Tag: South Carolina

"I really can't say what the president should or should not do," Scott said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tim Scott shies away from telling Trump not to campaign for Roy Moore in Alabama

Kyle Feldscher · November 26, 2017 2:46 pm

"What I've said in the past, I want to be very clear, the allegations are stronger than the denial and Roy Moore should find something else to do, which was my way of suggesting that he should not be in the race." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Tim Scott: It would be in the best interests of the country if Roy Moore found ‘something else to do’

Naomi Lim · November 19, 2017 6:20 pm

President Trump poses for photos with the University of Utah ski team during an event with NCAA championship teams at the White House, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, in Washington. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is to the right of the president. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Which college teams visited the White House, and who stayed home?

Michael Moates · November 19, 2017 5:01 am

Eighteen college championship teams are attending an event Friday with President Trump. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

University of South Carolina women’s basketball team declines White House invitation

Melissa Quinn · November 17, 2017 4:28 pm

The mayor of Columbia, S.C., said he is a gun owner and has "no interest in demonizing gun owners." However, he said it's "wrong in every sense" that devices such as bump stocks turn a "semi-automatic firearm into a mass murder machine." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

South Carolina mayor to unveil ordinance banning bump stocks

Melissa Quinn · November 16, 2017 3:05 pm

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., on Tuesday said Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, has it out for the state of New York, from tax reform to Hurricane Sandy relief.
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Peter King accuses Mick Mulvaney of repeatedly trying to ‘screw’ New York

Daniel Chaitin · November 15, 2017 4:06 am

Steve Bannon, the former White House strategist to President Donald Trump, appears during an event at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. Bannon is receiving the Nathan Hale Patriot Award at The Citadel Republican Society's annual dinner. (Wade Spees/The Post And Courier via AP)

Steve Bannon jokes Hillary Clinton got her ‘ass kicked’ in 2016 election

Diana Stancy Correll · November 11, 2017 1:51 am

Bannon has been accused of embracing white nationalists, among other alt-right affiliated groups. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

South Carolina Democrat questions ‘credibility’ of black business owners meeting with Steve Bannon

Daniel Chaitin · November 10, 2017 10:37 pm

"We need to stop relitigating and referencing the Civil War as if there was some moral conundrum." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tim Scott on John Kelly’s Civil War comments: ‘There was no compromise to make’

Melissa Quinn · November 1, 2017 5:58 pm

The federal Peanut Standards Board was created in 2002 to advise the federal government on peanut standards. South Carolina is one of the top peanut-producing states in the nation, but was never given a seat on the board. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

House passes ‘peanut parity’ for South Carolina

Pete Kasperowicz · October 31, 2017 10:49 pm

The Office of Special Counsel said U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley violated the Hatch Act when she shared a tweet from President Trump endorsing a South Carolina congressional candidate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Office of Special Counsel: Nikki Haley violated Hatch Act by retweeting Trump endorsement

Melissa Quinn · October 3, 2017 7:25 pm

This petition in front of the ITC represents exactly the kind of special-interest policies that the United States government should avoid. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Here’s how trade protectionism can destroy American manufacturing jobs

Ralph Norman · September 22, 2017 3:30 pm