A presidential visit always brings excitement to a city, but it also tends to increase police presence, snarl traffic and, in Biden’s case, cause crowds near local ice cream stores.

President Joe Biden came to Durham yesterday to tour Wolfspeed, an N.C. State-born semiconductor firm expanding its operations in North Carolina amid surging demand for its chips from electric vehicle makers.

President Joe Biden touted legislation providing subsidies for semiconductors Tuesday in North Carolina, highlighting his economic agenda in a crucial battleground