“Roy Cooper has spent 40 years turning North Carolina into a revolving door for murderers, rapists, and violent career criminals to terrorize innocent people and dodge accountability for their heinous crimes. Cooper treated public safety like a joke, and no one trusts him to change.” - RNC Spokeswoman Emma Hall  

U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor ahead of President Trump’s meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China. In his speech, Senator Budd called attention to China’s war on religious freedom, its role in fueling the U.S. drug epidemic, its relationship with key U.S. adversaries, and the consequential state of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) race. 

North Carolina State Treasurer Brad Briner announced the 2026 round of interest free Cashflow Loans is now being distributed to communities in Western North Carolina. The legislature was able to set aside $20 million in the 2026 state budget a part of ongoing efforts to help communities devastated by Hurricane Helene.

“For years, do-nothing Don Davis has sided with his radical party to make Eastern North Carolinians’ lives more difficult, from trying to raise their taxes to attempting to deny historic investments in their healthcare. This November, voters will reject Davis’s record of failure and elect retired Army Colonel Laurie Buckhout to fight for them in Washington.” – NRCC Spokesman Reilly Richardson