Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks onstage during a campaign event, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., September 29, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Harris campaign surrogates are planning a series of stops with small businesses in at least six battleground states this week, according to a preview of the announcement first … Read more
Hurricane Helene left a trail of death and destruction throughout the U.S. Southeast, but the impact of the massive storm may disrupt the automotive industry worldwide for months to come. Kevin Smith Embraces 80s Nostalgia in His New Film “The 4:30 Movie” Spruce Pine, a small town in North Carolina, is the world’s main source … Read more
David Hester inspects damages of his house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024. Chandan Khanna | Afp | Getty Images Hurricane Helene is ravaging communities across the southeastern United States as mass flooding and brutal winds descend on Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. As of … Read more
WASHINGTON — GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson says he has “backed away” from former President Donald Trump so the North Carolina Republican’s porn site scandal doesn’t drag Trump down politically in the state ahead of the November election. In a Wednesday interview with conservative radio host and former Trump administration official Sebastian Gorka, Robinson, whose … Read more
A truck picks up a shipping container at the Port of Savannah in Georgia. Paul Hennessy | LightRocket | Getty Images As the International Longshoremen’s Association port workers move closer to a strike at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, the union is warning that major importers such as LG Electronics, Walmart, Ikea, Samsung, and … Read more
Ex-North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) clocked Lt. Gov Mark Robinson, the state’s GOP gubernatorial nominee, as a “ticking time bomb” on Wednesday less than a week after reports linked the candidate to a number of disturbing comments on a porn website. McCrory, who served as the state’s governor from 2013 to 2017, was asked … Read more
Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson has hired a law firm to probe the CNN report that unearthed shocking comments he allegedly made on a porn website years ago, his campaign announced Tuesday. In a statement, Robinson dismissed the contents of the article as “salacious lies” and vowed to stay focused on the issues … Read more
WASHINGTON — North Carolina GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson has had a rough go since Thursday’s CNN report laid out evidence that he’d made years of disturbing comments in a forum on a porn website, including references to himself as “a Black Nazi” and descriptions of being sexually aroused by spying on girls in public … Read more
Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee for state superintendent of schools in North Carolina, repeatedly used anti-gay tropes last week to attack her Democratic opponent, Mo Green. On X, formerly known as Twitter, Morrow, who has no experience in public education, attacked Green, the former superintendent of Guilford County public schools, after he received an endorsement … Read more
Mark Robinson, lieutenant governor of North Carolina and candidate for governor, speaks prior to Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaking at a campaign event at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, on Aug. 14, 2024. Grant Baldwin | Getty Images The political network largely funded by billionaire industrialist Charles Koch has been … Read more
