GOP Sen. Thom Tillis’ surprise retirement announcement has shaken up not only North Carolina’s Senate race, but also the ...

Here's how President Donald Trump may have opened the door for a Democrat to win the U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina.

As a former speaker of the House in the North Carolina Legislature, Tillis had done his homework. He knew that if he voted for the bill, he would be either leaving thousands of working people without ...

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Scathing condemnation of President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," which narrowly passed in the U.S. House of ...