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.
Politics
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”.
National Politics
- Why reported challenges with touchscreen voting machines don't signal election rigging Oct 23, 2026 6:52 AM EDTReports of touchscreen voting machines selecting the wrong candidate have been surfacing on social media, as they have during previous election years
- Immigrants seeking US citizenship targeted in Trump administration's illegal voting crackdown Oct 23, 2026 6:51 AM EDTMost of the immigrants targeted by federal authorities in California this week for alleged voter fraud had applied for U.S. citizenship and now face charges related to lying on forms or during interviews
- Supreme Court allows New Hampshire to fully ban student IDs for voting in midterms Oct 22, 2026 11:51 PM EDTThe Supreme Court has cleared the way for New Hampshire to fully ban student IDs for voting during the midterm elections
- MAHA's Calley Means resigns as a top RFK Jr. health adviser days before the midterm elections Oct 22, 2026 10:32 PM EDTCalley Means, a top advocate for the Make America Healthy Again movement, has resigned from his role a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Means says he leaves with respect for President Donald Trump and Kennedy
- Judge orders Trump administration to halt noncitizen voting investigation in 9 states Oct 22, 2026 3:51 PM EDTA federal judge has ordered that President Donald Trump’s administration must halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote
- Jeffries says Democrats 'on the verge' of winning the House. It puts speaker's gavel in reach Oct 22, 2026 12:26 PM EDTDemocratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is on track to become House speaker if his party sweeps to power in midterm elections and elects him to the job
- At Cadillac Mountain, a missing Wabanaki marker and the fight over what national parks should tell Oct 22, 2026 11:40 AM EDTSigns and exhibits about slavery, climate change, and Native Americans have been removed from national parks across the country as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to eliminate what it calls disparaging material
- Trump administration asks Supreme Court to lift halt on Big Bend border wall Oct 21, 2026 9:54 PM EDTThe Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to let it resume building a border wall through Texas's Big Bend region
- In struggling LA, Mayor Karen Bass fights for 2nd term against democratic socialist-backed Raman Oct 21, 2026 12:10 PM EDTThe fight to lead Los Angeles City Hall is matching the unpopular incumbent, Karen Bass, against a lightly known city council member backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, Nithya Raman
- A 'golden age' vs. 'we're working on it': Trump, Vance give different economy pitches Oct 21, 2026 12:10 PM EDTWhen Vice President JD Vance speaks on the campaign trail about the high costs Americans are facing, he often says he understands that people are hurting
