"TRUE!!!" That's president-elect Donald Trump's response to a post on his social media platform claiming that he plans to declare a "national emergency" and use the U.S. armed forces to abduct and …
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped business leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head up the Department of Government Efficiency, an initiative that isn’t really a department but could do …
We haven’t even recuperated from the intense and exhausting elections earlier this month, yet already people are already talking about the 2026 elections. Count on them being largely a referendum …
This is how it begins. This is how it always begins, justified in the name of national security. Mass roundups. Raids. Indefinite detentions in concentration camps. Martial law. The erosion of habeas …
There have been many times throughout American history in which so-called “lame duck” legislative sessions — gatherings that take place after an election, but prior to the seating of the new …
In the wake of the latest presidential election, it's morning in America! Well, maybe not, but a lot of people seem to be talking about Bluesky, which implies sun, which implies morning. OK, yeah, a …
The North Carolina General Assembly has made our state a more attractive place to live, work, and do business by reforming our tax code, reshaping our regulatory system, renovating how we fund …
Most of us — especially senior citizens like me — have a yearly medical evaluation. In fact, I just had mine, and my doctor was mostly pleased overall. Sure, I have some aches and pains — …
As one would expect, the postmortems on last week’s election are well underway. Here in North Carolina, where voters did pretty much what they’ve done for years, the results don’t seem that …
With 95% of precincts reporting nationwide according to Wikipedia (as of 4 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9), it's safe to say that the U.S. presidential election is decided. Donald Trump will presumably …
The 2024 election cycle will be one for the history books — be they about American politics generally or North Carolina specifically. I don’t mean to suggest the results were inexplicably …
Congress is considering a bill that'd make it harder for American start-ups and small businesses to successfully sue big corporations that steal their technology. That would make our economy weaker. …
Wait, what? We're talking about Joe Biden? Why? He's a "lame duck." No matter who wins the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5, he's going home to Delaware on Jan. 20. His chances of asking for, and …
During the homestretch of the 2024 election, I complained repeatedly about the absence of serious engagement by presidential and congressional candidates with the critical issue of the national debt. …
My wife and I have been receiving monthly Social Security payments for several years. We also receive monthly payments from other retirement programs, so we are lucky not to depend only on Social …
In a political year in which a steady stream of good and hopeful news and policy progress has been accompanied by a relentless drumbeat of disinformation and delusion, it’s unsurprising that one of …
In late October, the Los Angeles Times published its list of candidate/issue endorsements for this year's general election. Missing from the list: Any endorsement for president. Semafor reports that …
When the North Carolina General Assembly voted unanimously on Oct. 24 to appropriate another $604 million for disaster relief, Gov. Roy Cooper said it wasn’t enough. He was obviously right — and …
Soon it will be Halloween — a time for trick or treat. And then less than a week later it is Nov. 5 – Election Day. And that is when one of the biggest tricks is played on the American people — …
American voters love to fall in love (or hate). When it comes to assessing our politicians and their qualifications to serve — especially those seeking chief executive jobs like president and …