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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and the state's congressional delegation urged President Donald Trump on Thursday to reconsider his administration's plan to shut down a half-built nuclear fuel facility in their state. A federal appeals court last week allowed the Energy Department to go forward with plans to close the multibillion-dollar facility at the Savannah River Site near Aiken.
Gov. Henry McMaster on Sunday urged all South Carolina residents, whether they live on the coast or further inland, to make preparations for the potential devastation Hurricane Florence could bring to the state with an expected Thursday landfall. "I'd say get ready.
The mother of a black Caribbean man who was fatally shot by a white Dallas police officer who said she mistook his apartment for her own wonders whether her son's race was a factor in his killing. . Former President Barack Obama talks with Caffe Paradiso owner Young Jeon during a surprise campaign stop with Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker and his running mate, state Rep. Juliana Str... Former President Barack Obama is in California to campaign for Democratic congressional candidates one day after issuing a stinging rebuke of his successor in the White House.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announces he is vetoing $16 million from the state budget because part of the money goes to Planned Parenthood at a news conference Friday, July 6, 2018, in Columbia, S.C. McMaster made a campaign promise no taxpayer money would go to any group that performs abortions. less South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announces he is vetoing $16 million from the state budget because part of the money goes to Planned Parenthood at a news conference Friday, July 6, 2018, in Columbia, S.C. ... more COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster removed $16 million for health care from the state budget, saying Friday he wanted to make sure no taxpayer money goes to abortion providers.
In this Friday, June 22, 2018, photo, Mike Kennedy speaks at a backyard meet and greet in Holladay, Utah. Mitt Romney faces state lawmaker Kennedy on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, as the ex-presidential nominee looks to restart his po... U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley says he wishes "the best" for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the challenger who beat him in the Democratic congressional primary in New York in a highly unexpected upset.
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Airport High School in West Columbia, S.C., Monday, June 25, 2018, for Republican Gov. Henry McMaster. . FILE - In this Saturday, June 23, 2018, file photo, incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan, R-N.Y., center left, and former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, right, attend a property tax protest rally with New York State Assembly member ... .
In this Friday, June 22, 2018, photo, Mike Kennedy speaks at a backyard meet and greet in Holladay, Utah. Mitt Romney faces state lawmaker Kennedy on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, as the ex-presidential nominee looks to restart his po... A computer error at the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration failed to send changes some voters made in address and party affiliation to the state elections board.
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Airport High School in West Columbia, S.C., Monday, June 25, 2018, for Republican Gov. Henry McMaster. . FILE - In this Saturday, June 23, 2018, file photo, incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan, R-N.Y., center left, and former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, right, attend a property tax protest rally with New York State Assembly member ... .
President Donald Trump is not on the ballot, but he has invested time, energy and political capital in a slate of primary contests across America that will again test his clout within his own party. Voters weigh in on candidates in seven states Tuesday, but the contest that matters most to Trump is South Carolina, where he appeared at a rally to help Gov. Henry McMaster hours before polls opened.
Both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence intend on visiting Columbia to campaign on behalf of Governor Henry McMaster, who is headed into a competitive runoff election for the Republican ticket in the governor's race. WIS has independently confirmed through sources close to McMaster's campaign that a Trump visit is imminent is tentatively planned for Monday; the plans were first published in the New York Times .
Raising money - a lot more money - is just one of the things the Columbia Democrat must do if he is to be elected South Carolina's first Democratic governor in 20 years. S.C. Democrats - a sometimes fractious group - also must unite behind Smith, while at the same time attracting new voters.
After Tuesday's primaries in South Carolina, Maine, North Dakota, Virginia and Nevada, we know it's Donald Trump's party and it might be the real year of the woman. Primary takeaways: Women keep winning and a Trump tweet strikes a fatal blow to Sanford After Tuesday's primaries in South Carolina, Maine, North Dakota, Virginia and Nevada, we know it's Donald Trump's party and it might be the real year of the woman.
The sitting Republican House member lost his race to state Rep. Katie Arrington, who campaigned as a Trump ally, after the president made a last-minute endorsement of Arrington. Sanford has been one of the few members to criticize the president, and GOP primary voters punished him for it, handing him his first electoral defeat.
Rep. Mark Sanford, a Republican who represents South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, found out Tuesday that losing the support of the president is lethal in a GOP primary. Sanford, a conservative who has frequently criticized the president, faced a primary challenge from state Rep. Katie Arrington, who campaigned as a Trump ally.
South Carolina voters are finally getting their chance to weigh in as polls open Tuesday for the state's primary elections, with a hotly contested governor's race at the top of the ticket. The Republican primary vote is a test for the heft of the endorsement of President Donald Trump, who is backing Gov. Henry McMaster.
Democrats Marguerite Willis, Phil Noble and James Smith participate in a debate for the governor's race at Clemson University in Clemson S.C. Thursday, May 24, 2018. Grace Beahm Alford/The Post and Courier Republican candidates running for governor South Carolina Lt.
For years, the governor and lieutenant governor campaigned for office separately, which occasionally led to the odd situation of different parties holding the offices, instead of the lieutenant governor being a junior governor and part of the governor's team. In the 2012 general election, 56 percent of voters approved a constitutional referendum to allow the lieutenant governor to be elected on the same ticket as the governor.
USA. President Donald Trump walks out of the Oval Office and toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 15, 2018, as he heads to Walter Reed National Medical Center to visit with first lady Melania Trump who is recovering from a kidney procedure. COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and a group of fellow governors are backing President Donald Trump's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing what they called Trump's "transformative efforts to bring peace to the Korean peninsula."