State Treasurer Curtis Loftis launches new personal finance lesson for elementary students
State Treasurer Curtis Loftis wants children to get a lesson in finance and is starting a personal lesson plan to do just that.
Politics
Your Voice, Your Vote: Familiar face challenged by two candidates for SC House District 93
Govan is being challenged by third party candidate Harold Geddings and Republican Krista Hassell.
Trump will campaign in Wisconsin with Brett Favre, who's linked to a Mississippi welfare scandal
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will crisscross several swing states on Wednesday, passing each other in Wisconsin, where the former president is scheduled to appear in Green Bay with a onetime local icon, retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre.
Biden suggests Trump supporters are 'garbage' after comic's insult of Puerto Rico
President Joe Biden took a swipe against Donald Trump's supporters as he reacted to the Republican presidential nominee's weekend rally at Madison Square Garden, which was overshadowed by crude and racist rhetoric.
Harris promises to 'represent all Americans' after Biden's remark on Trump supporters and 'garbage'
Kamala Harris said she disagrees “with any criticism of people based on who they vote for,” reacting after President Joe Biden's reference to Donald Trump's supporters and “garbage.”
Democrats escalate attacks on Trump after comedian calls Puerto Rico 'floating island of garbage'
Democrats stepped up their attacks on Donald Trump on Monday, a day after a comedian opening a rally for the former president called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” a comment that drew wide condemnation and highlighted the rising power of a key Latino group in the swing state of Pennsylvania.
SLED investigating ballot harvesting, fraud allegations in Marion Co., SCGOP Chair says
The South Carolina Republican Party Chairman, Drew McKissick said the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating allegations of ballot harvesting and fraud in Marion County.
Harris reaches for a big moment in her closing argument for 'turning the page' on Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris is making the “ closing argument ” for her presidential campaign Tuesday from the same site where Donald Trump in 2021 fomented the Capitol insurrection, hoping it offers a stark visualization of the alternate futures that voters face if she or Trump takes over the Oval Office in just three months.
As Democrats court Haley supporters, the former UN ambassador is still waiting to hear from Trump
Nikki Haley received more Republican primary votes than anyone who challenged Donald Trump for this year's presidential nomination. She has said she's voting for him, and she released her delegates so they could support him at the Republican National Convention.
Vance calls Russia an American adversary but won't label Moscow as an enemy
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance says Russia is a U.S. adversary but suggests it's counterproductive to approach Moscow as an enemy.
The trajectory of Ukraine's fight against Russia hangs on the outcome of the US election
There is no doubt that the U.S. election will determine the trajectory of the war in Ukraine.
State Party chairs urging SC voters to get out to the Polls
Early voting is underway in South Carolina, now through Saturday, November 2. State party chairs are urging people to hit the polls now
Computer glitch could keep 1,900 teens from voting in South Carolina
A civil rights organization wants South Carolina to reopen voter registration for nearly 1,900 teens after the state Department of Motor Vehicles failed to notify election officials that they checked the box to register as they got their driver's licenses.
Trump visiting Texas to tape Joe Rogan's podcast and to criticize Harris on immigration
Former President Donald Trump on Friday is heading to Texas — his first public campaign event in the state since receiving the Republican nomination — to sit down with the most listened-to-podcaster in the country, creating another opportunity for him to highlight the hypermasculine tone that has defined much of his 2024 White House bid.
Obama, Springsteen boost Harris as she warns of ‘brutally serious’ consequences if Trump wins
Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama lent their star power to Kamala Harris’ quest for the presidency on Thursday, as the vice president implored Georgia voters to consider the “brutally serious” consequences if Donald Trump wins a second term in the White House.
National Politics
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- Sen. Thom Tillis takes on the White House, but not Trump Jan 17, 2026 5:17 AM ESTSen. Thom Tillis isn't holding back in his final year in Washington
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- 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
