by Joshua Irvine | Mar 3, 2020 | Business, SOTU2020, Topics
WASHINGTON –The federal government’s top lawyer argued Tuesday to reduce the power of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau in a case before the Supreme Court that could strike down the independent regulatory agency as unconstitutional. Solicitor General Noel...
by Khadija Islow | Mar 3, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON– The United States is in the fourth wave of the substance abuse crisis as; methamphetamines combined with drugs like fentanyl are overshadowing opiod abuse in some parts of the country, said a top official at the Department of Health and Human Services said...
by Megan Lebowitz | Mar 3, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
FAIRFAX, VA. – “I’m OK. We’re OK. Hang up the phone. Don’t talk too much.” Irade Kashgary remembers her aunt’s warning during a phone call several months ago — the last contact Kashgary had with her relatives in Xinjiang, China. Kashgary, 26, is a Uyghur American...
by James Pollard | Mar 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Of the more than 6,000 political advertisements that have aired on Charlotte TVs this primary season, 79.8% of them are from Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, according to a recent report by...
by James Pollard | Mar 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — President Donald Trump on Monday repeatedly attacked Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as the former vice president gains momentum heading into the Super Tuesday vote. The President appeared in Charlotte, N.C.,— the site of...
by Zamone "Z" Perez | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — As Gayle Tucker left her polling place at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Columbia, she asked a question that sums Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s poor performance in the “First in the South” primary on Saturday and her struggle to gain...
by Angelina Campanile, Sneha Dey and Rupa Palla | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
NORFOLK, V.A.— Former Vice President Joe Biden relayed a renewed sense of hope to Virginia voters Sunday as some of the state’s top Democrats endorsed his Democratic presidential bid, similar to Rep. James Clyburn’s endorsement in South Carolina that was a vital part...
by James Pollard | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Of the more than 6,000 political advertisements that have aired on Charlotte TVs this primary season, 79.8% of them are from Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, according to a recent report by...
by Zamone "Z" Perez | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — With South Carolinians providing former Vice President Joe Biden a “firewall” to slow Sen. Bernie Sanders’ momentum, candidates are looking to capitalize on the delegate-rich states voting on Super Tuesday – and party officials say the...
by Greg Svirnovsky and Cassidy Wang | Mar 1, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Politics
CARRBORO, North Carolina –William Baker is a recent retiree who works on pianos in his downtime and plays in a bluegrass band. He helps run church concerts and hangs out with his adult daughter and her family. But on Sunday, he stood outside the Weaver Street...
by Benjamin Rosenberg | Mar 1, 2020 | Education, Featured
CHARLESTON, South Carolina — During his freshman year at The Citadel, Matthew Miller went to events with the College Republicans — because they were the only political activists on campus. Then he decided to create an alternative option. The Citadel, a military...
by James Pollard | Mar 1, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — The last time Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar saw the late Sen. John McCain, who was the Republicans’ 2008 presidential nominee, he gave her some important advice. Speaking in a ballroom filled with North Carolina...
