At the beginning of the 2023 session, a few lawmakers introduced a bill that would enable prosecutors to try women for capital punishment if they had an abortion. The bill, … Click to Continue ...
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Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) praised former President Trump and President Biden’s decision to debate one another but said he thinks independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should also be in...
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defended his decision to attend former President Trump's hush money trial in New York earlier this week, calling the case an "atrocity." In an interview with … Clic...
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A federal appeals court rejected a bid from a group of Maryland parents to require Montgomery County Public Schools to allow them to opt their children out of lessons that … Click to Continue �...
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The North Carolina state Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to ban anyone from wearing masks in public, even for health reasons. Republican supporters of the ban said it would … Click to ...
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Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, said Wednesday that House Republicans will release their proposed top-line number for government funding for most of 2025 lat...
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NEW YORK - Prosecutors made no qualms on Wednesday painting Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) as a politically powerful but corrupt lawmaker who accepted gold bars, envelopes of cash and a … Click to ...
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President Biden and former President Trump dealt a major blow to the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) on Wednesday, calling into question the usefulness of the organization moving forward...
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More than 100 immigration and civil rights organizations are urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to abandon his plans to bring a bipartisan Senate immigration deal to the floor �...
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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) sharply criticized Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on the House floor Wednesday after he made an appearance at former President Trump’s criminal hush money trial in Man...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing, the first state visit of his new term. It comes as his forces have mounted a major new assault in Ukraine and … Click to Continue »
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A political appointee in the Interior Department announced her resignation on Wednesday in opposition to President Biden's policy toward Israel in its war against Hamas that has resulted in a …...
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Former Republican Sens. John Danforth (Mo.), William Cohen (Maine) and Alan Simpson (Wyo.) announced on Tuesday that they are launching a new organization, “Our Republican Legacy,” to facilit...
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Each of the major U.S. stock indexes closed Wednesday at record highs after new federal data showed inflation slowing down. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 index and Nasdaq … Click to...
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Two bills aimed at regulating how artificial intelligence (AI) is used in elections advanced out of a Senate panel Wednesday along party lines, posing a test for how lawmakers can … Click to Co...
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Nearly two decades after a clash over the Catawba River basin made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, Charlotte wants permission to move tens of millions more gallons per day … Click to Continue »
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U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, Republican congresswoman in S.C. District 1, is being called “afraid,” and having “flat out lied,” by her competition, Catherine Templeton after the incumbent reject...
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Clemson University is planning to spend up to $475,000 in attorney fees during the first four months of its lawsuit to leave the Athletic Coast Conference, according to documents released … Cli...
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The South Carolina Supreme Court is headed toward an all-white, all-male body, lacking racial, gender and much geographical diversity. But a seat that’ll soon be vacated by Associate Justice Jo...
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Gov. Henry McMaster called on lawmakers Monday to take up a health care agency reorganization plan when they return next month, even though the specific topic is not part of … Click to Continue...
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South Carolina teachers’ hopes for assistance from the state Legislature during an ongoing teacher shortage were dashed last week, as multiple bills aimed at alleviating the problem died with t...
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From the state’s energy needs to selecting judges, lawmakers could not agree on a number of issues. When both the House and Senate insist on their versions of legislation and … Click to Conti...
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The Republican led South Carolina General Assembly agreed on several bills they say will protect children, including restrictions on transgender healthcare, age verification requirements for porn...
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South Carolina’s legislative session came to an end Thursday and bills that didn’t cross the finish line or aren’t in a conference committee are now dead. If lawmakers really want … Click...
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State lawmakers are demanding accountability from South Carolina’s largest charter school district in light of concerns about its management, operations and spending of taxpayer dollars. Bipart...
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What type of tax cut to give South Carolinians and how big of a raise to give state employees are among the differences between the House and Senate budgets which … Click to Continue »
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The S.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the arrest and conviction of a man whose offense was that he — while standing on his own property — had asked police … Click to Continue »
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In the last week of session while House members discuss the second version of their budget, state Rep. Micah Caskey, R-Lexington, added a tin foil hat to his usual suit. … Click to Continue »
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A promising compromise has replaced a sprawling energy bill that stalled in the South Carolina Legislature. While the South Carolina Energy Security Act will not become law this year, the … Cli...
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State House members approved their version of an effort to change the screening process of how judges in the state are elected. It’s different from the state Senate’s version of … Click to ...
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