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Opinion: The shutdown deal is devastating to NC hemp industry
The deal to end the government shutdown includes a ban on many hemp products. It would hit hard in the NC hemp industry.
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‘We Ain’t Buying it’: Grassroots groups mobilize to boycott Target, Home Depot, and Amazon
Organizers are asking Americans to boycott retailers for allying with or failing to stand up to the Trump administration.
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Epstein email says Trump ‘knew about the girls,’ but White House says release is a Democratic smear
The sex-offending financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to communications released Wednesday, but the White House quickly accused Democrats of selectively leaking the emails to smear the president.
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Election Night was a bad night for NC Republican incumbents
NC Democrats flipped Republican mayoral offices and several seats on city councils on Tuesday, but what does that mean for the next election? Here are some takeaways about what the results could mean moving forward.
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She left the US after seven months in ICE custody, but still dreams of a life in America
Back in her home country of Honduras, Allison Bustillo reflects on being separated from her family, the experience of migrant families in the US, and what North Carolina and America mean to her.
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Report: Immigrants in NC, U.S. prop up Social Security, Medicare
As President Donald Trump makes good on campaign promises to deport immigrants living in North Carolina and across the U.S. without proper documentation, a new report spotlighted the economic risks to Social Security and other programs relying on payroll tax revenues.
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Why health insurance is so expensive this year — and what you can do about it.
This year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertainty and confusion for the more than 24 million people who buy health insurance through the federal and state Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
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Federal judges rule Trump must fund SNAP benefits through the shutdown
Two federal judges have ruled that President Trump must fund SNAP benefits through the shutdown, but these important food benefits have already been disrupted.
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So your insurance dropped your doctor. Now what?
Nationwide, contract disputes are common, with more than 650 hospitals having public spats with an insurer since 2021. They could become even more common as hospitals brace for about $1 trillion in cuts to federal health care spending prescribed by President Donald Trump’s signature legislation signed into law in July.
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Concerns raised about treatment of pregnant women in ICE detention
With federal immigration operations increasing in North Carolina this year, limited information has been shared about Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees who are pregnant and a nonprofit group helping women in crisis is working to change it.
