Tag: South Carolina

Michael Slager pleaded guilty to using excessive force in the April 4, 2015, shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. (Grace Beahm/Post and Courier via AP, Pool)

Former South Carolina cop pleads guilty to shooting unarmed black man

Kelly Cohen · May 2, 2017 9:00 pm

Former Maryland governor is visiting his third early primary state since the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Martin O’Malley to visit New Hampshire amid 2020 speculation

Daniel Chaitin · April 12, 2017 11:16 pm

Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Roof pleaded guilty to state murder charges Monday, leaving him to await execution in a federal prison and sparing his victims and their families the burden of a second trial. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof pleads guilty to state murder charges, will await execution in federal prison

Associated Press · April 10, 2017 5:50 pm

An 18-year-old man from Ladson, S.C., was arrested Thursday evening for attempting to join the Islamic State, the Justice Department said Friday evening. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)

South Carolina teen arrested for attempting to join ISIS

Anna Giaritelli · March 31, 2017 9:51 pm

Rep. Trey Gowdy said he's "never met President Trump" or had a conservation on that topic. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Gowdy: ‘Nobody’s approached me’ about federal court appointment

Anna Giaritelli · March 9, 2017 1:46 am

Special election results in Connecticut and Delaware confirm the recent surge in Democratic interest in voting and activism. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)

Beltway Confidential

Special elections: Increased Dem turnout shows midterm headwinds already howling for Republicans

David Freddoso · March 1, 2017 5:32 pm

Not allowing citizens to sue the government over permits for projects that could affect them limits due process, one activist said.

Energy and Environment

Bill targets environmental lawsuits that block infrastructure projects

Kyle Feldscher · February 27, 2017 5:01 am

Trump, during a speech at Boeing in South Carolina on Friday, spoke of Air Force One. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump: ‘What can look so beautiful at 30? An airplane’

Washington Examiner Staff · February 17, 2017 6:54 pm

Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell, 29, was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Myrtle Beach after purchasing a .40 caliber Glock handgun and ammunition from an undercover FBI agent. (Image courtesy screenshot)

National Security

FBI arrests South Carolina man planning attack ‘in the spirit of Dylann Roof’

Kelly Cohen · February 16, 2017 6:28 pm

Scott read messages blasting him as a "House Negro," and a "disgrace to the black race," on the Senate floor. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Tim Scott #Persisted

Emily Jashinsky · February 9, 2017 4:26 pm

President Obama on Thursday designated three new national monuments having to do with the Reconstruction era and the civil rights movement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama designates new national monuments to Reconstruction and civil rights

Alex Pappas · January 13, 2017 12:07 am

Jurors needed just three hours of deliberation on Tuesday to unanimously sentence convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof to death. (Grace Beahm/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool)

Charleston church shooting: Dylann Roof becomes first to receive death penalty for federal hate crimes

Kelly Cohen · January 10, 2017 9:53 pm