South Carolina lawmakers rekindle bill limiting how topics like race are taught
A small group of lawmakers in South Carolina rekindled debate Tuesday on a bill that would limit how topics like race can be taught in public school K-12 classrooms.
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Rep. Greene and Speaker Johnson meet for a second day as possible vote on his ouster simmers
Embattled Speaker Mike Johnson worked to position himself as in control Tuesday, insisting he's not negotiating with far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as they prepared to meet again at the Capitol and she weighed whether to proceed with a vote on his ouster.
Social security to run short in 2035 if Congress doesn’t act
A new report found just over a decade from now social security and medicare won’t be able to fully pay benefits.
Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial
Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday at Donald Trump's hush money trial, describing for jurors a sexual encounter the porn actor says she had with him in 2006 that resulted in her being paid off to keep silent during the presidential race 10 years later.
Sen. Tim Scott declines to answer if he will accept 2024 presidential election results
Predicting a Donald Trump victory in November, Sen. Tim Scott declined to answer if he would accept the results of the 2024 presidential election during an interview on Sunday.
Biden has rebuilt the refugee system after Trump-era cuts. What comes next in an election year?
A church volunteer stood at an apartment door, beckoning inside a Congolese family for their first look at where they would live in America.
Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail time
The judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday for violating his gag order once again and sternly warned the former president that additional violations could result in jail time.
This week: SC Lawmakers are set to end this years legislative session at State House
This week lawmakers are set to end this years legislative session at the State House. Lawmakers will be pushing bills to the finish line.
Bipartisan lawmakers form a Congressional Dog Lovers Caucus
What better to bring a divided American together than a four-legged friend?
South Carolina's Election Commission highlights crucial dates for June primaries
As the June primaries and runoffs inch closer in South Carolina, the state's Election Commission highlighted key dates for voters to remember.
Michael Cohen hasn't taken the stand in Trump's hush money trial. But jurors are hearing his words
The prosecution's star witness has yet to take the stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial. But jurors are already hearing Michael Cohen's words as prosecutors work to directly tie Trump to payments to silence women with damaging claims about him before the 2016 election.
President Biden announces 2024 Medal of Freedom honorees including Congressman Clyburn
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced this year's recipients for the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 Americans, including South Carolina Representative James Clyburn, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and former Vice President Al Gore.
S.C. Senate overwhelmingly passes transgender ban bill
Thursday night the South Carolina Senate voted 28 to 8 in favor of passing a transgender ban bill
ONE WEEK TO GO: SC lawmakers rush to submit last minute legislation
The Senate has been reluctant to take up an energy bill which has resulted in a reaction from the House.
Jurors in Trump hush money trial hear recording of pivotal call on plan to buy affair story
Jurors in the hush money trial of Donald Trump heard a recording Thursday of him discussing with his then-lawyer and personal fixer a plan to purchase the silence of a Playboy model who has said she had an affair with the former president.
National Politics
- The world's most influential Americans are at odds over Iran Apr 10, 2026 2:22 PM EDTDonald Trump is accustomed to criticism from coast to coast — Democrats, disaffected Republicans, late-night comedians, protesters
- Democrats tackle outside groups flooding their primaries with campaign cash Apr 10, 2026 11:58 AM EDTDemocrats are grappling with a surge of outside spending in their primaries
- Prediction markets are back in the spotlight, this time because of the war in Iran Apr 10, 2026 3:54 AM EDTPrediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, even the fate of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran
- What one campaign rally in Michigan reveals about young voters ahead of the midterm elections Apr 9, 2026 12:02 PM EDTMany young voters say politics isn’t delivering and they want candidates who offer something new, not just opposition
- Democratic presidential prospects flock to New York to court activists at Al Sharpton's conference Apr 9, 2026 7:22 AM EDTThe Democratic Party’s most ambitious politicians are courting African American activists in New York this week as the party’s unofficial 2028 presidential nomination contest begins to take shape
- California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to pause election probe and preserve seized ballots Apr 8, 2026 5:49 PM EDTThe California Supreme Court has ordered a Republican county sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots to pause his probe into election fraud allegations while the judges review the legal challenge against it
- Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller wins Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former House seat in Georgia Apr 8, 2026 7:53 AM EDTRepublican Clay Fuller has won Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat in Georgia
- Rep. Eric Swalwell vows to push back on ICE in bid for California governor Apr 8, 2026 7:22 AM EDTCalifornia Rep. Eric Swalwell is vowing to aggressively push back on federal immigration officers if elected governor
- Democratic-backed Chris Taylor wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, growing liberal majority Apr 8, 2026 4:02 AM EDTDemocratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor has won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court
- How big of a tent do Democrats want? Michigan's Senate primary is testing the limits Apr 7, 2026 4:52 PM EDTProgressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is teaming up with online streamer Hasan Piker for campus events that are already sparking backlash
