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.
Politics
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.
SC Senate passes bill to exempt taxes on feminine hygiene products
On Tuesday, April 30, the South Carolina Senate passed legislation exempting feminine care products from taxation.
What defines a heartbeat? Judge hears arguments in South Carolina abortion case
South Carolina's ban on abortions after roughly six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant, returned to court Thursday with Planned Parenthood and the state arguing over what could be two different ways to define a heartbeat in the law.
Biden says 'order must prevail' during campus protests over the war in Gaza
President Joe Biden on Thursday rejected calls from student protesters to change his approach to the war in Gaza while insisting that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face a wave of violence, outrage and fear.
Biden adds stop to North Carolina trip to visit with families of fallen law enforcement officers
President Joe Biden, who heads to Wilmington, North Carolina Thursday to talk about the economy, is detouring to Charlotte to meet with the families of law enforcement officers shot to death on the job — just a week after he sat down with the grieving relatives of two cops killed in Upstate New York.
South Carolina Senate takes up ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
South Carolina's Senate is debating a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors with just days left in a 2024 session where they have largely avoided social hot-button issues.
Trump awarded 36 million more Trump Media shares worth $1.8 billion after hitting price benchmarks
Former President Donald Trump has secured an additional $1.8 billion worth of shares in Trump Media, according to a regulatory filing this week.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to force a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she would call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, forcing her colleagues to choose sides in a difficult showdown after Democratic leaders announced they would provide the votes to save the Republican speaker's job.
National Politics
- Ex-FBI officials due back in court in Hunter Biden laptop case Oct 27, 2026 6:52 AM EDTTwo former FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about their participation in investigations involving Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, are due back in court
- How Trump’s ‘little detour’ to Iran became a roadblock in the midterm elections Oct 27, 2026 6:46 AM EDTWhen President Donald Trump launched his war on Iran, he said it would last a matter of weeks
- Judge extends court-ordered block on Trump’s renovation plans for public golf course Oct 27, 2026 6:39 AM EDTA federal judge has agreed to extend an order blocking the Trump administration’s renovation plans for a century-old public golf course in the nation’s capital
- Trump and Rubio plan to visit oil tanker carrying Venezuelan crude in Texas Oct 27, 2026 6:30 AM EDTPresident Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio plan to showcase a newly arrived oil tanker filled with Venezuelan crude in Texas on Tuesday
- Lula mobilized millions to win Brazil's election, while Bolsonaro contests loss and Trump cries foul Oct 26, 2026 8:32 PM EDTBrazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won reelection in Brazil's presidential runoff
- Clock management issues and 2-minute troubles are giving Aaron Glenn and the Jets a tough time Oct 26, 2026 8:32 PM EDTCoach Aaron Glenn's time with the New York Jets seems to be running out
- Titans’ late-game woes deepen as loss ties NFL mark for no back-to-back wins in the same season Oct 26, 2026 7:49 PM EDTFrom first-year coach Robert Saleh’s viewpoint, the Tennessee Titans have a finishing problem and a 1-4 record in games decided by a touchdown or less this season to prove it
- Seahawks rout the Chiefs as Harrison Butker misses 2 more kicks in a dismal all-around showing Oct 26, 2026 6:42 PM EDTThe Kansas City Chiefs had a tough night in Seattle on Sunday, losing 20-3 in a game in which nobody played well
- 6 citizens sue Trump, saying media ban deprives them of news as audience stakeholders Oct 26, 2026 6:26 PM EDTA new lawsuit against President Donald Trump's media ban stakes a claim for the public itself
- The Steelers are winning the games they're supposed to win. They'll take it ... for now Oct 26, 2026 5:38 PM EDTThe Pittsburgh Steelers have reeled off three straight wins to reach 5-2, but quarterback Aaron Rodgers says there's still plenty of room for improvement
