Whether the next generation of North Carolina students inherit the same opportunities may depend less on their ambition, which is plainly there, and more on decisions being made in Washington right now, far closer to home than the Moon.

Voters in North Carolina’s Fourth Congressional District, including Durham and Chapel Hill, have chosen Representative Valerie Foushee as the incumbent in a controversial primary against County Commissioner Nida Allam. Claims of dark money, misshapen foreign policy, and AI funding shaped the outlook of this race, prompting national interest in the outside groups and super PACs that played a role.

The renewed attention surrounding the former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has once again drawn international attention to the lingering global consequences of his association with Jeffrey Epstein.

With Greene’s seat sitting empty, a special election was held on March 10. Since no candidates received more than 50% of the vote, Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clayton Fuller have been selected as the two frontrunners for the April 7 runoff.

The Supreme Court recently struck down Trump's use of emergency powers to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that the tariffs exceeded the authority given to the president by Congress under the 1977 law, which allows the executive branch to regulate commerce during national emergencies created by foreign threats.