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How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Jan. 22

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Jan. 15

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Maduro drummed out, US oil companies drummed in

Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026-- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist

How they voted: Key NC congressional votes for November

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted on key issues this month.

Targeted News Service

Fact-checking Trump's claims about the economy, foreign wars in United Nations speech

In a lengthy, no-holds-barred speech to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump aggressively critiqued other nations on a range of policies.

Louis Jacobson and Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact reporters

US military kills 3 in second deadly strike against ‘narcoterrorists’ in international waters, Trump says

(CNN) — The US military killed three people in another deadly strike on a vessel in international waters around South America allegedly “transporting illegal narcotics” from Venezuela, President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Monday.

By Haley Britzky, CNN

President Trump announces space command to move to Alabama, strike on drug-carrying vessel

President Donald Trump is reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado, according to two people familiar with the announcement.

Trump administration moves to end protections for Venezuelans in the US

The Trump administration has ended temporary protected status, or TPS, for more than 300,000 Venezuelans in the United States, leaving the population vulnerable to potential deportation in the coming months, according to government documents obtained by The New York Times.

Hamed Aleaziz and Maggie Haberman, New York Times

Fact check: Has U.S. 'doubled' oil imports from Russia?

During an appearance on "Jesse Watters Primetime," Fox Business Network host Maria Bartiromo that the U.S. is "reliant on Russian oil. We have doubled our imports from Russia in the last year." PolitiFact checks her claim.

Yacob Reyes, PolitiFact reporter

Venezuela says it foiled attack by boat from Colombia

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A Venezuelan official said that an armed group launched an invasion before dawn on Sunday by boats through the port city of La Guaira .

AP News

Trump speaks to the United Nations General Assembly

16 heads of state and government are expected to address the morning session.

She was duped and shipped to a brothel at 16. Then the boat sank.

She slipped out of the house around dusk, without telling her mother. Sixteen and hungry, she followed the men who had promised her work and food. Instead, they smuggled her out of Venezuela by sea, secretly planning to force her into a brothel in Trinidad. Their boat sank.

Nicholas Casey, New York Times

Nonprofits turn to cryptocurrency to help needy Venezuelans

A handful of charities are also now using digital currencies to send relief directly to those in need, circumventing banks and companies that handle remittances.