New congressional maps will debut in Texas and North Carolina as Republicans try to defend their majorities and Democrats hope they can flip both chambers.

The heavy favorites in the Senate primary are former Gov. Roy Cooper, a moderate Democrat, and Michael Whatley, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee.

The nationalization of politics that’s occurred in North Carolina and elsewhere over the last few decades is, in many respects, a regrettable phenomenon. Whereas voters once frequently split tickets

President Donald Trump used a Friday visit with special forces members at North Carolina‘s Fort Bragg to promote his hand-picked candidate for the state’s U.S. Senate seat up this fall. Trump traveled to the military base to honor the special forces members who took part in January’s raid to capture former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.

North Carolina’s U.S. Senate primary will set up a high-stakes race in the fall that could decide control of the chamber

Some Trump supporters in North Carolina told CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns that they feel differently about the Trump administration's implementation of its immigration policy following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.