Madison Cawthorn lost his primary election, a federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a trial judge's decision that had blocked North Carolina's elections board from examining whether he should be disqualified from running for reelection.... Cawthorn denies participating in an insurrection. The decision lost some urgency, however, because Cawthorn lost his May 17 primary in the 11th Congressional District to state Sen.... Tuesday's ruling, however, could inform how other challenges are han

A federal appeals court on Tuesday questioned whether a lower court got it right when it blocked a challenge of North Carolina Rep.... Three judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, heard arguments in a lawsuit that the first-term Republican congressman filed to derail the formal challenge sent to the State Board of Elections from going forward.... U.S. District Judge Richard Myers ruled for Cawthorn in March and prevented the board from formally examining whether