By Gene Nichol The Republican war on democracy in North Carolina is apparently boundless. Unsatisfied by a 2023 congressional districting map that moved, in an evenly divided state, from 7-7 ...

By John Hood The North Carolina General Assembly just redrew the state’s congressional districts for the 2026 elections. It is the fourth-such map employed this decade — and a terrible idea. Lawmakers ...

Huang is one of two Chinese American candidates running strong campaigns for municipal seats in western Wake County. The ...

President Donald Trump has called for Republican states to redraw their U.S. House districts ahead of next year's elections.

Indiana Governor Mike Braun is pushing President Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme forward in the Hoosier State—but ...

Virginia and Indiana were poised on Monday to become the latest battlegrounds in a rare and widening mid-decade redistricting ...

Trump and the Republican Party are bringing capital punishment back to the forefront of American criminal justice.

With just more than one year left before Election Day 2026, the race for control of the House seems to be a toss-up while the ...

President Donald Trump has granted clemency to six people in NC, plus those convicted of crimes surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, ...

Virginia is shaping up as the latest battleground in a rare and widening mid-decade redistricting war instigated by President ...

Democrats don't have enough trifectas in states to counter Republican redistricting efforts, but that's not stopping them ...

Observer readers comment on White House renovations, Charlotte police, NC legislative inaction, redistricting, MAGA, ‘No ...