Richard Ojeda, an Army veteran running for Congress in the Fayetteville area, says that Trump “cannot salute our military with one hand while stabbing veterans in the back with the other.”
The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it would revoke guidance to the nation's hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions for women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition.
At Cardinal & Pine's first live event, North Carolina veterans, families, and lawmakers warned that proposed cuts to VA care—and attacks on democracy—threaten those who’ve already sacrificed the most.
The Trump administration wants to slash public funding for NPR and PBS, accusing them of bias in their reporting. One of the radio stations that could be hurt by these cuts, Blue Ridge Public Radio, provided urgent information to western North Carolina residents when the power went out during Hurricane Helene.
Mount Pleasant, N.C. was about to receive $4 million to improve its stormwater drainage system from a FEMA program that helps communities protect against natural disasters and climate change. Then the Trump administration eliminated the program, upending a resiliency plan years in the making.
Trump’s policies and cuts threaten to raise prices of many everyday items, and put veterans, children, and seniors in North Carolina at risk.
For more than 150 years, children born on US soil have been considered US citizens. But next month, the US Supreme Court will hear a case that could change that—and leave some American-born babies without a country.
North Carolina teachers face growing uncertainty as state Senate Bill 227 threatens to outlaw lessons on diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.
With an executive order signed, President Trump’s move to dismantle the US Department of Education could strip North Carolina public schools of critical federal funding—raising questions on how the state will fill the gap.
“What’s going to happen is VA’s not going to perform as well for veterans, and veterans are going to get harmed,” said Michael Missal, who was the VA's inspector general for nine years until he was fired last month by Donald Trump.
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