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2024 ELECTIONS

A chief architect of Project 2025 is ready to shock Washington if Donald Trump wins a second term

A chief architect of Project 2025 — the controversial conservative blueprint to remake the federal government — Vought is likely to be appointed to a high-ranking post in a second Trump administration. And he’s been drafting a so-far secret “180-Day Transition Playbook” to speed the plan’s implementation to avoid a repeat of the chaotic start that dogged Trump’s first term.

FILE - President Donald Trump listens as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Russel Vought speaks during an event on "transparency in Federal guidance and enforcement" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Kamala Harris has proposed increasing the corporate tax rate, expanding the child tax credit, and cutting taxes for more than 100 million working and middle class Americans. Donald Trump, meanwhile, said he wants to permanently extend tax breaks that primarily benefited the ultra-wealthy and corporations. (Graphic by Francesca Daly)

Harris wants to give working families a tax cut and raise taxes on corporations. Trump would do the opposite.

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Kamala Harris has proposed increasing the corporate tax rate, expanding the child tax credit, and cutting taxes for more than 100 million working and middle class Americans. Donald Trump, meanwhile, said he wants to permanently extend tax breaks that primarily benefited the ultra-wealthy and corporations.
2024 ELECTIONS - Cardinal & Pine

County election officials given room to adjust voting measures to account for Helene’s destruction 

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The state elections board passed a resolution providing needed flexibility in 13 hard-hit counties, and promising a “robust” and “secure” election.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, at Discovery World in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

Trump once again attacks USPS and mail-in ballots as Election Day nears

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Just like he did in 2020, when he began attacking mail-in voting months before Election Day, Donald Trump appears to be laying the groundwork to once again challenge any election results he doesn’t like.
Helene Damage in Western NC

NC election officials vow to ensure voters can cast their ballot amid Helene’s devastation

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The North Carolina Board of Elections created a webpage - NCSBE.gov/Helene - where they have vowed to put all relevant Helene-election information, including much of what you are about to read here.
Abortion

In North Carolina, the future of abortion could come down to a few hundred votes

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Democrats — fueled by women voters — say outrage about abortion restrictions could help them break a Republican supermajority.