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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.
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.
With Republicans in D.C. blocking renewed Affordable Care Act subsidies, North Carolina is passing along steep rate hikes for health care coverage.
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