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MAGA is Ruining North Carolina

Four Republican Senate Candidates Wouldn't Say How They'd Stop Social Security's 22% Benefit Cut. Ashley Hinson Brought Up Millennials' Savings Habits.

States Newsroom asked Senate candidates in nine close races what they'd do about the automatic Social Security cut coming in 2032. Dan Sullivan, Roger Marshall, Michael Whatley and Jon Husted didn't respond. Ken Paxton, Mike Rogers and Ashley Hinson offered promises with no plan — weeks after Paxton was recorded telling lobbyists 'we have to suck it up' on spending cuts.

Virginia Foxx Called a Rule Protecting Miners From Black Lung 'Wrongheaded Recklessness.' She Owned Up to $250,000 in a Coal Company With More Than 900 Safety Penalties.

Virginia Foxx Called a Rule Protecting Miners From Black Lung 'Wrongheaded Recklessness.' She Owned Up to $250,000 in a Coal Company With More Than 900 Safety Penalties.

Virginia Foxx attacked the federal rule limiting the silica dust that gives coal miners black lung while she held Alliance Resource Partners stock. She has also held stock in AbbVie, which took on Allergan's opioid liabilities — Allergan agreed to pay up to $2.37 billion in a nationwide opioid settlement North Carolina helped lead.