Chairman David Parker wrote Wednesday to party activists saying the party's State Executive Committee will meet June 17 and vote whether he should continue as chairman.

U.S. District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles said Wednesday that her husband is a former law partner of one of the lawyers representing Button. Another judge will hold a hearing Friday.

New Bern's Aldermen voted in favor of a resolution that supports the state constitutional amendment on the May 8 ballot that defines legal marriage as between one man and one woman.

Campaigning in Pennsylvania with one-week left before the state’s primary, Newt Gingrich acknowledged he has no “Plan B” and downplayed one of his top surrogate’s call for him to exit the presidential race.

Republican lawmakers tried Tuesday to tie the spending scandal at the General Services Administration to the White House, pressing current and former agency officials to explain why they met with senior administration officials two weeks before disciplining most of the implicated officials.

Three Democratic candidates for North Carolina governor are ramping up their criticisms of each other in their second televised debate this week.

Gov. Beverly Perdue has called on the embattled chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party to resign, adding her name to the list of party leaders seeking David Parker's departure.

Three high-profile Democrats are kicking off three consecutive nights on television trying to persuade voters to choose them as their party's nominee for North Carolina governor. You can watch tonight's debate on WITN 7.2.

A federal judge in North Carolina has dismissed 47 potential jurors from the coming John Edwards trial, many because they said they couldn't fairly weigh evidence involving the former Democratic presidential candidate.

The executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party has resigned in the wake of frustrations by party activists over high turnover at the party headquarters and harassment allegations there.

The Obama administration says it is saving taxpayers billions of dollars in improper payments to vendors and contractors, the result of a concerted attempt to reduce errors and instances of fraud in outside expenditures.

The gender gap has returned to presidential politics with a vengeance as the general election begins to take shape and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney finds his campaign struggling with the pivotal bloc of women voters.

If you've recently changed your address, name, or just need to register to vote, you can do that by heading to your local board of elections office, but the deadline is the end of the day Friday in order to vote on May 8th.

North American Aerospace Defense Command officials say the U.S. detected and tracked the launch of the North Korean missile at 6:39 p.m. EDT. NORAD says the missile went south over the Yellow Sea about 165 kilometers west of Seoul.

Governor Perdue's office released a video Thursday on YouTube in which the Democrat said the amendment could harm families and businesses in the state if it's approved May 8.

President Barack Obama has a five point lead over Mitt Romney in the latest poll in North Carolina by Public Policy Polling.

In an effort to bolster his sagging poll numbers with female voters, Mitt Romney and his campaign have made this new charge: that women have accounted for 92 percent of the job losses since President Obama took office.

Two of the three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for North Carolina governor took aim at the Republican-controlled General Assembly during a debate.

Rick Santorum's departure from the Republican presidential race means less should be at stake for the GOP nomination during North Carolina's May 8 primary.

The former Pennsylvania senator made the announcement at a press conference in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

At age 3, Rick Santorum’s daughter Bella, who has been hospitalized for the second time during his presidential campaign, has outlived the majority of children born with Trisomy 18.

It's over, and Mitt Romney is going to be the GOP nominee for president.

Television personality Keith Olbermann sued his former employer, Current TV, on Thursday, claiming breach of contract, unfair dealing and disparagement in an action filed in California Superior Court.

Rick Santorum has met privately with conservative leaders to craft plans to stop Mitt Romney's march to the Republican presidential nomination, and pressuring rival Newt Gingrich to leave the race is part of their strategy.

Mitt Romney voiced support on Thursday for women being allowed to join the storied Augusta National Golf Club.