Asheville, NC-- President Barack Obama pushed for a higher minimum wage at a reopened manufacturing plant Wednesday because he says Americans who work full time should not be in poverty.

The president followed up his call for the increase...

President Obama will fly back to the nation's capital Wednesday night, just five days after arriving in Hawaii.

Congress trooped back to work on Sunday to face a combination of spending cuts and tax increases set to kick in within hours and President Barack Obama pressuring congressional Republicans to cut a last-minute deal.

A bus carrying Triad folks leaves Sunday night from Greensboro expected to arrive in DC early Monday morning.

Tropical Storm Isaac is disrupting life up and down the gulf coast.

Senior adviser Steve Neuman and Communications Director Jon Romano worked their last days for Perdue on Friday.

Congress has easily passed a $1.1 trillion bill easing the harshest effects of last year's automatic spending cuts.

North Carolina Rep. Mel Watt chairs the Congressional Black Caucus and says they don't want to see Samuel Alito confirmed to the US Supreme Court.

The Democratic nominee hopeful told Greensboro listeners he hopes his former pastor's remarks don't distract people.

Greensboro, NC -- In a line of thousands of supporters, the same hope Barack Obama supporters chant about, lives in the youth and innocence of children.

With the kids out of school, the Shipp family came from Concord to see Obama speak. From 10-year-old...

College-aged voters make up about 10 percent of registered voters in North Carolina.

There are 187 delegates up for grabs Tuesday in North Carolina and Indiana.