Mitch Kokai from the John Locke Foundation discussed the NC Supreme Court's decision to uphold 60,000 challenged votes while leaving others uncertain, and also covered top legislators’ opposition to Governor Stein’s effort to block changes to the state election board. Statewide news updates included a federal judge ordering North Carolina’s Supreme Court election plan to move forward, FEMA denying Governor Stein’s request to extend full federal funding for Hurricane Helene recovery, and a U.S. expat pleading guilty to threatening to kill Senator Tillis.