North Carolina Republicans Push to Seize Power From Top Democrats

The state’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a sweeping bill that would erode the power of the Democratic governor and attorney general and hand the G.O.P. more control over elections.North Carolina’s legislature has long been controlled by Republicans. For years they have sought to claw power away from a governor’s office occupied by Roy Cooper, a Democrat who will be succeeded next year by Josh Stein, another Democrat.