The Trump administration gave a break to farms after his immigration crackdown left them short on workers. Now other industries are asking for the same break from Trump immigration policies.
School districts in rural places are increasingly turning to 4-day school weeks, but there's mixed data on how the change impacts students.
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As ICE and Border Patrol head for Charlotte, local groups say they are training volunteers on how to protest and informing immigrants of their rights.
Every Wednesday, NC journalist Billy Ball unpacks the most important stories in NC and corrects the bad information.
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.
President Trump's administration was back in the Supreme Court Monday attempting to block full SNAP, or "food stamps," payments.
The government shutdown appears to be drawing to a close. Here's what's in the controversial deal to end it.
The strain of the government shutdown is forcing dozens of American airports, including the Charlotte airport, to delay or cancel flights. Here's why.
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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