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CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Former President Donald Trump “tried to convert the presidency into a moneymaking enterprise,” a Democratic congressman fumed Sunday, speaking in the wake of findings that Trump raked in millions from foreign governments during his time in office. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Marylan…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — On the eve of Iowa’s Republican caucuses, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Sunday dismissed new national polling showing low job approval for President Joe Biden, saying “the battle hasn’t been joined” until GOP voters pick their nominee. Pritzker, who is scheduled to be in D…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — State Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler is putting his face front and center as officials try to get more kids back into the classroom and overcome high absenteeism rates fueled by the pandemic. Tutwiler appears in television and radio public service announcements, billboa…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — It was Christmastime 2013, and Portage Mayor James Snyder was in trouble. His mortgage business had tanked, the IRS was after him for a significant tax debt, and on top of that he had holiday spending to account for. His $62,000 salary as mayor of the small working-class town…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — A group of former U.S. officials arrived in Taiwan to meet outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen, talks that will test the recent improvement of ties between Washington and Beijing following a pivotal election on the island. Former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and ex-De…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — After a month of standing in Home Depot parking lots in Chicago hoping to find work, Rayni Cuadrado had finally found a day job. The 29-year-old from Maracaibo, Venezuela, moved metal scrap and took measurements Thursday inside a decimated church in North Lawndale. He had onc…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress on Sunday unveiled a short-term spending bill that would avert a partial government shutdown and keep federal agencies operating into March. The agreement aims to avert short-term chaos and buy more time to craft the comp…

(Reuters) — U.S. natural gas output fell to a preliminary 11-month low on Sunday as frigid weather froze wells across the country, while gas demand for heating and power generation was on track to hit record highs. In Texas the state’s power grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of …

(Reuters) — Donald Trump should not be forced to testify as to his own guilt or face strict warnings about crossing red lines in his remarks should the former U.S. president choose to testify in a defamation trial set to begin this week, his legal team argued on Sunday. Trump is due to face a feder…