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President Joe Biden faced significant backlash on Thursday evening over a report from The Wall Street Journal that said that the administration was considering paying illegal aliens that were separated from their families under the previous administration up to $450,000 each.
Published: Wednesday, August 10th, 2022 @ 12:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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Three N.C. House members rated as "hostile" to taxpayers
Published: Monday, May 17th, 2021 @ 1:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We are a week from the June 23 11th Congressional District Republican second primary, so it is a good moment to see how the race is going.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 @ 1:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Three North Carolina members of the U.S. House of Representatives say they’ll back a bill giving states and localities flexibility under the CARES Act to replace lost tax money.
Published: Sunday, May 10th, 2020 @ 10:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In politics, timing really is everything.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2020 @ 9:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former Vice President Joe Biden rode a big win in South Carolina to a primary surge, highlighted by an outstanding showing during Super Tuesday, a day in which he won Democratic primaries in neighboring North Carolina and Virginia.
Published: Thursday, March 5th, 2020 @ 10:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review:
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 @ 2:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The members of Congress know the ropes in front of the cameras. You could call them a strong bunch of defensive coaches for Team Trump.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020 @ 10:52 am
By: LifeZette
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Two major figures in N.C. Republican politics have announced they will not run in the 2020 elections.
Published: Thursday, December 19th, 2019 @ 3:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a runoff election featuring two physicians, Greenville surgeon and state Rep. Greg Murphy easily defeated Kinston pediatrician Joan Perry for the Republican nomination in the 3rd U.S. Congressional District.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 1:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The campaigns for the candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the NC 3rd Congressional District seat are nearing an end with just two weeks left before the actual run-off.
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2019 @ 2:07 pm
By: Chip Olmstead
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Attorney General Bill Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to investigate the origins of the Russia investigation and to determine if the FBI's surveillance of the Trump campaign in 2016 was legal.
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 @ 2:19 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Raleigh businessman and author Garland Tucker officially entered North Carolina’s 2020 U.S. Senate race during an appearance Wednesday, May 8, on Sean Hannity’s nationally syndicated radio talk show.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 7:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Amid the furor over this month's Helsinki summit between President Trump and Russian strongman Vladimir Putin, one N.C. congressman sees potential for at least one positive outcome
Published: Wednesday, August 1st, 2018 @ 10:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Everyone loves lists, and the internet age now has us addicted to them - the top-five greatest tennis grand-slam finals between left-handers, the top 10 best-looking spouses of celebrity chefs, etc.
Published: Monday, July 30th, 2018 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A majority of North Carolina's congressional delegation, Republicans and Democrats, has spoken out against the separation and detainment of unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border
Published: Sunday, July 1st, 2018 @ 7:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Brian Balfour accurately called President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum “crony protectionism.” It’s a good tag
Published: Saturday, March 10th, 2018 @ 6:23 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-11th District, thinks boosting funding for school resource officers - not gun control - is the best way to protect schools
Published: Friday, March 9th, 2018 @ 4:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The draft budget completely demolishes any notion of fiscal responsibility. The budget amounts to $4.4 trillion. It's an Obama-level budget. And it guarantees a deficit of $832 billion in 2018, $984 billion in 2019, $987 billion in 2020, $916 billion in 2021, $908 billion in 2022, and $778 billion
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2018 @ 1:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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The humorist P.J. O’Rourke once observed that “giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” Based on what Congress just did to “fix” the budget impasse in Washington, O’Rourke owes an apology to tipsy teens across America for the unfair comparison
Published: Monday, February 19th, 2018 @ 4:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Congress enacted tax reform a few weeks ago, the final product bore a striking resemblance to the state tax changes North Carolina's legislature has enacted since 2013
Published: Sunday, January 21st, 2018 @ 2:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican lawmakers ignited a firestorm late on Thursday after they received a classified memo that documented extensive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuse that officials described as "explosive" and "absolutely shocking."
Published: Sunday, January 21st, 2018 @ 12:14 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On Thursday, Republican members of the House took to Twitter to call for the release of a classified intelligence memo they say could blow the lid off the Russian collusion investigation
Published: Saturday, January 20th, 2018 @ 4:05 am
By: Daily Wire
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Mark Walker is a Baptist minister, so his explanation as to why he and other Republican congressmen survived a mass assassination attempt isn't surprising
Published: Wednesday, June 21st, 2017 @ 11:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an op-ed column, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-11th District, and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., took aim at the process behind and the substance of the replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act introduced by House Republican leaders.
Published: Thursday, March 9th, 2017 @ 7:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2017 @ 3:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I saw Donald Trump at Dorton Arena 11 months ago, and I saw him there (on the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh) again yesterday.
Published: Thursday, November 10th, 2016 @ 5:25 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Incumbents ruled the day in the North Carolina congressional delegation as the state's voters sent Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr back to Washington for a third term and kept the GOP's 10-3 U.S House majority intact
Published: Thursday, November 10th, 2016 @ 4:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Obama is trying to make Hillary's case to North Carolinians even though she just learned she's under federal investigation yet again
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 1:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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"It is no surprise President Obama is taking time off to campaign for Hillary Clinton today in North Carolina. He desperately needs a liberal ally to save the legacy of his Presidency, and Hillary Clinton would represent a third Obama term."
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 3:21 pm
By: Russell Allen
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Hillary Clinton has a lot of explaining to do in North Carolina. Voters deserve to know why she plans to double down on Obamacare even though our rates increase by 40% next year and more insurers are leaving the marketplace.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 8:11 am
By: Russell Allen
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Tim Kaine has been a strong supporter of the failed Obamacare. In fact, he even expressed support for increased penalties on U.S. businesses to keep this disastrous law afloat.
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 5:30 am
By: Russell Allen
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"Bill Clinton was right. Obamacare is the craziest thing in the world. We were told it would make healthcare more affordable, yet hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians are seeing higher premiums by an average of nearly 25 percent
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 5:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today the North Carolina Trump-Pence campaign released the following statements from state leaders encouraging participation in early voting that begins today.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 7:07 pm
By: Russell Allen
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