Mac McCorkle: The race for NC Governor has begun. NC will face a defining choice.

Frank Bruni dissected the vacillating rhetoric from U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (NC) as he attempts to balance appeasement to Trump with bipartisan proclivity. Asher Hildebrand offered some expert North Carolina political perspectives for this piece.

Phyllis Pomerantz spoke to PolitiFact about how Trump misrepresented international aid in his address to Congress. Sanford journalism alum Grace Abels co-wrote this article.