Multiple North Carolina leaders are in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention (RNC) following a weekend of worry and uncertainty after former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear at a rally.

Education is a big deal in North Carolina politics this year, and the next elected governor could impact what comes next for the Tar Heel State.

A top budget writer and Republican leader in the North Carolina House said Monday that he will resign his legislative seat next month, further thinning out the GOP governance team next year when combined with the upcoming departure of Speaker Tim Moore.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections once again failed to certify political third parties headed by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Cornel West ahead of the November election.

North Carolina’s elections board has deferred a decision on allowing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West on the state’s ballot after learning that some voters who signed petitions to help the independent presidential hopefuls gain ballot access did not understand the purpose of those petitions.

North Carolina’s elections board has certified a right-leaning political party to field candidates this fall in the state.

MILWAUKEE — The economy was the focus of the first night of the Republican National Convention, but it was Donald Trump’s first public appearance since the attempted assassination at his rally Saturday that stole the show.

Donald Trump and his newly minted running mate, J.D. Vance, were officially nominated, but Mr. Trump’s triumphal prime-time emergence in the arena that might prove the indelible moment of the whole event.

On the first day of the Republican National Convention, speakers took aim at trans Americans and Biden's age while calling Democratic policies "a clear and present danger."

Most speakers stuck to the night’s theme, but interspersed were mentions of the shooting and rhetoric that, at times, contradicted Trump’s own calls for unity.