Newt Gingrich is backing out of his last-ditch effort to revitalize his campaign.

Before the 2008 presidential election, President Barack Obama visited UNC on his road to White House.

As North Carolina’s Republican primary approaches, UNC is becoming a hotbed for political dialogue.

Herman Cain will speak at UNC on March 22 if organizers can find a venue for him, said Greg Steele, chairman of the College Republicans.

UNC students eager to see former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain might have to wait a little longer than originally expected.

He may no longer be in the race for president, but former Republican candidate Herman Cain still has a lot to say about politics, the economy and the 2012 election — and soon he’ll be able to share those thoughts with UNC students.

Dark horse presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex., is trying to turn a few heads in the Republican South Carolina primary this weekend, and he’s enlisting young voters to help spread his message.

A group of North Carolina students will be traveling to South Carolina to give their favorite candidate a boost in the upcoming primary.

Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory has not officially announced his candidacy for N.C. governor, but he is already garnering support from a fellow Republican politician.

Wearing dark suits and ties, members of the University and UNC system’s brass did Wednesday what their predecessors 50 years ago did everything in their power to prevent. At the stone wall bordering Franklin Street and McCorkle Place, these administrators gathered where more than 1,000 students did in 1966 to listen to a Communist Party member speak.

After full funding to bring Republican pundit Ann Coulter to campus was denied for a second time by Student Congress Tuesday, leaders of the College Republicans said they will likely look for speakers with smaller price tags.

At a packed meeting of Student Congress Tuesday night, the body denied a funding request of about $20,000 by the College Republicans to bring pundit Ann Coulter to campus, and endorsed a gender-neutral housing option.

Tonight Student Congress will vote on whether it will show support for an effort to institute a gender-neutral housing option— an issue that will ultimately be decided by administrators.

On Tuesday, the UNC College Republicans will go before Student Congress for the second time in less than a month requesting about $20,000 to bring conservative pundit Ann Coulter to campus.

President Barack Obama’s proposed American Jobs Act will invest $5 billion in job programs for low-income youth, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee said in a conference call with student reporters Monday.

A new student-led support group is rallying behind conservative presidential candidate Rick Perry.

The College Republicans decided Monday to postpone Coulter’s speaking event following Student Congress’ allocation of funds on Aug. 30 for the event.

At the spring debate between the College Republicans and the Young Democrats moderated by the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, questions about policy were laced with a competitive fever.

The University’s chapter of College Republicans held elections in which Greg Steele, a sophomore from Wilmington, was elected chairman by unanimous vote. Junior Marc Seelinger was elected executive vice chairman, junior Beth Lawrence was elected as administrative vice chairwoman, freshman Garrett Jacobs was elected treasurer and sophomore Alex Pfadt was elected secretary.

N.C. Governor Bev Perdue focused on improving the education system in her second State of the State address — her first to the Republican-controlled legislature — on Monday night.