Paul Andy Specht
Reporter at WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
Covers North Carolina politics for @WRAL and @PolitiFactNC. Formerly at the @newsobserver. Raleigh native. @Campbelledu alum.
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wral.com | Paul Andy Specht
FILE — President Donald Trump listens alongside Elon Musk as he explains the administration’s cost-cutting efforts in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 11, 2025. As Musk became one of Trump’s closest allies last year, leading raucous rallies and donating about $275 million to help him win the presidency, he was also using drugs far more intensely than previously known, according to people familiar with his activities.
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wral.com | Paul Andy Specht
State Rep. Brenden Jones, R-Columbus, speaks at the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh on May 22, 2025. A North Carolina legislator said the state’s minority-owned businesses guidelines are hindering its ability to hire contractors to help with Hurricane Helene damage cleanup. State House Majority leader Rep.
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wral.com | Paul Andy Specht
A gas station in Neosho, Mo., Oct. 22, 2024. Gasoline is approaching or has fallen below $3 a gallon in most states, returning to averages not seen since February in one of the clearest examples of prices declining after a period of rapid inflation. (Graham Dickie/The New York Times)In the middle of Memorial Day weekend — the traditional start of the summer travel season — the U.S. Energy Department posted a celebratory message online.
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wral.com | Paul Andy Specht
Sen. Bernie Sanders (_-Vt.), the ranking member, speaks as the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee holds a confirmation hearing for former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)The Republican proposal to cut federal spending will end up kicking millions of Americans off health insurance, including Medicaid, Democrats say.
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2 weeks ago |
wral.com | Paul Andy Specht
As Newark Liberty International Airport grappled with these and other problems in recent weeks, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed an "antiquated" air traffic control system, and asked Congress for money to build a new air traffic control system. But Robert Reich, an economist who served as Clinton administration labor secretary, said Duffy had a chance to act when serving as a congressman from 2011 to 2019, and didn’t.
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