State budget negotiations have stalled between North Carolina Republican leaders in the General Assembly and the calendar year appears headed to an end without a new two-year spending plan. The budget by state law was due July 1 and Wednesday represented Day 114.

Democratic candidates outraised Republicans in four of the five most competitive Senate races in recent months, new campaign fundraising reports show – as they scrambled to build cash reserves for next year’s high-priced midterm battles.

The CNN anchor was maligned by social media users after asking Vice President Kamala Harris serious questions during Wednesday's town hall.

In North Carolina’s Senate race, former Gov. Roy Cooper ’s supporters bolstered his campaign and related committees with $14.5 million while his opponent, former Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley, and a committee backing him collected $5.8 million.

EXCLUSIVE — A leading Republican super PAC is attacking Democrat Roy Cooper, an ex-governor running for Senate in North Carolina, as soft on crime on the two-month anniversary of the fatal train stabbing of Iryna Zarutska.

A recent CNN interview between journalist Kaitlin Collins and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) took an awkward turn when she challenged his explanation for why Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) has not been sworn into Congress.