Category Archives: WPTF News
Senate confirms Noem as Trump's homeland security secretary
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that...
Jan 25, 2025
Hegseth confirmed as Trump's defense secretary in tie-breaking vote despite turmoil over his conduct
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation's defense secretary late Friday in a dramatic tie-breaking vo...
Jan 24, 2025
Trump ends Fauci's security detail and says he'd feel no responsibility if harm befell him
By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised hi...
Jan 24, 2025
Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina
By WILL WEISSERT, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump said he was considering "getting rid of" the Federal Emergency Management Agency dur...
Jan 24, 2025
Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Trump's defense secretary, despite allegations
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump's defense secretary Thursday on a largely party-...
Jan 23, 2025
Trump orders release of JFK, RFK and MLK assassination records
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) - President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of classified governmental documents about the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kenne...
Jan 23, 2025
Raleigh Police identify injured officer as First Class Officer M.A. Gillick
RALEIGH (WPTF) - The Raleigh Police Department has identified the officer injured in the line of duty as First Class Officer M.A. Gillick. According to an official statement, Officer Gillick remains i...
Jan 23, 2025
Bill Belichick and North Carolina have a signed contract for his hiring as football coach
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick and school officials have signed his official employment contract, formalizing last month's hiring after speculation that t...
Jan 23, 2025
Trump issues sweeping pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who attacked police
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned more than 1,500 of his supporters charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, at...
Jan 20, 2025
Wake County Democratic state lawmaker resigns after terminal cancer diagnosis
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A longtime Wake County Democratic state representative announced his resignation from the North Carolina General Assembly on Sunday. Rep. Joe John, who represented northwestern Wa...
Jan 20, 2025