ABC NEWS- President Trump defended his executive order restricting the entry into the U.S. of people from seven Muslim-dominated countries, saying the move was not about religion but about keeping the country safe, but administration officials appeared to backtrack on the scope of the order, even as demonstrators gathered across the U.S. to protest. Massive crowds packed Boston’s Copley…
ABC NEWS- Two leading GOP senators, John McCain and Lindsey Graham, joined other Republican officials on Sunday in criticizing President Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees. McCain of Arizona and Graham of South Carolina issued a joint statement saying, “Our government has a responsibility to defend our borders.” “It is clear from the confusion at our airports across the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – A bi-partisan group of lawmakers is pushing to legalize medical marijuana in South Carolina. 28 states nationwide have given patients access to marijuana for pain treatment. Even so, the possibility of adding SC to the list spurs passionate debate inside the State House. In 2014 a bill passed allowing for possession of CBD oil for patients…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The director of South Carolina’s Department of Juvenile Justice has resigned following a report that criticized her agency as still unprepared to prevent riots. Gov. Henry McMaster accepted Sylvia Murray’s resignation Friday, effective at day’s end. Murray says in her letter, provided to The Associated Press, that her decision “did not come easily,” but she’s decided…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Let’s get started! In a video released to South Carolina, newly sworn in Governor Henry McMaster laid out his plans for the state. In the nearly two minute YouTube video McMaster says his new job is the very best job in the word. The Governor shares some very personal aspects of his life, from growing up to marriage…
President Donald Trump held an Oval Office meeting Friday with British Prime Minister Theresa May, a friendly ally who hopes to nudge the populist president toward the political mainstream.
President Trump and the President of Mexico continue to build a wall between each other over the infamous border wall causing the two to cancel an upcoming meeting.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced on Twitter today that he canceled a scheduled meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, just one day after Trump signed an executive order calling for the launch of plans to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, President Donald Trump said he “absolutely” thinks waterboarding works and would consider reinstating it as an interrogation technique, depending on the advice of Defense Secretary James Mattis and CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Gov. Henry McMaster has chosen a long-time aide as his chief of staff. According to the governor’s office, Trey Walker is rejoining his former boss following McMaster’s ascension. Categories: Local News, News, Politics, State Tags: State House
