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North Carolina DMV Hits All DEI Targets, Misses Road Safety Goals

North Carolina’s Division of Motor Vehicles achieved 100 percent of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) benchmarks in 2024 but failed to meet several core performance goals related to safety, infrastructure, and fiscal responsibility, according to the Department of Transportation’s most recent annual report.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper speaks during the lighting ceremony for the U.S. Capito

Democrat Voter Drop in PA Shrinks Party Advantage Ahead of 2026

Despite President Donald Trump’s 1.71-point victory in Pennsylvania in 2024, newly released voter registration data from Decision Desk HQ shows Democrats barely maintaining their lead, now just 59,135 voters, as their numbers plummet heading into the 2026 midterms. Republicans, with a smaller decline, continue gaining ground amid Trump’s infrastructure and economic resurgence in the state.

Political volunteers before the polls close in Oakland, Pennsylvania, US, on Tuesday, Nov.

Hakeem Jeffries Cheers Texas Dems Who Fled State to Block GOP Map: ‘The Embodiment of Good Trouble’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is praising Texas Democrats for refusing to vote on a Republican-led redistricting plan that could shift five congressional seats to the GOP, a move that involved fleeing the state to break quorum. His comments come amid a broader effort by Democrats to delegitimize Republican-led election reforms while advancing their own partisan maps in deep blue states.

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‘We’re the United States, but They Treat Us Like a Colony’: USDA Farm Security Plan Targets China’s Bioterrorism, Land Grabs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture formally announced its National Farm Security Action Plan on Tuesday, rallying top Trump administration officials, Republican governors, and lawmakers around a resolute effort to protect American farmland, food supply chains, and agricultural research from foreign threats, especially Communist China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a joint press conference with France's President Emmanu