Tag: South Carolina

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

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor revealed Thursday what she would do if she ever voluntarily quit the high court. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Sonia Sotomayor ponders life after the Supreme Court

Ryan Lovelace · September 14, 2017 4:51 pm

Scott added his voice to the bipartisan condemnation Trump faced over his controversial statements following the violence in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump scheduled to meet with Sen. Tim Scott on Wednesday

Diana Stancy Correll · September 13, 2017 2:14 am

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster issued a state of emergency on Wednesday (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)

Trump approves emergency declaration for South Carolina after storm track shifts east

Mandy Mayfield · September 7, 2017 8:33 pm

A decade-long lucky streak of decent weather that helped rescue one of Florida's biggest home insurers from collapse could come to a wet, violent end if predictions about Hurricane Irma prove true. (NASA/NOAA GOES Project via AP)

FEMA Administrator Brock Long: Hurricane Irma will be ‘truly devastating’

Melissa Quinn · September 7, 2017 2:54 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency approved a multi-state fuel waiver from Texas to Washington, D.C., over concerns of fuel supply disruptions increasing after Hurricane Harvey, which inadvertently is also seen as helping the ethanol industry. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Energy and Environment

EPA waives fuel emission requirements from Texas to DC in Harvey’s wake

John Siciliano · August 30, 2017 10:25 pm