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Through the years, first families have done plenty with Santa — from singing and dancing (Obama) to reading (Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton) to a celebrity kiss or two (Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush).

The House voted overwhelmingly to approve a bipartisan deal to lift the debt ceiling and cap spending. That's in part due to the work of lawmakers who usually fly under the radar.

Federal funding for the group that helps supply women's reproductive health care is built into multiple places in the budget, and stripping it out is not as simple as it may sound.

Automated systems sent data showing smoke in a bathroom, according to an aviation publication. Earlier, authorities reported finding debris including human remains from the plane.

Swamp Dogg, aka Jerry Williams Jr., began his career in the 1960s. Now 81, he demonstrates that, in his long career in R&B, soul and funk, country is another road he’s traveled.

Officials from the Governor's Recovery Office for Western North Carolina and N.C. Emergency Management were speaking in front of a legislative hurricane recovery committee.

The counterintelligence agent told House Republicans on Thursday that political bias has never influenced his official actions and condemned the attacks on the DOJ and the FBI.

Millions of low-income Americans live in old homes that are crumbling, worsening the housing shortage. A first-of-its-kind program in Pennsylvania aims to help whole communities damaged by disrepair.

The proposal was added to Iryna's Law during debate late Monday evening. It added a partisan element to a bill that had appeared to have bipartisan support.

Chapel Hill Schools voted in 2024 to disregard state law around children changing their names or pronouns and a ban on instruction addressing gender identity before 5th grade.

On North Carolina’s horizon is a consequential midterm, which is headlined by an open U.S. Senate seat, and underscored in-part by races that will determine party control of the state Supreme Court.

Much like Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina, Charlotte offers many haunted bars and restaurants, but experts in the paranormal say Charlotte lags behind its counterparts in its use of ghosts to sell beer and wings.

Five new members of Congress will likely be chosen in the Republican primary, since the districts make it nearly impossible for a Democrat to win in them in November.

It's an extraordinary move that came as senators were reviewing a "last and final" offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and disrupted travel, just as TSA workers faced another missed paycheck Friday.

Nicole Saphier, a breast cancer radiologist, is the president's third nominee for surgeon general. Will she get confirmed?

The DOJ says it will abide by a federal court order pausing its anti-weaponization fund. And, six states are holding primaries today. Here are the races to watch.

The legislation moved $319 million to the state's Medicaid program and also provided critical funding for the state's prison system, DMV and State Bureau of Investigation.

Some bipartisan senators are picking up paddles and trying out America's fasting growing sport as a way to build relationships. They're trading partisan barbs for friendly competition.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin for his perspective of the conflict in the Middle East and the failed Senate effort to restrain U.S. military actions against Iran.

NC Senate advances a pair of elections bills, shortening early voting period in primaries and special elections among a slew of other changes.