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1 week ago | mcclatchydc.com | Josh Morgan

Happy Memorial Day! It’s Danielle Battaglia, back with today’s Under the Dome! I want to use today’s newsletter as a peek behind the curtain on what’s happened with President Donald Trump and Congress over the past week. As all politicians do, Trump made many campaign promises to the American people.Now Trump is working with House Republicans to codify many of those promises into law. You’ve heard about this throughout the past few months.

2 weeks ago | mcclatchydc.com | Marvin Fong

Earlier this month, Gov. Josh Stein made an impassioned plea to North Carolina’s congressional delegation. “Reject this budget proposal so that North Carolina families don’t go hungry,” Stein wrote in a statement released May 8. Stein was reacting to proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that could take away the ability of 1.4 million North Carolinians, including children, the elderly, the disabled and low-income working adults, to be able to put food on their tables.

3 weeks ago | mcclatchydc.com | Danielle Battaglia

Police say Rep. Chuck Edwards won’t be charged after a man accused Edwards of assaulting him Saturday night at a Rotary event in Asheville. “Asheville Police Department officers initially responded to the Embassy Suites in downtown Asheville around 6:37 p.m. on May 10th, following an event to investigate a report of a disturbance, in which an individual alleged they were assaulted by Congressman Chuck Edwards,” Asheville police wrote on social media.

1 month ago | mcclatchydc.com | Danielle Battaglia

Sen. Thom Tillis is opposing the nomination of Ed Martin as Washington’s top prosecutor. This would be the first time Tillis, a Republican from Huntersville, splits from President Donald Trump on one of Trump’s nominees to help the president lead the country in his second term. “At this point I’ve indicated to the White House I would not support his nomination,” Tillis told a hallway of reporters, first reported by CNN’s Manu Raju and captured on video.

1 month ago | mcclatchydc.com | Ethan Hyman

Happy Monday! Welcome to Under the Dome. It’s Danielle Battaglia. When President Donald Trump returned to office, his first official trip was to Asheville. There, he caught many by surprise when he announced that Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley would oversee efforts to review the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to Hurricane Helene. I heard even Whatley was caught off guard, but I’m still waiting (almost four months later) for him to return my call to verify.