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North Carolina G.O.P. Picks Replacement for Candidate Plagued by Scandal

Representative Chuck Edwards dropped his re-election bid amid sexual harassment allegations. His replacement, Jennifer Balkcom, has about 80 days to campaign.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Representative Chuck Edwards dropped his re-election bid after the House Ethics Committee recommended that he be censured.
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Scandal Leaves North Carolina G.O.P. With No Candidate and Little Time

Representative Chuck Edwards’s decision to drop his re-election bid amid sexual harassment charges came as a Democratic farmer, Jamie Ager, was already making inroads.

© Mike Belleme for The New York Times

Representative Chuck Edwards, Republican of North Carolina, dropped his re-election bid just over 12 weeks before Election Day.
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Lindsey Graham’s South Carolina Funeral: What to Know

The senator’s funeral services are in Columbia, the capital. His remains will be buried Wednesday afternoon in Pickens County, S.C., where he was born and raised.

© Alex Kent/The New York Times

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ICE Detention Center in North Carolina to Be Among Largest on East Coast

The new complex near the Virginia border signals that even as ICE has retreated from its plan to buy warehouses, the agency remains determined to increase its detention capacity.

© Cornell Watson for The New York Times

Internal documents obtained by The New York Times show that ICE plans to open a detention center at the old Rivers Correctional Institution in Winton, N.C., by the end of December.
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