Opinion
How to not win wars
Setting public deadlines, exit strategies, and casualty limits is a time-honored way to lose wars.
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NC joins lawsuit over FEMA grant conditions
NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a coalition of attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia, and the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, in a lawsuit filed in Rhode Island on July 23 against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for threatening to withhold more than $1 billion in homeland security and disaster-response grants to states unless they adopt the Trump administration policies on elections and immigration.
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2nd Fort Bragg soldier dies over weekend in Iranian conflict
Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, was killed in action during a controlled detonation of a downed One-Way Unmanned Aerial System on July 19, at Erbil Air Base, Iraq.
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Fort Bragg soldier killed in Iranian attack
A Fort Bragg soldier from Hawaii was among two US Army service members killed during an Iranian missile and drone attack on a US air base in Jordan, the Department of Defense announced Monday.
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Budd rejects Trump funding request lacking Helene relief
US Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC, said he can’t support a supplemental funding request from President Donald Trump that would help pay for the Iran war among other things because additional Helene recovery funding was not included.
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NC House passes Ratepayer Protection Act
The NC House voted 69-44 to pass a bill aimed at making data centers cover energy costs while adding new utility and siting rules.
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Holiday travel pain at the pump still 36 cents below national average
Arrival of Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer, comes with North Carolinians paying $4.17 for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline and $5.39 for a gallon of diesel. Even at 36 cents better than the national average for traditional transportation energy, it’s an expensive proposition for travel. AAA forecasts travel of at least...
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Drought, fuel costs hit NC farmers hard
Rising diesel and feritlizer prices coupled with drought continue to place pressure on farmers placing the state's No. industry at risk.
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Global turmoil threatens fertilizer supply chain
Fertilizer prices have risen, placing farmers under continued pressure. Some ag experts suggest maximizing the US sourcing.
Opinion
NC’s Senate race may not be ‘most expensive in history’ after all
Whatley's fortunes will come down to a successful introduction to the voters, a real slip in Cooper's positive image, and good news on the national and international front in order to improve the economy and boost Trump's (and the overall GOP) favorability.
Opinion
Federalist 18: Insufficiency of Present Confederation to Preserve Union cont..
As a weak government, when not at war, is ever agitated by internal dissentions, so these never fail to bring on fresh calamities from abroad.
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Poll: Partisan divide widens on Iran war
North Carolina voters broadly oppose ground troops in Iran and are split on whether the US was right to launch military action there, according to a new poll from Catawba College. Meanwhile, former Gov. Roy Cooper holds a 14-point lead over Republican Michael Whatley in the early US Senate race.
