Supreme Court upholds federal ban on firearms for domestic violence offenders
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal ban on firearms for people under domestic violence restraining orders.
Politics
Governor McMaster to visit Germany, a major driver of the state's economy
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is off to Germany next week to strengthen business ties that have fueled this century's economic boom in the formerly struggling Southern state.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fails to qualify for CNN's debate. It'll be a showdown between Biden and Trump
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has failed to qualify for next week's debate in Atlanta, according to host network CNN, falling shy of benchmarks both for state ballot qualification and necessary polling.
Millions with student loan debt will soon pay less
Millions of borrowers will see their monthly student loan payments reduced starting in July.
Biden again calls Trump a 'convicted felon' at a fundraiser pushing his 5-day total to around $40M
President Joe Biden again taunted Donald Trump as a “convicted felon” during a high-dollar fundraiser Tuesday, saying his likely opponent in November’s election is waging an “all-out assault” on the U.S. legal system.
Election Commission certifies primaries, runoffs set for June 25
The results of the June 11, statewide primaries have been certified.
New York's top court declines to hear Trump's appeal of gag order in hush money case
New York’s top court on Tuesday declined to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal in his hush money case, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month.
SC lawmakers discuss the state budget
Lawmakers are back at the State House this week but not in the way that many expected.
Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a new plan from Biden
President Joe Biden is taking an expansive election year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S., aiming to balance his own aggressive crackdown on the southern border earlier this month that enraged advocates and many Democratic lawmakers.
Surgeon General calls for warning label on social media apps
The U.S. Surgeon General is demanding Congress put a warning label on social media apps similar to the ones on cigarettes and alcohol.
Biden will announce deportation protection and work permits for spouses of US citizens
President Joe Biden is planning to announce a sweeping new policy Tuesday that would lift the threat of deportation for tens of thousands of people married to U.S. citizens, an aggressive election-year action on immigration that had been sought by many Democrats.
Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but confuses the name of the doctor who tested him
Donald Trump on Saturday night suggested President Joe Biden “should have to take a cognitive test," only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence.
Biden's campaign announces a $50 million advertising blitz highlighting Trump's conviction
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is spending $50 million through the end of June, a blitz that includes its first television ad trumpeting Donald Trump’s felony conviction and signals that the Democratic incumbent is seeking to make his Republican opponent’s legal woes a bigger issue heading into November.
Justice Department won't prosecute Garland for contempt, says refusal to provide audio wasn't crime
Attorney General Merrick Garland will not be prosecuted for contempt of Congress because his refusal to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case “did not constitute a crime," the Justice Department said Friday.
President Biden says he won't offer commutation to his son Hunter after gun sentence
President Joe Biden said Thursday that he will not use his presidential powers to lessen the eventual sentence that his son Hunter will receive for his federal felony conviction on gun crimes.
National Politics
- 6 citizens sue Trump, saying media ban deprives them of news as audience stakeholders Oct 26, 2026 3:19 PM EDTA new lawsuit against President Donald Trump's media ban stakes a claim for the public itself
- Mike Boynton takes over defending national champion Michigan as part of a busy coaching carousel Oct 26, 2026 12:48 PM EDTMichigan’s national title defense represents a second chance for new Wolverines coach Mike Boynton
- Only the shaky Vikings are undefeated after depleted 49ers lose and Chiefs get dominated Oct 26, 2026 11:04 AM EDTBrock Purdy and the 49ers couldn’t overcome all the injuries one more time
- Iran says messages are still being passed to the US amid war concerns, and other Mideast news Oct 25, 2026 10:45 PM EDTIran says messages are still being passed to the U.S. through intermediaries, keeping the door open for diplomacy amid rising war concerns
- Catholic bishops regret White House prayer photo with Trump, say it was used politically Oct 25, 2026 9:54 PM EDTTwo Catholic bishops have expressed regret that they agreed to a White House meeting that produced a publicly distributed photo of them praying with President Donald Trump
- Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family suffer minor injuries in car crash Oct 25, 2026 7:50 PM EDTAlaska’s Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family suffered minor injuries Saturday in a car crash while driving to a campaign stop, her campaign said
- Trump's midterm swing brings him to Michigan as Republicans aim to undermine El-Sayed in Senate race Oct 25, 2026 7:38 PM EDTPresident Donald Trump's busy midterm campaign schedule is bringing him to Michigan, where Republicans hope to claim an open Senate seat on Election Day
- Blanche says Trump isn't trying to meddle with Alaska election results by suing over Senate race Oct 25, 2026 6:11 PM EDTAttorney General Todd Blanche is defending the Trump administration’s lawsuit to block certification of Alaska's Senate results if incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan loses the race
- She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills Oct 25, 2026 1:15 PM EDTCindy Banda faces mounting medical bills after battling breast cancer
- Massachusetts and Idaho put guns on the ballot. One seeks to restrict them, the other to honor them Oct 25, 2026 12:34 PM EDTVoters in Idaho and Massachusetts face contrasting gun-related ballot questions that highlight the national tension between firearm freedoms and restrictions
