Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Richard Burr has been cleared in one investigation into possible insider trading in ...

It’s been two years since former Sen. Richard Burr visited the Capitol, but he returned Thursday to defend former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to lead the national intelligence community.

Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) revealed that former Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) will introduce Gabbard at her hearing on Thursday. Burr, a former chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is highly ...

They might seem an unlikely buddy act—Republican Richard Burr, the laconic former lawn-equipment salesman from North Carolina, and Democrat Mark Warner, the gregarious ex-telecom executive from ...

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. makes a comment during a live televised Senate debate with Democratic challenger Deborah Ross at in Research Triangle Park, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. AP Photo/Gerry ...