Politics
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Here’s why it could take some time to know who won the election
The vote counting process in North Carolina moves relatively fast, but it’s still thorough. So cin close races it may take days to know who won. However long it takes, however, it is NOT evidence of election fraud or malfeasance. It’s proof of the opposite: that North Carolina’s elections are secure, fair, and accurate.
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Want to follow election results like a pro? Here’s what to watch in key states.
Here’s how you can keep up to date with election results in key states on November 5.
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‘MAHA’: What to know about the ‘movement’ gaslighting health and wellness followers in the US
Here’s who RFK’s “health and wellness” political campaign is trying to reach, and why.
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Kamala Harris makes her final pitch to North Carolina voters, highlighting a choice between ‘promise’ and ‘grievance’
Speaking before an exuberant crowd of 8,000 people at Coastal Credit Union Music Park in Raleigh, Harris highlighted the contrasts she’s been drawing since the start of her campaign, comparing her promises of working across the aisle with Trump’s threat to imprison his political enemies.
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Dozens of ex-Trump administration officials have spoken out against him or oppose his campaign
Dozens of former Trump administration officials — including his former VP Mike Pence, former Chief of Staff John Kelly, and two of his former defense secretaries — have denounced the Republican nominee, with many instead endorsing Kamala Harris for president.
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The bellwether legislative seat Democrats need to win to break the supermajority
In Wilson County, just an hour east of Raleigh, Democrat Dante Pittman is running for the NC House against a Republican incumbent in an effort to take back power in an area that was once a Democratic stronghold.
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She left her deteriorating marriage. Then the medical bills came.
Debbie Smith of Alamance County is one of roughly 3 million North Carolinians who suffer the burden of medical debt. She spoke with Cardinal & Pine about her story, the realities of debt, and what she hopes will be done about it.
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All the racist, hateful things said at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden
The rally bore glaring similarities to a Nazi rally held at an earlier iteration of Madison Square Garden in 1939. “My reaction is that it was a combination of 1933 Germany, 1939 Madison Square Garden last night,” former Trump adviser Anthony Scaramucci said on Monday.
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Opinion: Trump and RFK Jr. will add to water challenges in North Carolina
During his term in office, Trump not only gutted the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce the law, he weakened PFAS safeguards, allowing the contamination crisis to deepen across the country, including here in North Carolina.
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‘We can’t stay silent’: A closing message for Kamala Harris fills an historic Durham church
St. Joseph African Methodist Episcopal Church welcomed surrogates for the Harris-Walz campaign on Sunday. Pastors and officials both said Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump offered two very different visions for the future. On the last Sunday of the early voting period in North Carolina, Justice Hill, the young adult minister at St. Joseph…
