SC primary for Governor is June 9
Attorney General Alan Wilson, Representative Nancy Mace, Representative Ralph Norman, and Senator Josh Kimbrell join Pamela Evette in vying for the Republican nomination.
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House GOP pushes strict proof-of-citizenship requirement for voters ahead of midterm elections
House Republicans rushed to approve legislation on Wednesday that would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm elections, a long shot Trump administration priority that faces sharp blowback in the Senate.
US stocks tick higher as investors try to separate AI winners from losers
U.S. stocks are ticking higher Thursday and once again flirting with a record following mixed profit reports from big companies.
McMaster backs Evette to replace him as South Carolina governor. Is Trump’s endorsement next?
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is endorsing Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette ’s bid to succeed him in office, an attempt to clear the…
Homeland Security officials voice concerns about looming shutdown
Congress has approved full-year funding for the vast majority of the federal government, but it only passed a short-term funding patch for the Department of Homeland Security that extends through Friday.
Congressional leaders say ICE deal is still possible despite divisions
Congressional leaders said Tuesday that a deal was still possible with the White House on Homeland Security Department funding before it expires this weekend.
Former President Joe Biden to visit Columbia for SC Democratic Party reception
Former President Joe Biden is coming to Columbia for an SCDP reception in his honor on Friday, February 27 at 7 p.m.
Governors won't hold Trump meeting after White House only invited Republicans
The National Governors Association will no longer hold a formal meeting with President Donald Trump when the group of state leaders meet in Washington later this month after the White House planned to invite only Republicans.
Rep. Clyburn honors Black service-members in speech on House floor
U.S. Rep. James Clyburn paid tribute to Black service-members and veterans during Black History Month.
Trump's immigration chiefs are set to testify in Congress following protester deaths
The heads of the agencies carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda will testify in Congress Tuesday and face questions over how they are prosecuting immigration enforcement inside American cities.
'Take the vaccine, please,' a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise
A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.
Trump's racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it
FILE - Former President Barack Obama talks with then President-elect Donald Trump as Melania Trump reads the funeral program before the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9,…
SC Senate passes DUI reform bill
The South Carolina Senate unanimously advanced a measure aiming overhaul the state's laws against DUI's.
Census Bureau plans to use survey with a citizenship question in its test for 2030, alarming experts
The U.S. Census Bureau plans to use a survey form with a citizenship question as part of its practice test of the 2030 census, raising questions about whether the Trump administration might try to make a significant change to the once-a-decade headcount that failed during the president's first term.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats' ICE demands
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic”.
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