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.
Politics
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.”
Trump will sign an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday designed to prevent people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in women’s or girls' sporting events.
National Politics
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