Politics

State Superintendent Responds to Governor’s Vetoes

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman responded shortly after Governor Henry McMaster issued 41 vetoes to the state budget Monday. The vetoes totaled to over $56 million dollars. Over 20 million of those dollars were designated to go to the lottery to fund new school buses. Spearman said partially in a statement: “By vetoing funding for the purchase of…

There’s ‘Absolutely Evidence’ to Begin Obstruction of Justice Case on Trump: Bharara

Former New York U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said “there’s absolutely evidence to begin a case” for obstruction of justice against President Donald Trump. The former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York was responding to a question from ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview on “This Week” Sunday. Stephanopoulos asked whether as a former…

Sessions to Appear Before Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday

Alex Brandon/AP Photo   In just a few hours, Attorney General Jeff Sessions will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, less than a week after that panel heard testimony from former FBI Director James Comey. In letters to the chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies — with whom Sessions…