With elections nearing, the Obama administration has put a growing list of potential regulations on hold. The affected rules include everything from banning children from dangerous work on farms to cracking down on junk food at school bake sales.

A spokeswoman for Mitt Romney's campaign says his comments in Jerusalem today were "grossly mischaracterized."

Vice President Joe Biden says Mitt Romney doesn't treat public education as a priority and distrusts the hardworking teachers who struggle to create opportunity for the nation's young people.

Mitt Romney is calling Jerusalem "the capital of Israel" and is pledging to stand with the U.S. ally.

U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, taking an aggressive stand on Iran, says Tehran's leaders are giving the world "no reason to trust them with nuclear material." He would "respect" an Israeli decision for military action to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear capability, a campaign adviser said.

Ask Americans how race relations have changed under their first black president and they are ready with answers.

New day, old bickering between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans.

Mitt Romney's support for Israel will likely earn the presumptive Republican presidential nominee a warm welcome from Israeli leaders when he visits on Sunday - and a frosty reception from Palestinians, who fear he would do little to advance their stalled statehood dreams

A U.S. Representative from the east is reacting to state representative Stephen Laroque's resignation from his position this week, just 9 days after being indicted by a federal grand jury.

From Barrow, Alaska, to Key West, Fla., the mail always gets through. But in the days leading up to Election Day, mailed ballots absolutely must get through, or the nation's electoral process would be thrown into havoc.

The Greenville- New Bern market ranks 6th in the country for political advertising between July 23rd and 29th.

Atkinson says the cuts would hurt reform efforts in five programs, affecting more than 200,000 students and potentially costing 600 jobs.

The Gaston County town known as "Christmastown USA" is poised to vote on the sale of alcohol.

Jim Blaine was a key strategist for Berger and the Senate Republican Caucus in 2010, when the GOP won a majority in the Senate for the first time in 140 years.

Hundreds gathered Saturday to remember Representative William Wainwright from Craven County who died this past Tuesday.

The deadly shootings at a movie theater in Colorado have briefly silenced the presidential campaign, prompting both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney to cut short their schedules and pull advertising in the state out of respect for the victims and their families.

Some voters feel Laroque has already lost the respect of many of his supporters, since this is not the first time for these allegations to make headlines.

The state said Thursday the North Carolina Justice for Sterilization Victims Foundation is again examining new requests from people who believe they or someone they know were sterilized through the program during the 20th century.

Flags being flown at half-staff in our state will stay that way through Saturday, when a local state representative will be laid to rest.

Some of the documents related to the water contamination aboard Camp Lejeune for decades are now available for anyone to see.

House Speaker Thom Tillis said he's advised a fellow Republican member who was indicted on federal charges to resign from the chamber.

The Obama administration announced Wednesday morning plans to develop a national science, technology, engineering and math teaching corps – pending a $1 billion commitment from Congress.

Although the presidential campaign rhetoric in recent days has been dominated by “sending jobs overseas,” more than 5 million Americans do live and work overseas and some of them vote and contribute to candidates.

There's no shortage of finger-pointing over whose job it is to save the U.S. from slipping back into recession.

Penn State President Rodney Erickson said he doesn't want to "jump to conclusions" about possible sanctions after the head of the NCAA declared the so-called death penalty has not been ruled out.