Nickel joined the WUNC Politics Podcast this week to talk about how he plans to take on incumbent Republican Sen. Thom Tillis ...

By David Larson A lot of politics, nationally and locally, since 2015 has been a referendum on Donald Trump. This has put ...

Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) recently introduced the National Nursing Workforce ...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) said President Trump’s tariff announcement will likely represent a ceiling and not a floor—but that could change if countries impose retaliatory tariffs.

Reactions are pouring in from North Carolina lawmakers and leaders after the death of Pope Francis on Monday, April 21. He ...

Wiley Nickel of North Carolina announced on Wednesday his candidacy to try to unseat Sen. Thom Tillis in 2026, saying a “fighter for what’s right for our state” is needed and criticizing the ...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) during a Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg News) North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis (R) raised concerns that Trump’s tariffs could hurt ...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) raised 2026 electoral concerns over the tariffs and wondered aloud who he could hold accountable if pain from trade disruptions doesn’t subside in the next few months ...

Congress has remained relatively quiet about President Trump's imposition of tariffs, but a bipartisan bill has been ...