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Trump’s latest nominee is from NC. Here’s who else he’s picked from the state.

1 week ago | mcclatchydc.com | Ethan Hyman

Linda McMahonMcMahon, 76, a New Bern native, is the co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment and an East Carolina University graduate. Trump nominated her to lead — and dismantle — the Department of Education. She was confirmed by the Senate. Former Rep. Dan BishopBishop, 60, a Waxhaw resident, serves as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Two NC lawmakers implore Marco Rubio to reverse plans to revoke visas for South Sudanese

2 weeks ago | mcclatchydc.com | Jack Gruber

A Duke University basketball player thought his biggest challenge over the weekend would be winning his Final Four game. Instead, politics intervened and Khaman Maluach suddenly faced the threat of deportation. Now Reps.
Former Rep. Madison Cawthorn pays FEC fine avoiding DOJ referral and asset seizure

3 weeks ago | mcclatchydc.com | Nell Redmond |Danielle Battaglia

Former Rep. Madison Cawthorn has paid a $17,458 fine owed to the Federal Elections Commission after violating campaign finance law. FEC records showed Thursday afternoon his fine was paid in full. In July 2022, Cawthorn failed to file a quarterly report for his campaign committee Making a Difference in Service to Our Nation, or the MADISON PAC. That violated campaign finance laws, and when the report came in 30 days late, Cawthorn listed himself as the treasurer, meaning he would take the blame.
FAA to require all DC aircraft to turn on tracking tech after plane crash with helicopter

4 weeks ago | mcclatchydc.com | Danielle Battaglia

The acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration said the agency will require most aircraft at Ronald Reagan National Airport to have surveillance technology turned on in the wake of a midair crash in the nation’s capital between a commercial jet from Wichita and a Black Hawk Army helicopter.
NC athlete turned activist among Trump’s guests for his speech to Congress Tuesday night

1 month ago | mcclatchydc.com | Danielle Battaglia

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump invited a former North Carolina high school student athlete as one of their guests to Trump’s speech before Congress on Tuesday night. Payton McNabb, 19, a former student at Hiwassee Dam High School in Murphy, was one of 11 individuals or families invited to attend the speech as the Trumps’ guests.
If Trump gets rid of FEMA, where would money come from to clean up Kentucky floods?

1 month ago | mcclatchydc.com | David Catanese

Gov. Andy Beshear heaped praise on the Trump administration for its swift and rapid disaster declaration in response to the deadly flooding in Eastern Kentucky little more than a week ago. But if President Trump gets his organizational overhaul of the federal government, FEMA – the Federal Emergency Management Agency – won’t be around with a pot of cash to dole out to help alleviate the hardship.
Club for Growth takes an early shot at Andy Barr ahead of 2026 Kentucky Senate race

2 months ago | mcclatchydc.com | David Catanese

Andy Barr isn’t even a declared U.S. Senate candidate, but a conservative Washington group has already tossed a shot across the bow, committing to oppose the Lexington congressman if he attempts to run for Mitch McConnell’s seat in 2026. The Club for Growth is launching a 60-second ad attacking Barr for voting for spending and to raise the debt ceiling, as well as earmarking money for diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Kentucky.
Sen. Mitch McConnell votes against RFK Jr. in another break with President Trump

2 months ago | mcclatchydc.com | David Catanese

Sen. Mitch McConnell again broke ranks with his party and President Donald Trump Thursday in casting a vote opposing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The controversial nephew of President John F. Kennedy earned Senate confirmation by a vote of 52-48 despite the former Republican Senate leader’s opposition. This marks the third “no” vote McConnell has logged against a Trump Cabinet nominee in the past three weeks.
‘Fog of war’: Kentucky Republicans brace for potential 3-way race for US Senate in 2026

2 months ago | mcclatchydc.com | David Catanese

Andy Barr would begin with a federal campaign account affording him millions of dollars but have to confront the reality that he’s little known to most of Kentucky. Daniel Cameron could ride the familiarity of having run statewide twice but carries the scars from his humbling loss in the governor’s race. And Nate Morris would occupy the outsider’s lane of a non-politician but soon find himself answering questions about his stewardship of a Lexington company now struggling financially.
‘Alarming lapses’: McConnell votes against Trump pick Tulsi Gabbard for intelligence role

2 months ago | mcclatchydc.com | David Catanese

Mitch McConnell was the sole Republican to vote against Tulsi Gabbard to become the director of the nation’s intelligence services Wednesday, an indication of his fresh willingness to break with President Donald Trump’s wishes as a rank-and-file member at the end of his career.