A week before the election, I wrote that North Carolina was the prototypical “state in play,” featuring competitive races for president and a dozen other statewide offices as well as a spirited ...

Trump has repeatedly said he won’t “cut one cent” from Social Security or raise the retirement age. The official Republican ...

I left North Carolina after Election Day upset about Donald Trump's win but knowing my home state still has some blue left.

Welcome to the governor’s race edition of our Under the Dome politics newsletter. I’m Dawn Vaughan, The News & Observer’s Capitol bureau chief. With Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein’s decisive ...

“Ike” was not a particularly partisan figure and might have been nominated by either party. But he was nonetheless the first ...

Missouri voted for abortion rights, paid sick leave and a higher minimum wage, and also for Republican politicians who oppose ...

By Tom Campbell There’s no other way to describe the General Election than to say Republicans enjoyed a stunning victory, winning the presidency, both houses of congress and a large number of state ...

The campaigns for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris courted Lumbee voters ahead of the election, with both pledging support for ...

Opponents of offshore wind energy projects expect President-elect Donald Trump to kill an industry he has vowed to end on the ...

With all local precincts reporting, voters in Robeson County finally learned who would represent them in Raleigh and in ...

Donald Trump will return to the White House accompanied by a crew of longtime friends and aides as well as newfound, splashy ...