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June 24, 2020

Madison Cawthorn, 24-year-old who won GOP primary in NC, says Trump congratulated him on 'beautiful' win

Madison Cawthorn, the 24-year-old Republican House candidate who beat a Trump-backed pick in the North Carolina primary on Tuesday, said Wednesday that the president called to congratulate him on a “beautiful” victory.

June 24, 2020

Crews in South Carolina begin process to remove John C. Calhoun statue

Crews brought out chainsaws and started the process of taking down the massive statue of former vice president John C. Calhoun's in historic Charleston South Carolina Wednesday morning.

June 24, 2020

Who is Madison Cawthorn?

Madison Cawthorn, a 24-year-old real estate investment CEO who beat out a Trump-backed U.S. House candidate in North Carolina’s Republican primary runoff election to replace former Rep. Mark Meadows Tuesday, said he believes he won because of a superior ground game and a message “that translated across generations and across ethnic groups.”

June 24, 2020

Engel falls behind insurgent left-wing challenger in preliminary results, as Ocasio-Cortez wins primary

Longtime U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, who was first elected in 1988 and rose to become one of the most powerful Democrats in the House, was substantially trailing middle school principal Jamaal Bowman in Tuesday's primary -- which could mark the second major upset of a veteran New York City Democratic congressman in just two years.

June 24, 2020

North Carolina removes Confederate statue's pillar near Statehouse after 125 years

A granite pillar that held the statue of a Confederate soldier at the North Carolina Statehouse grounds for 125 years, came down Tuesday night after three days of failed attempts.

June 23, 2020

24-year-old Republican beats Trump-backed candidate in North Carolina primary race for Meadows seat

Madison Cawthorn, a 24-year-old real estate investment CEO, won a Republican primary runoff election Tuesday in western North Carolina in the race to fill the congressional seat of former Rep. Mark Meadows.

June 22, 2020

WWII monument in Charlotte defaced with hammer and sickle

A World War II memorial in North Carolina’s largest city was reportedly defaced over the weekend with a hammer and sickle.

June 22, 2020

North Carolina shooting: 2 dead, 7 wounded at block party

Two people were killed and seven others were wounded in a shooting in North Carolina's largest city, police said, while five others were hit by vehicles afterward.

June 21, 2020

North Carolina governor orders Confederate statues removed from state capital, cites public safety

After protesters pulled down two statues on Friday, the governor cited public safety as a reason to remove others.

June 20, 2020

Boy, 16, survives terrifying shark attack in North Carolina with help from dad

A 16-year-old boy was bitten by a shark Friday while jumping over waves on a sandbar off Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina and his father had to fight it off.