5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1541+ words) Chuck Edwards stood expressionless facing the stares of his colleagues looking down on him in the center of the House chamber as Speaker Michael Johnson – a man Edwards had believed was a friend – spoke on the evening of Sept. 1. In…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (998+ words) Jimmy Warlick knows politics. The Weaverville resident owns the White House Gift Center, a political memorabilia store and museum just blocks from the actual White House. And as a former Capitol Hill staffer and presidential-campaign veteran, he’s an astute observer…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1273+ words) Let’s start with the term “pink-slime journalism,” political propaganda dressed up to look like local news. Now add the term “dark money,” secretive campaign donations from the ultrarich to politicians who do their bidding. Put those together here in North…...