten to raise prices of many everyday items, and put veterans, children, and seniors in North Carolina at risk.
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NC election officials limit the voters at risk in Jefferson Griffin case. But courts could intervene again.
What does the 80s movie “The Neverending Story” have to do with developments in the Jefferson Griffin case? You got questions, we got answers.
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Jefferson Griffin’s effort to steal a seat on the NC Supreme Court now hinges on throwing out military votes
The North Carolina Supreme Court has opened the door wide enough for Griffin to sneak in and overturn his election defeat. But at a rally on Monday, Justice Allison Riggs vowed to fight to keep the seat she won.
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‘Veterans are going to die’: Hundreds protest Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts in Raleigh
The cuts Elon Musk has sought would include VA counselors who answer calls for the veterans crisis hotline. Fewer counselors and longer wait times, one veteran at the rally said, means veterans would be left on their own when they need the most help.
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Four of the Republican judges in the Jefferson Griffin case were his de facto running mates in a previous election
The state court judges will soon decide whether to overrule the will of the voters and hand Griffin an election he lost. Social media posts from 2020 show the judges praising Griffin and feature smiling photos of themselves standing next to him.
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Jefferson Griffin’s effort to overturn his election loss threatens judicial integrity, more than 200 NC judges and attorneys say
The North Carolina Court of Appeals will hold oral arguments on Friday in Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to throw out more than 65,000 votes so that he can win state supreme court election he lost to Allison Riggs. This week the state’s legal community warned Griffin that his lawsuit is damaging the state court system. You…
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Trump’s spending freezes could disrupt clean energy boom in NC and increase household heating costs
Among the funding Trump is trying to halt: $160 million in payments to protect the state’s power grid from wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural disasters like Tropical Storm Helene, which has caused billions in damage to western North Carolina.
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Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to throw out 65,000 votes finally gets a court hearing on the merits
There have been several previous rulings in separate courts, both state and federal, but those dealt with procedural issues. On Friday, a state judge will hear the first arguments about the fundamental questions at hand.
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Army helicopter pilot killed in DC plane crash was one of the NC voters Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise
Rebecca Lobach voted by absentee ballot in the 2024 election. She is among the more than 5,500 North Carolina active duty military voters out of state whose votes Jefferson Griffin is seeking to discard so that he can win the state supreme court election he lost.
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‘We’re not going anywhere’: This group of veterans warned about a second Trump term. Now they vow to hold him accountable
Veterans for Responsible Leadership spent the 2024 election warning that Trump was a threat to the ideals service members have fought and died for. With Trump back in the White House, what does resistance look like now?
