National Politics
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SNAP: Trump’s tighter food assistance rules strain struggling North Carolinians
The effects of ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ on SNAP and food insecurity ‘not even close’ to being fully felt in North Carolina.
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SNAP: North Carolina food pantries, nonprofits seeing greater demand amid changes to program
Food pantries across North Carolina are struggling to keep up with increased demand after the federal government tightened SNAP requirements last summer.
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With GOP struggling, Trump makes last-ditch push in North Carolina
With Republican candidates struggling, Trump said he planned to come back to North Carolina again ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms.
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Federal hemp restrictions poised to upend North Carolina’ $3.2 billion industry
North Carolina hemp businesses are preparing for new federal rules in December that could force them to overhaul products, find new markets or close.
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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis calls vote for Pete Hegseth the ‘biggest regret of my career’ in a new book
Retiring North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis joins a long list of Republicans ratcheting up denunciations of Trump once they had less to lose politically.
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99% oppose Trump plan to log national forests. Here’s why it may happen anyway, including here in NC
Conservationists say it could dismantle a national safeguard for some of the country’s largest remaining blocks of relatively undisturbed forest, threaten wildlife, drinking water, and more.
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What’s next for the $28 billion hemp THC industry fighting to save itself from a federal ban
America’s multibillion-dollar market for impairing hemp products, including here in NC, faces elimination after Congress voted to close a loophole in the federal law that has allowed it to flourish.
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The federal government tapped $20M for ads glorifying Donald Trump
Two top Democratic senators said that the money for the Trump ads was supposed to go to Customs and Border Protection.
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What to know about mail-in voting for the 2026 midterms
The result of the Supreme Court order on mail-in voting is that nothing has changed for states.
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Good News Friday: Forget Trump. Here’s what the crime stats actually say in NC
Despite Trump’s lies, there’s actually good news about crime in NC. That, plus a Native American fashion show to remember.
