Observer readers comment on Sen. Thom Tillis's decision not to run again, a Charlotte City Council decision, abortion, Iran ...

President Trump’s domestic policy law jeopardizes plans to reopen one rural county’s hospital — and health coverage for ...

Back-to-back retirement announcements last week from a Republican representative and senator represented a victory for ...

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed on Thursday three anti-DEI bills and another measure that in part would ...

Before the General Assembly went on vacation the week of the Fourth of July, they sent a slew of bills to North Carolina Gov.

Republicans who cross him could find themselves on the receiving end of a social-media rant or, worse, facing a ...

By Tom Campbell Donald Trump’s customary bluster, intimidation and threats backfired on him this time. It might well result in a Democrat winning the 2026 U.S. Senate election in our state. Senator ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — On Friday, July 4, President Donald Trump signed the 'Big Beautiful Bill' after the House GOP gave ...

Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, and Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-2nd, had told Republican leaders that they could not support legislation ...

Congress narrowly passed the Trump administration’s budget Thursday that cuts funding for numerous food and health aid ...

The Republican senator's maneuvering on Trump's tax and spending cuts bill shows she's walking a tightrope ahead of her 2026 ...

Tyler Sherman, a nurse at a rural Nebraska hospital, is used to the area’s aging farmers delaying care until they end up in ...