"Mr. President, this is the gavel used to enact the 'big, beautiful bill,'" House Speaker Mike Johnson said at a White House signing ceremony on the Fourth of July. "I want you to have it," he said.

When House Speaker Mike Johnson gifted to President Donald Trump the gavel used to enact the Republicans' tax breaks and ...

Republicans are encountering some early headaches in Senate races viewed as pivotal to maintaining the party’s majority next ...

A drama-filled week in DC saw Democrats accuse Republicans ceding Congress' power to Trump and a curveball involving Jeffrey Epstein.

The president doesn't care whether Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is replaced by a Democrat or a Trumpist. Either way, the party is more fully under Trump's control.

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. From our readers Thom Tillis not running for re-election is a gift to North ...

News & Observer readers comment on Sen. Thom Tillis, NC shrimping, food bank funding, NC Democrat’s vote on Israel military aid and the big bill. | Letters to the editor ...

On Tuesday, Republican Senator Thom Tillis became one of only three GOP senators to cast a vote against President Donald Trump’s budget bill. Ultimately, his vote was mostly symbolic — ...

What Senator Thom Tillis’s retirement says about today’s Republican Party.

Donald Trump’s customary bluster, intimidation and threats backfired on him this time. It might well result in a Democrat winning the 2026 U.S. Senate election in our state. Senator Thom Tillis ...