Vice President Kamala Harris could become only the second Democratic presidential candidate to win North Carolina in more than 40 years as the state has slowly shifted more to the left over the past decade—with polls showing her and former President Donald Trump in a dead heat in the state.

By Gram Slattery and Alexandra Ulmer FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) -Donald Trump campaigned in North Carolina on Friday for the fourth time in a month, as the Republican presidential candidate tries to firm up support in a state he was handily leading a few months ago but is now among the most competitive in the race.

A leading newspaper in North Carolina is blasting former President Donald Trump over what it calls his "falsehoods" about the government response to Hurricane Helene, which devastated large swaths of the state last week.