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.

Sen. Tom Cotton worked tirelessly and strategically to propel Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to DNI past the key Senate intel ...

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 ...

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 ...