In Helene-Hit North Carolina Counties, Politics Are On Pause

For Asheville-area party committees, the only campaigns that matter now are those to find missing friends, displaced family, and a reconnection with the world. A long slog of canvassing, caucusing, and consolidating was to a conclude in a hectic five-week sprint to Election Day. It was all planned: Rallies, stumps, speeches, caravans. Candidates for local

5 Takeaways From the Vance-Walz Vice Presidential Debate

Cordiality amidst clashes marked the first and only vice-presidential debate of 2024. The Oct. 1 CBS News event hosted by Norah O’Donnell, of CBS Evening News, and Margaret Brennan, of Face the Nation, pitted Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Vance’s crisp defense of former President Donald Trump’s America First policies contrasted with