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Robinson under pressure to withdraw from gubernatorial race

North Carolina Republicans are bracing Thursday morning as word spreads about a damning news story looming regarding Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. Sources with direct knowledge have spoken with Carolina Journal on the condition of anonymity and said that Robinson is under pressure from staff and members of the Trump campaign to withdraw from the governor’s race due to the nature of the story, which they say involves activity on elicit websites in the early 2000s.

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Author: Carolina Journal –

Donald Trump boasts he is ‘greater than Elvis’

Donald Trump claimed he is “greater” than Elvis Presley as he boasted about drawing crowds during a rally in Uniondale, New York, on Wednesday 18 September. The Republican nominee has been mocked in recent weeks by rival Kamala Harris and her campaign, with Barack Obama claiming he is “obsessed” with the size of his crowds in a recent advert. During a speech on Wednesday, Mr Trump once again discussed the topic. “Nobody can draw crowds like me… I’m the greatest of all time,” he told cheering supporters. “Maybe greater even than Elvis. Elvis had a guitar, I don’t have a guitar. I don’t have the privilege of a guitar.”

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Author: Oliver Browning

These 3 Dems, 14 Republicans crossed aisle on funding bill vote

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) government funding bill was sunk through the combined efforts of Democrats and Republicans in the lower chamber on Wednesday. Fourteen members of Johnson’s own party voted alongside most Democrats against the Louisiana Republican’s spending plan, which joined a six-month stopgap bill with a measure aiming to require proof of citizenship…

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Author: Tara Suter