Rep. Mace introduces bills to bar transgender women from restrooms, shelters and prisons
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a trifecta of bills aimed at transgender people's use of public restrooms and their presence in prisons.
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Carolina for All calls for key bills to be passed during legislative session
Advocates with a group known as "Carolina for All" are calling for action on key bills that they believe will help protect democracy throughout South Carolina.
2nd federal judge in 2 days blocks President Trump's birthright citizenship order
A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally.
Judge temporarily blocks Trump plan offering incentives for federal workers to resign
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal workers by offering them financial incentives, the latest tumult for government employees already wrestling with upheaval from the new administration.
Senate Budget Committee to begin markup of Fiscal Year 2025 resolution next week
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, announced Wednesday that the committee will mark up the Senate’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget resolution next week.
Gov. McMaster praises confirmation of Tom Mullikin as SCNR director
Governor Henry McMaster released a statement on the confirmation of Tom Mullikin as the new director of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
Gov. McMaster proposes $21.1M for school resource officers, staffing issues persist
Gov. Henry McMaster wants to use $21.1 million from his Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget to hire and train more School Resource Officers for 177 schools across the state, pending approval from the state's General Assembly.
Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump's policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk
Demonstrators gathered in cities across the U.S. on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration's early actions.
Mexico deploys the first of 10,000 National Guard troops to US border after Trump's tariff threat
A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, among the first of 10,000 troops Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following tariff threats by President Donald Trump.
China blacklists parent company of Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger
China has blacklisted the parent company of two American clothing brands.
SC House Judiciary Committee advances resolution for term limits in US Congress
A resolution to install congressional term limits moved forward from the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee Tuesday afternoon.
South Carolina Senate passes lottery-funded voucher bill for private schools
The South Carolina Senate passed a bill Tuesday allowing parents to receive vouchers for private schools.
AG Wilson pens statewide letter encouraging sheriffs to work with ICE
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson sent a letter to the state's 46 sheriffs Tuesday, encouraging them to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to perform "some" immigration enforcement efforts in their counties.
First military flight lands in Guantanamo Bay with migrants deported from the US
The first U.S. military flight deporting migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay landed in Cuba on Tuesday evening, according to a U.S. official.
Trump’s birthright citizenship order is put on hold by a second federal judge
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a second nationwide pause on President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally, calling citizenship a “most precious right.”
National Politics
- When Texas Republican John Cornyn became a senator, Bush was president. Will he survive Trump's GOP? Jan 16, 2026 3:09 PM ESTFour-term Texas Sen. John Cornyn is in the political fight of his career
- Trump isn't waiting for future generations to name things after him Jan 16, 2026 5:51 AM ESTPresident Donald Trump isn't waiting for future generations to decide to name important things in his honor — he's doing it himself
- How the White House and governors want to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikes Jan 16, 2026 5:33 AM ESTThe White House and a bipartisan group of governors are holding an event Friday taking aim at power shortages and price spikes from data centers for artificial intelligence
- Inside a year of firings that have shaken the Trump Justice Department: 'A great deal of fear' Jan 16, 2026 5:17 AM ESTAs Attorney General Pam Bondi approaches her first anniversary on the job, the firings of career attorneys have defined her turbulent tenure
- Insurrection Act: How it's been used and what Trump wants to do with it Jan 16, 2026 3:33 AM ESTDonald Trump would not be the first president to invoke the Insurrection Act, as he has now threatened to do as a way to send U.S. military forces to Minnesota
- Top ICE official resigns to seek battleground congressional seat in Ohio Jan 15, 2026 8:05 PM ESTA top ICE official has resigned her job in a bid to oust the longest-serving woman in Congress this fall
- The health care debate is back in Washington. It never really went away Jan 15, 2026 2:21 PM ESTThe ongoing debate over health care in the U.S. remains as contentious as ever
- Alaska woman appeals voter fraud charges in case that puts spotlight on status of American Samoans Jan 15, 2026 11:57 AM ESTA state appeals court is being asked to dismiss felony voter misconduct charges against an Alaska resident born in American Samoa
- House GOP's new Jan. 6 committee questions what happened that day Jan 15, 2026 2:21 AM ESTThe House GOP’s new Select Committee on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack has held its first hearing, but it's clear the trauma of that day still lingers
- Liberian man arrested in Minneapolis raid was regularly checking in with authorities, lawyer says Jan 15, 2026 1:33 AM ESTThe Liberian man arrested over the weekend after heavily armed immigration agents used a battering ram to break through the front door of his Minneapolis home had been checking in regularly with federal authorities for years, his attorney said
