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Next North Carolina governor names 7 Cabinet secretaries, with 2 current department heads

Next North Carolina governor names 7 Cabinet secretaries, with 2 current department heads

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein announced his choices for a majority of his Cabinet positions Monday before he takes office next month, with two of the…

Trump gets warm welcome as he watches Army-Navy game alongside key allies, nominees and Daniel Penny

Trump gets warm welcome as he watches Army-Navy game alongside key allies, nominees and Daniel Penny

By NOAH TRISTER, TARA COPP and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump huddled with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday’s Army-Navy football game, taking in one of the most storied rivalries in…

ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that the…

Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power-shifting law could be first of many

Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power-shifting law could be first of many

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Gov.-elect Josh Stein on Thursday challenged the constitutionality of a portion of a law enacted just a day earlier by the Republican-dominated…

Trump is named Time’s Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell

Trump is named Time’s Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized for the second time by Time magazine as its person of the…

Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board

Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s elections board dismissed formal protests Wednesday by several Republican candidates who trailed narrowly in their races last month and had questioned well over…