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Updated: Aug. 1, 2020 at 3:34 PM EDT
|By KEVIN FREKING and ZEKE MILLER
President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 7:45 PM EDT
|By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent
Negotiations over a new COVID-19 rescue bill were in flux Friday after the White House floated cutting an unemployment benefits boost to as little as $100 and President Donald Trump turned to a new priority, adding money to build a new FBI headquarters.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2020 at 6:58 PM EDT
President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by health officials as a precaution against spreading or becoming infected by the novel coronavirus.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 3:32 PM EDT
The House and Senate Wednesday afternoon tried override attempts on five of the six bills that Cooper vetoed.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 9:11 PM EDT
|By Dave Jordan
The latest ECU poll, conducted June 22-25, shows a virtual tie in the race for president in North Carolina, with former Vice-President Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump among registered voters by one percentage point 45% to 44%.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By AAMER MADHANI and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press
In Republican circles -- with the notable exception of the man who leads the party -- the debate about masks is over: It’s time to put one on.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 1:30 PM EDT
The program is credited by government officials for saving millions of jobs, with more than 4.8 million small business owners tapping into the funds, for more than $519 billion in loans.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2020 at 8:09 PM EDT
|By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer
CEO Mark Zuckerberg had previously refused to take action against Trump posts suggesting that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2020 at 4:23 PM EDT
This is the second time Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed bills that would overturn his orders to keep some businesses closed during phase two.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 at 8:39 PM EDT
|By Liam Collins
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that lays out guidelines on old policies that agencies should ban, and new policies to implement. Jacksonville Police Chief Mike Yaniero says they don't teach some of the policies the order bans.
8 Day Forecast
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 9:04 PM EDT
|By Ted Fioraliso
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel made the announcement Thursday night.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 8:49 AM EDT
|By Jacqueline Policastro and Gray DC Staff
The Gray Television Washington News Bureau talked to 30 lawmakers from across the country in the weeks since George Floyd’s death while in police custody.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 3:48 PM EDT
|By Jacqueline Policastro and Allison Maass
In an exclusive interview, Gray Television Washington Bureau Chief Jacqueline Policastro speaks one-on-one with Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee. Policastro also speaks one-on-one with Tom Perez, chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 1:43 PM EDT
|By Jacqueline Policastro
DNC Chair Tom Perez discusses Joe Biden's potential running mates with Gray Television Washington Bureau Chief Jacqueline Policastro.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 12:20 AM EDT
|By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press
The challengers argued that King's loss of clout, even more than the continuous string of provocative and racially-charged statements over his career, was reason enough for turning on him.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2020 at 11:55 AM EDT
|By Gray DC Team
Local lawmakers are speaking out following a weekend of protests across the country sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2020 at 9:20 AM EDT
|By Kyle Midura
Trading laws are under scrutiny following revelations that lawmakers may traded on insider information to immunize their assets from coronavirus' financial fallout.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2020 at 9:18 AM EDT
|By Kyle Midura
Experts tell Kyle Midura what investigators will be looking for as they seek answers to questions raised by lawmakers' stock trades.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2020 at 2:09 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
The litigation comes as states figure how to conduct high-stakes elections this fall should the new coronavirus persist.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2020 at 11:29 AM EDT
Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party's establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, has ended his presidential bid.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2020 at 10:00 AM EDT
|By Jacqueline Policastro, Allison Maass and Tyler Smith
The cherry blossoms are out, but the crowds are not. During springtime, our nation’s capital is usually busy with tourists. But now, so much is shut down.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2020 at 7:23 PM EDT
|By Jillian Angeline
Sen. Cruz is heading back to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday after spending time in self-quarantine.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2020 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By Gray DC Staff
A proposed coronavirus aid package would allocate $750 billion to boost hospital capacity, unemployment insurance and other direct aid for American households, businesses and the health care industry.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2020 at 9:00 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
Former Democratic state lawmaker Cal Cunningham has advanced to a general election challenge against GOP Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2020 at 7:36 PM EST
NBC News projects that former Vice President Joe Biden has won the North Carolina primary.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2020 at 9:30 AM EST
The director for the Onslow County Board of Elections says the machines were down for about 15 minutes on Tuesday morning.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2020 at 7:24 AM EST
The state says it will start releasing results once all precincts in the state are closed.
Updated: Feb. 29, 2020 at 7:34 PM EST
North Carolina is teeming with candidates for Congress in Tuesday's primaries, as three of the state's 13 U.S. House incumbents are not seeking re-election.
Updated: Feb. 29, 2020 at 7:24 PM EST
Several Democratic presidential candidates are back campaigning in North Carolina as early in-person voting ends in the state for the Super Tuesday primary.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2020 at 6:28 AM EST
The early voting period ends on Saturday for the 2020 primary.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2020 at 4:12 PM EST
|By Peter Zampa
Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-LA) announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection in 2020, after making a pledge to only serve three terms for Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2020 at 6:25 PM EST
Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke to WITN's Matthew Herchik after getting off the plane in Kinston late this afternoon.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2020 at 8:04 PM EST
|By Gray DC Staff
House and Senate lawmakers talk about how their states are working to prevent the potential spread of the coronavirus.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2020 at 12:35 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
The Raleigh News & Observer reported Thursday that multiple ethics complaints have been filed against State Schools Superintendent Mark Johnson.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2020 at 7:31 AM EST
Any registered voter can cast their ballot at any early voting site in their county until Saturday, February 29.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2020 at 5:37 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
Senate leader Phil Berger's campaign called allegations filed Wednesday by Bob Hall before the Legislative Ethics Committee ``smears.''
Updated: Feb. 11, 2020 at 11:36 AM EST
|By AP/Gray DC Staff
President Donald Trump is offering a $4.8 trillion election year budget plan that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs to promise a balanced budget in 15 years.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2020 at 5:24 AM EST
The primaries are on Tuesday, March 3rd.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2020 at 4:40 PM EST
|By Kyle Midura
Sen. Mitch McConnell sits down with Washington Correspondent Kyle Midura to discuss impeachment, the State of the Union, and what's to come this year in Washington.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2020 at 4:45 PM EST
|By Jillian Angeline
The President will be the first president to ever go to the annual pro-life event.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2020 at 5:36 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
North Carolina Republicans in the General Assembly have fallen short trying to overturn Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes on teacher pay and the budget during a one-day session.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2020 at 1:59 PM EST
|By AP/Gray DC
Senators from both sides of the aisle are sharing their thoughts on their role in the impeachment of President Trump.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2020 at 1:12 PM EST
Reaction from local politicians on the death of Qassem Soleimani continues as the U.S. is sending nearly 3,000 more Army troops to the Mideast.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2019 at 12:46 PM EST
A federal court said Thursday that it will, at least temporarily, block North Carolina from requiring photo ID at the polls next year.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2019 at 8:26 AM EST
The candidate deadline came and went at midday Friday for hundreds of races on ballots in a presidential year. Ten additional people filed to run for the 11th Congressional District seat that Rep. Mark Meadows announced on Thursday he'd be giving up.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2019 at 2:19 PM EST
Students and employees at all University of North Carolina system campuses will be able to use their school identification cards for the state's voter ID mandate starting in 2020.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2019 at 5:18 PM EST
Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest wants the FBI to get more answers about a natural-gas pipeline permit and special fund that's already put Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and his administration under the legislature's microscope.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2019 at 3:51 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
North Carolina's congressional map has been redrawn with district lines that endanger reelection prospects for two Republicans next year.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2019 at 2:07 PM EST
|By Jacqueline Policastro, Allison Maass, Tim Knapp
In 2018, 89 Democratic women were elected to the U.S. House. That’s compared to just 13 Republican women elected -- the lowest number of Republican women serving in the House since 1995.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2019 at 8:12 PM EST
An alderman who won a mayoral race with write in votes was supposed to be sworn in Thursday, but that has been delayed due to the current mayor's protest.