Politics

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...
22:02 1 March 2022

Super Tuesday’s results don’t always match primaries’ design

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After Democrats saw Walter Mondale lose 49 states to President Ronald Reagan in 1984, party le...
21:39 1 March 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Sanders’ shift on delegates needed to win

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders is misrepresenting his stance on how many delegates a Democratic candidate must amass b...
21:31 1 March 2022

Bloomberg banking on Florida but must survive Super Tuesday

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A.J. Broome is a 56-year-old married gay man living in St. Petersburg, Florida. Until recent...
17:13 1 March 2022

Democrats gather for ‘Bloody Sunday’ commemoration in Selma

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates gathered Sunday in this crucible of the civil rights movement to a...
16:16 1 March 2022

Buttigieg at crossroads after poor finish in South Carolina

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — The window is closing for Pete Buttigieg’s longshot presidential campaign. His fourth-pla...
15:51 1 March 2022

Some states make it harder for college students to vote

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt University student Will Newell wishes it was easier for college students like him to ca...
13:45 1 March 2022

President’s power to can independent agency heads faces test

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is about to tell President Donald Trump whether he has more power to use a favorite ...
12:49 1 March 2022

Analysis: Biden positions himself as leading moderate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden bought himself time. It’s unclear how much. Biden’s victory in South Carolina on Saturday wa...
5:12 1 March 2022

Trump picks Ratcliffe as top intelligence official, again

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday picked Rep. John Ratcliffe again to be the nation’s top intelligence ...
23:34 28 February 2022

Trump tries to shift blame as virus outbreak rattles markets

WASHINGTON (AP) — As global markets plunged amid growing fears about the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump an...
23:00 28 February 2022

Dems launch Justice probe, seek Stone-related interviews

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee is launching a wide-ranging probe of Attorney General William Barr and t...
22:55 28 February 2022

Trump pushing for three-way arms control with Russia, China

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has informed Moscow that the U.S. is open to holding a summit with other perm...
22:44 28 February 2022

AP VoteCast: Voters prioritize health care in South Carolina

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Saturday’s Democratic presidential primary election in South Carolina called health care the...
22:30 28 February 2022

The big crunch: For 2020 Dems, March is key in delegate race

WASHINGTON (AP) — March is crunch time for Democratic presidential candidates, with a nominee likely to emerge over the ...
20:54 28 February 2022

AP-NORC poll: Impeachment didn’t dent Trump approval

WASHINGTON (AP) — Do Americans trust anyone or anything in public life these days?Even after impeachment, ahead of the e...
18:00 28 February 2022

House approves bill to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving to stem a vaping epidemic among young people, the House has approved a bill to ban the sale of ...
17:52 28 February 2022

AP sources: Feds search for possible gun at Epstein jail

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal jail in New York City where wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life is on lock...
16:05 28 February 2022

Biden hopes South Carolina win means a Super Tuesday boost

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden is confident he is poised for victory in Saturday’s first-in-the-South primary, just w...
15:16 28 February 2022

Court halts Trump asylum policy, then suspends its own order

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Trump administration immigration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their ca...
14:27 28 February 2022

Democrats eye Super Tuesday even as South Carolina looms

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bernie Sanders will swing through North Carolina, Virginia and Massachusetts in the coming days....
11:23 28 February 2022

The Latest: Warren says she got results post-financial crash

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential primary contest (all times local):10 p.m.Elizabet...
3:04 28 February 2022

A Baltimore scandal ends as ex-mayor gets 3 years in prison

BALTIMORE (AP) — Yet another embarrassing chapter in Baltimore’s troubled history ended Thursday when the city’s ex-mayo...
2:55 28 February 2022

Trump accuses Democrats of ‘hoax’ for criticizing virus plan

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at Democrats who have questioned his handling of ...
2:23 28 February 2022

AP Explains: Why there isn’t a winner of Iowa’s Dem caucuses

WASHINGTON (AP) — The New Hampshire primary and Nevada caucuses have passed, and South Carolina’s vote is just days away...
1:08 28 February 2022

Whistleblower: Feds helping evacuees lacked virus protection

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government whistleblower has filed a complaint alleging that some federal workers did not have the n...
0:04 28 February 2022

White House hopefuls target Trump on coronavirus response

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Democratic White House hopefuls are seizing on President Donald Trump’s delayed response to the ...
22:52 27 February 2022

Buttigieg back in political fray after respite for bad cold

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A bit hoarse and with an occasional cough, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg retu...
21:52 27 February 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s misplaced statistics on virus risks

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is painting a misleading portrait of the risks of the coronavirus, citing stati...
21:20 27 February 2022

Pence tries to project calm as virus response coordinator

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence moved Thursday to project calm in the role of chief coordinator of the gover...
20:52 27 February 2022