Trump has made a habit of politicizing disaster aid and disproportionately withholding it from Democrat-led states.

The president, 80, took the stage in Gastonia to support Michael Whatley, a former RNC and North Carolina GOP chairman who is running to replace retiring Republican incumbent Thom Tillis.

President Donald Trump visited Gastonia to support Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley, focusing on public safety and ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday ripped into former North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and his “band of communists” ...

Buncombe County leaders are demanding an explanation from higher-ups in North Carolina after receiving the lowest amount of housing disaster relief funds in the state, despite sustaining the most home ...

Donald Trump rallied for Michael Whatley in the North Carolina Senate race as Republicans seek to protect their narrow Senate ...

Donald Trump's handpicked North Carolina Senate candidate Michael Whatley is giving the president a full embrace at a ...

Donald Trump criticized FEMA’s disaster response in 2025, calling the agency 'a very big disappointment,' 'very bureaucratic' ...

Crowds began arriving at Gastonia Municipal Airport as early as 2 p.m., facing temperatures in the upper 80s while waiting ...

This year’s winner won’t just take home a trophy, but a piece of the Biltmore Estate itself, carved from a tree the storm ...

President Donald Trump took the stage at a Wednesday rally in North Carolina and declared the state "one of the worst in the ...