Category Archives: WPTF News
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
Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 panel. It's a guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president, pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House commi...
Jan 20, 2025
Trump, in his inaugural address, rips into the country's past leaders and makes sweeping promises
By STEVE PEOPLES, NICHOLAS RICCARDI and BILL BARROW Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump's second inaugural address sounded a lot like his first, with a sweeping indictment of the c...
Jan 20, 2025