Richard Burr

North Carolina's two U.S. senators, Thom Tillis and Richard Burr, were among 14 Republicans who voted to advance a bipartisan gun safety bill in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.

The race to replace one of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict former President Donald Trump for inciting the Capitol riot is shaping up to be a key test of Trump’s staying power amid a fierce inter-party debate over how much to embrace him going forward. The former president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, might join the race.

It was a week of severe weather and misery, political posturing and the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. But a longstanding problem in Charlotte quickly became front and center: homelessness and the lack of affordable housing.

When Sen. Richard Burr stood and said “guilty” there were hushed gasps in the Senate chamber. But the North Carolina Republican’s vote to convict former President Donald Trump should not have come as a shock. In a way, he had been telegraphing his willingness to hold Trump accountable for several years.

The North Carolina Republican Party has voted to censure Sen. Richard Burr over his vote to convict former President Donald Trump during Trump's second impeachment trial.

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski will face voters in 2022, but her state's new primary and voting system likely means she'll be in less danger of losing her primary.

The North Carolina Republican Party's central committee will meet Monday night to consider censuring U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, who voted to convict Donald Trump Saturday in the former president's second impeachment trial.

The second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump — and its swift conclusion — of course led the news this past week. Here are other big stories you might have missed.

North Carolina Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr was one of seven Republicans to vote that former President Donald Trump was guilty in his impeachment trial. Burr is not running for reelection in 2024.

Jeff Jackson, a state senator from Mecklenburg County, will announce Tuesday that he's running for U.S. Senate. Erica Smith is also running on the Democratic side. Republican incumbent Richard Burr is not running for reelection, so there could be many candidates from both parties.