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N.C. Senator Tillis sponsors bill to defund ‘Disinformation Governance Board’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, along with more than a dozen fellow co-sponsors, has introduced a bill to defund The Department of Homeland Security’s “Disinformation Governance Board.” The bill forbids federal funds from being used to “establish or support the activities of a Disinformation Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Security, or any other similar entity established in the Department of Homeland Security.”
N.C. senators’ job approval affected little by Biden’s first year in office
RALEIGH — The first year of the Biden presidency has prompted major swings in job approval ratings for some U.S. senators. But neither of North Carolina’s sitting senators has seen much impact.
U.S. Senate to vote on SCOTUS nominee this week after committee deadlocks
WASHINGTON — The United States Senate voted 53 to 47 Monday, April 4, to discharge the Senate Judiciary Committee from further consideration of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. This after the committee deadlocked along party lines with a tie vote of 11 to 11.
Biden, Lawmakers agree to cut off Russian oil but not how to replace it
RALEIGH — Even though gas prices now surpass $5 a gallon in many areas of the country, $4.13 in North Carolina, leaders from both sides of the aisle agree it's time to cut off Russian oil. But President Joe Biden and Democrats seem more inclined to replace the nation's Russian oil supply with oil from Venezuela and other regimes, rather than increase domestic production.
Tillis, GOP Senate banking members send letter of concern over Fed nominee
WASHINGTON — GOP Senate Banking Committee members, including U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., sent a letter to President Biden on Thursday, March 3, with continued concerns of the president's selection of Duke University Law Professor Sarah Bloom Raskin for Federal Reserve Board vice chair of supervision.
Tillis, Burr seeking answers in Durham probe
WASHINGTON — The so-called mainstream media, consumed with COVID and Ukraine, continue to either discount or downright ignore the Durham report and a recent court filing, which, pending an investigation, could have huge ramifications for Democrats and the Biden administration.
OPINION: Tillis's 'divide and conquer' directive still resonates with GOP
It’s a common phenomenon for well-known politicians to become associated with, or remembered for, an inspiring or infamous utterance.
Tillis to undergo surgery for prostate cancer
WASHINGTON — One of North Carolina’s two U.S. Senators recently announced he’s going under the knife for cancer-related surgery.
Tillis, trailing in polls, goes on attack mode in first U.S. Senate debate
RALEIGH — Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis went on the attack Monday night.
He had to.
COLUMN: Another dog whistle
Back in 2015, pressure was mounting to move Confederate monuments out of public spaces. The GOP’s white rural base was incensed, demanding we not erase history like those statues did when they were erected.
