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“Another one bites the dust,” goes the popular Queen song, which might have been written for this week’s news in Trumpworld.

The looming departures of Sen. Thom Tillis and Rep. Don Bacon are another sign of President Donald Trump's firm grip on the ...

President Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislative package is expected to have sweeping impacts on higher education.

President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, is considering running for Senate in North Carolina following Sen. Thom ...

Republican Rep. Addison McDowell of Bermuda Run said on X: “I just voted to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill, just in time for ...

Though patients don’t rush through the doors of this emergency room anymore, an empty hospital in Williamston, North Carolina, offers an evocative illustration of why Republican Sen. Thom Tillis would ...

In the president’s eagerness to score a win and extend tax cuts, he walked away from a key campaign promise on Medicaid. The ...

Here are the five Republicans who voted against Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” Massie drew Trump’s wrath over his opposition ...

Regardless of the fate of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” the political tug-of-war over energy already has damaged an industry and ...

After Sen. Thom Tillis announced his opposition to Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, the president excoriated the North Carolina Republican and vowed to support a primary candidate against him ...

Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy said on Tuesday that he cannot currently vote in favor of President Donald Trump’s “big, ...