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February 5, 2024

Federal Reserve Chair System board of governors chair Jerome Powell noted during an interview for "60 Minutes" that in the long term, the government is on an "unsustainable fiscal path," which he explained "means that the debt is growing faster than the economy."

Interviewer Scott Pelley suggested that Powell is worried about the issue.

January 29, 2024

 

WASHINGTON — Most of North Carolina’s congressional delegation is asking Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey to reject a request that would significantly raise homeowners’ insurance rates across the state — and even higher in coastal counties.

January 26, 2024

At a time of continued inflation, Congressman Richard Hudson joined the North Carolina Congressional Delegation in urging N.C. Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey to reject the proposed increases in homeowner insurance rates.

January 24, 2024

Congressional Republicans are rallying behind Zyn, a brand of flavored oral nicotine pouches, amid a push from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for federal action on the tobacco and electronic cigarette alternative.

Issues:Health Care
January 24, 2024

Chuck Schumer’s push to more strongly regulate Zyn nicotine pouches he says are being pushed to teens has lit a smokeless fire among some conservative lawmakers.

Issues:Health Care
January 19, 2024

Four North Carolina Republican lawmakers want to prevent demonstrators from blocking roads and highways during protests.

January 19, 2024

On Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 16, digging into a damp field in Carthage, 10 shiny red shovels from ACE Hardware broke ground on the campus of New Covenant Fellowship, as construction is set to begin on a 21,000-square-foot facility for the private Christian school Fellowship Christian Academy (FCA).

January 18, 2024

Dozens upon dozens of political leaders, lawmakers, scholars and organizations have filed or joined amicus briefs at the Supreme Court in support of the National Rifle Association’s First Amendment lawsuit against a former New York state regulator accused of weaponizing her office to si

January 17, 2024

Republican North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson and Kentucky Rep. Brett Guthrie introduced a bill Wednesday to stop Democratic-led states from providing Medicare to illegal immigrants, according to a copy of the legislation first obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

January 16, 2024

Dozens of congressional Republicans are urging the Supreme Court to side with the National Rifle Association in its lawsuit against a New York state regulator accused of pressuring financial institutions to blacklist the Second Amendment rights organization.