CNN Poll: Trump narrowly leads Biden in general election rematch
If the 2024 presidential election was held today between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Trump would have a narrow lead, according to a new CNN poll.
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House passes bill to enhance child tax credit, revive key tax breaks for businesses
For a House that has struggled to get bills of consequence over the finish line, the tax legislation could represent a rare breakthrough.
Haley insists she's staying in the GOP race. Here's how that could cause problems for Trump
Nikki Haley 's path to the GOP nomination is rapidly shrinking following recent losses in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Nikki Haley has called out prejudice but rejected talk of systemic racism throughout her career
Four years after South Carolina removed the Confederate battle flag from its Statehouse grounds, Nikki Haley offered two separate explanations of the flag's meaning in less than a week.
South Carolina to provide free gun training classes under open carry bill passed by state Senate
South Carolina would provide free gun training and allow anyone who can legally own a gun to carry their weapon in public under a bill that passed the state Senate on Thursday.
Poll: Biden now has a lead over Trump in hypothetical head-to-head match-up for president
A new poll finds President Biden is now in the lead over former President Trump in a hypothetical match-up for president.
Nikki Haley makes campaign stop in SC
Republican Presidential Candidate and Former SC Governor Nikki Haley made a return to her home state on Thursday afternoon.
SC Democratic primary to be held on Saturday
The Democratic primary will be held on Saturday, Feb. 3.
Attorney general and lawmakers aim to tackle backlog of violent crimes piling up across South Carolina
In the 3rd circuit district alone, which includes Sumter County, there are 61 murder charges dating more than three years old.
Nikki Haley's dilemma in South Carolina: winning over voters who like her, but love Trump
For South Carolina's conservatives, deciding whether Nikki Haley ’s record warrants a promotion to the Oval Office seems less about her experience and abilities and more about the man standing in her way: Donald Trump.
Biden offers fresh assurances he would shut down border 'right now' if Congress sends him a deal
Bidding to salvage a border deal in Congress that also would unlock money for Ukraine, President Joe Biden offered fresh assurances Saturday night that he would be willing to close the U.S.-Mexico border if lawmakers would only send him a bill to sign.
First Lady makes a stop in West Columbia
With the South Carolina Democratic Primary next Saturday, First Lady Jill Biden traveled to the Palmetto State Friday
Pro-Biden super PAC launches ad featuring Rep. Clyburn ahead of South Carolina's lead-off primary
A super political action committee supporting President Joe Biden’s reelection is aiming to boost the Democrat's primary campaign in lead-off South Carolina with a television ad featuring Rep. Jim Clyburn, the state's senior congressman whose endorsement boosted Biden's 2020 run.
First Lady Jill Biden to speak at Columbia event
First Lady Jill Biden, Ph.D. is coming to the Capital City to headline the South Carolina Educators for Biden-Harris campaign event.
Republican National Committee plans to soon consider declaring Trump the 'presumptive 2024 nominee'
The Republican National Committee is expected to consider a resolution next week to declare Donald Trump the party’s “presumptive 2024 nominee," even though only two states have voted and the former president has nowhere near the requisite number of delegates to clinch the mantle.
National Politics
- Dirk Kempthorne, former Idaho governor and US Interior secretary, dies at 74 Apr 25, 2026 10:18 PM EDTFormer Idaho Gov. and U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has died at age 74
- Close watch on how Trump and journalists will get along at White House correspondents' dinner Apr 25, 2026 2:47 PM EDTDonald Trump is expected to make his first appearance as president at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington
- TMZ is flexing in Washington, with high-profile results. What took so long? Apr 24, 2026 8:04 PM EDTTMZ is making a splash in Washington, D.C., bringing its Hollywood-style paparazzi tactics to politics
- Locked Capitol doors and more cash for security are the new normal after Minnesota assassination Apr 24, 2026 2:18 PM EDTState lawmakers across the U.S. are increasing security measures as political violence rises
- Democrat Josh Shapiro tests political muscle in swing-state Pennsylvania's midterms Apr 24, 2026 7:15 AM EDTJosh Shapiro may be heavily favored to win reelection as Pennsylvania governor, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot on the line for him this year
- Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool gets a blue coating as Trump tackles renovation project Apr 24, 2026 6:39 AM EDTPresident Donald Trump is having the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool coated in a swimming pool surface hued in “American flag blue,” covering a decades-old granite surface that he said was “leaking like a sieve” and would take years to replace
- Republican proposes giving Democratic-leaning part of Virginia back to DC after redistricting vote Apr 23, 2026 8:50 PM EDTA Republican congressman has introduced legislation that would expand the borders of Washington, D.C., and cost Virginia Democratic voters
- Pennsylvania treasurer says 'no' to taxpayers footing $1M in security upgrades at Shapiro's home Apr 23, 2026 6:00 PM EDTPennsylvania’s treasurer is refusing to approve payments for more than $1 million in security upgrades to the private home of Gov. Josh Shapiro
- California's woes at the center of debate among leading candidates for governor Apr 23, 2026 10:10 AM EDTSix leading candidates for California governor are jostling for advantage in a chaotic race with no clear leader
- Senate passes budget plan for ICE and Border Patrol in bid to reopen Homeland Security Department Apr 23, 2026 10:02 AM EDTThe Senate has taken the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections
