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Federal judges have ruled that North Carolina's congressional district map drawn by legislative Republicans is illegally gerrymandered because of excessive partisanship that gave the GOP a rock-solid advantage for most seats and must quickly be redone. The ruling late Tuesday marks the second time this decade that the GOP's congressional boundaries in the state have been thrown out by a three-judge panel.
If you are about Trumped out after this week, here are a few things going on outside the Beltway. Even as the East Coast groans in a deep freeze, the West is warmer than usual.
There's a valid argument against federal tax reform an argument that didn't apply to North Carolina's path-breaking reforms but congressional Democrats and their ideological allies are spending most of their time repeating misleading talking points about the bill. Will the legislation raise the federal tax burden on most Americans in order to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy? With regard to the final deal, the Left's standard allegation is valid only for some non-wealthy Americans, only in the very long run almost all Americans clearly pay less for the next few years and only if one assumes that tax breaks slated to expire in 2025 won't be extended.
For a peek into a world after a massive tax cut, visit North Carolina and ride along with factory owner Eric Henry. Conservative groups have hailed North Carolina as a model of a tax overhaul since it began slashing state corporate and individual tax rates four years ago.
Los Angeles will become the nation's largest city with recreational pot after the City Council votes to license sales next year. Los Angeles will become the nation's largest city with recreational pot after the City Council votes to license sales next year.
An alternate juror who sat through a murder trial in a case that sparked a fierce national debate on immigration says he agreed with the jury's decision to acquit a Mexican man of murder in the shooting death of a... An alternate juror who sat through a murder trial in a case that sparked a fierce national debate on immigration says he agreed with the jury's decision to acquit a Mexican man of murder in the shooting death of a San Francisco woman two years ago. A hacker's attack has slowed county government services to a crawl Wednesday in North Carolina's most populous metro area.
An alternate juror who sat through a murder trial in a case that sparked a fierce national debate on immigration says he agreed with the jury's decision to acquit a Mexican man of murder in the shooting death of a... An alternate juror who sat through a murder trial in a case that sparked a fierce national debate on immigration says he agreed with the jury's decision to acquit a Mexican man of murder in the shooting death of a San Francisco woman two years ago. A hacker's attack has slowed county government services to a crawl Wednesday in North Carolina's most populous metro area.
With shirts saying "fight poverty not the poor," people with the "Poor People's Campaign" gesture the group to remain quiet as the group leaves the Capitol Rotunda after praying in an act of civil disobedience in protest of... . Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., meets with reporters after House Republicans held a closed-door strategy session as the deadline looms to pass a spending bill to fund the government by week's end, on Capitol Hill... Los Angeles will become the nation's largest city with recreational pot after the City Council votes to license sales next year.
Maryland caps years of delays, begins sales of medical marijuana under program considered one of the most liberal in the nation for prescribed cannabis. Maryland caps years of delays, begins sales of medical marijuana under program considered one of the most liberal in the nation for prescribed cannabis.
North Carolina Senators Richard Burr and Thom Tillis said they will not support the Trump administration's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency's chemical safety office, media reports said. If one more Republican votes against Michael Dourson, he likely wouldn't be confirmed to the post, the Hill reported on Wednesday.
Police in North Carolina have arrested and charged two men -- one an airport employee -- for possessing a homemade bomb, police said. They said a man named Derrick Fells, 39, had constructed the device.
Prosperous, progressive and, yes, white West Raleigh prevailed over less-prosperous, left-out, left-behind and, yes, black East Raleigh in the mayor's race. And that's the challenge for North Carolina Democrats who hope for a replay of Virginia's victories here next year and in 2020.
Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem Vi Lyles, seen in this Nov. 1, 2017, claimed victory Tuesday night, Nov. 7, in the race to become the next mayor o North Carolina's largest city. When Wilmot Collins knocked on doors across Helena, Montana, residents wanted to know what he would do to address homelessness, affordable housing and other municipal issues.
The J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building is pictured in Washington, D.C. An FBI counterterrorism supervisor is under internal investigation after a woman stole his gun following a night of heavy drinking in a North Carolina hotel, reports show. The J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building is pictured in Washington, D.C. An FBI counterterrorism supervisor is under internal investigation after a woman stole his gun following a night of heavy drinking in a North Carolina hotel, reports show.
The Department of Education has the authority to extend enrollment requirements for school loan discharges if there are "exceptional circumstances," which is what should happen for students at the now-shuttered Charlotte School of Law, say a group of North Carolina U.S. Congress members. The letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, dated Oct. 26, is signed by U.S. Reps.
Lawyers for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl will build their case on Tuesday for why he should be spared prison time for walking off his Afghanistan post in June 2009 and endangering the troops who searched for him. The 31-year-old soldier, a polarizing figure who spent years in captivity and was released in a 2014 Taliban prisoner swap brokered by Democratic President Barack Obama's administration, took the stand at his sentencing hearing on Monday.
As President Trump argued about what he said to the family of a soldier killed in Niger, a North Carolina congressman was quietly doing what he's done more than 11,000 times: signing a condolence letter to that... As President Trump argued about what he said to the family of a soldier killed in Niger, a North Carolina congressman was quietly doing what he's done more than 11,000 times: signing a condolence letter to that family and others. MONROE, N.J. - A referee facing criticism for refusing to officiate a high school football game after players knelt during the national anthem is facing new heat for racially insensitive Facebook posts.
Nine North Carolina legislative districts redrawn by the Republican-controlled General Assembly over the summer still may be unlawful, a federal court said Thursday while announcing it planned to hire an outside expert to evaluate them and possibly retool them again. A three-judge panel, which last year determined that 28 of the 170 state House and Senate districts approved in 2011 were illegal racial gerrymanders, say problems remain in the latest version of the legislative maps.
Sentencing proceedings started on Monday to determine the fate of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who could face life in prison after pleading guilty of deserting his duties in Afghanistan in June 2009 and endangering the lives of fellow troops. Rough Cut .