On Monday his campaign said the House Ethics report cleared him. On Wednesday he withdrew from his reelection campaign. The reason he gave was prayer. The reason his own party gave was that he was down in the polls and outraised nine to one.
A governor, an attorney general, a state bill and a 50-member congressional caucus have all mobilized against a Sharia takeover. In Arkansas it traces back to a hate group's blog post and a small subdivision that's been there for two decades.
A Wall Street Journal investigation found ICE is paying contractors millions to scan social media around the clock, then using subpoenas to unmask Americans who criticize the agency. Nobody has been charged. That may be the point.
A bipartisan House panel found Chuck Edwards violated the House Code of Official Conduct by failing to follow the spirit of its rules against sexual harassment. Two young women left Congress because of it. He deleted the texts, skipped votes to spend time with one of them, and says he did nothing wrong.
Whatley and his wife hold between $163,000 and $445,000 in Duke Energy stock, per a November 2025 disclosure. Duke has spent the last year seeking a residential rate increase in North Carolina.
Asked at a Brunswick County event whether we can get rid of FEMA, Whatley answered: 'I've suggested the president do that.' At the time he was the White House's recovery czar for western North Carolina.
Chemours' PAC gave Michael Whatley $5,000 — the first time it has ever spent in a North Carolina Senate race. WUNC asked him three questions about PFAS. His campaign didn't answer an email or a text.
Marketplace sign-ups just posted their sharpest drop ever and $900 billion is coming out of Medicaid. These Republicans voted for it — then told us it wasn't happening.
Steve Scalise, Virginia Foxx and Bryan Steil pitched the SAVE America Act by comparing voting to buying unlimited pasta. The comparison leaves out the part that would block millions of citizens.
