Jamie Ager projected to win Democratic primary in North Carolina House district

Washington — Jamie Ager has won the Democratic primary in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District on Tuesday, CBS News has projected. Ager, a fourth-generation farmer, will face incumbent GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards in the November elections. Edwards has represented the western North Carolina district since 2023.  The Cook Political Report has rated the district as

House Ethics trial for Cherfilus-McCormick postponed as lawmaker seeks new lawyer

The House Ethics Committee has postponed its planned public trial for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick — the Florida Democrat facing accusations that she stole millions in FEMA funding — to later this month. A hearing of an adjudicatory subcommittee of the Ethics panel was pushed from this Thursday to March 26 after the lawmaker’s “counsel in

Comer asks Bill Gates, others for transcribed interviews on Epstein

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is requesting voluntary testimony from seven additional people as part of the committee’s investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  Those Comer sent letters to include Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Gateway, Inc. founder Ted Waitt and private equity investor Leon Black. All three…