SC results reveal challenge for Sanders among black voters
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Bernie Sanders’ presidential ambitions were undone in 2016 when he couldn’t line up enough support...
Steyer foundation mulling SC investments - after the primary
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Ahead of this month’s crucial South Carolina primary, the wife of presidential candidate Tom Steyer that the foundation she runs is i...
Democratic hopefuls now test strength among minority voters
COLUMBIA, S.C. — For I.S. Leevy Johnson, the Democrats’ search for a challenger to take on President Donald Trump is personal.
Appeals court deals blow to Trump’s Medicaid work rules
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's effort to remake Medicaid by requiring low-income people to work for health care suffered a serious setback Fr...
Joe Biden looks to South Carolina to resurrect his campaign
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joe Biden brought his wounded presidential campaign to South Carolina on Tuesday, staking his hopes for a comeback on the loyalty of ...
Steyer’s wife moves to S. Carolina for rest of 2020 campaign
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Illustrating the focus Tom Steyer's presidential campaign is putting on South Carolina, the Democrat's wife has stepped down from her...
Harris, No. 1 South Carolina earn first win over UConn 70-52
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's Tyasha Harris really thought coming in she wasn't bothered by her losing history against UConn.
Trump lawyer blurs lines between charity and profit
WASHINGTON — Jay Sekulow, one of President Donald Trump’s lead attorneys during the impeachment trial, is being paid for his legal work through a rent...
Steyer aims criminal justice plan at taking on racial bias
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer is proposing a criminal justice reform plan that would reduce the costs of incarceration...
Canada justice dept. lawyer says Huawei exec committed fraud
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A Canadian justice department lawyer said Wednesday that fraud, not sanctions, is the crucial element for a judge to con...
DC claims inaugural committee spending enriched Trump family
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s inaugural committee spent more than $1 million to book a ballroom at the Trump International Hotel in the nation's capital...
2020 Democratic contenders link arms in MLK Jr. Day march
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidates hit pause on their recent feuds Monday as they walked shoulder to shoulder through the streets of ...
Huawei exec’s extradition hearing begins in Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The first stage of an extradition hearing for a senior executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei begins Monday in a Vanc...
Buttigieg trying now to make it to SC for MLK Day events
FLORENCE, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, who has been criticized for his slow outreach to blacks and other minorities, is tr...
Not on form, but brawl over citizenship question continues
The U.S. Supreme Court decided a citizenship question won't be on this spring's census form, but that doesn't mean the fight over it has ended in cou...
Unique sex-abuse suit filed against Boy Scouts in US capital
A team of lawyers filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking to establish the nation’s capital as a venue for men across the...
An eye on impeachment, judges weigh House-Trump disputes
WASHINGTON — With an eye to impeachment, federal appellate judges struggled Friday with whether to grant House Democrats' demands for testimony from f...
Ex-Trump aide Manafort told FBI he had ‘no chance at trial’
WASHINGTON — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort said he knew he “had no chance at trial" when he pleaded guilty in special counsel Robert Mu...
Utility finishes removing toxic coal ash from SC power plant
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A utility company in South Carolina finished removing all the coal ash from the site of a nearly 50-year-old power plant on the Water...
Sanders: Scripture calls for renewed focus on justice in US
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders says Scripture calls for a renewed focus on justice as Democrats campaign to replace P...
Harris hopes to make ‘magic’ with black women in SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Aside a wall of 2-foot-tall letters spelling out “Black Women Lead,” behind a podium bearing a “Black Women for Kamala” sign, Kamala ...
Bloomberg wins key SC endorsement ahead of possible 2020 bid
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Before he’s officially a presidential candidate, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is picking up a key endorsement in South Car...
US officials granting $29 million for coastal protection
NEW ORLEANS — Projects to protect Texas marshes from erosion and an Alaskan village from the Bering Sea are getting help from some of the 44 grants aw...
2020 hopeful Harris focuses on black women in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Kamala Harris is framing an upcoming campaign swing through early voting South Carolina around the voting demographic most sought aft...
Missouri proposes ban on pot companies paying taxes in cash
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri's health department wants to ban medical marijuana businesses from paying taxes in cash, a move that industry advocates say c...
Harris speaks at SC candidate forum after organizers nixed
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris spoke at a criminal justice forum at a historically black college on Saturday after a...