Biden, Trump should cool rhetoric
This is not the 19th century, when politicians sometimes settled their differences with pistols at dawn. Americans expect their leaders to settle disputes in a civilized manner.
Category Archives: South Carolina
Chuck Schumer votes against South Carolina federal judge nominee because he’s white
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 27, 2018. AP Photo/J.
Search for S.C. girl after officials say mom beaten in home
The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information on a 4-year-old girl who disappeared in South Carolina. Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg also told reporters that Heidi's mother was "brutally beaten" and is hospitalized.
Survey: Most residents in struggling US areas respect police
A majority of Americans who live in so-called fragile communities say they have respect for and confidence in the police who patrol their neighborhoods. A majority of Americans who live in so-called fragile communities say they have respect for and confidence in the police who patrol their neighborhoods.
South Carolina train crash leaves 2 dead, nearly 90 hurt
The father of three of Larry Nassar's victims has apologized to a judge after he tried to attack the former sports doctor who has admitted to sexually assaulting girls under the guise of medical treatment. The father of three of Larry Nassar's victims has apologized to a judge after he tried to attack the former sports doctor who has admitted to sexually assaulting girls under the guise of medical treatment.
The Latest: Trump says he’s in favor of releasing memo
President Donald Trump has been overheard telling a Republican lawmaker he is "100 percent" in favor of releasing a classified memo on the Russia investigation. "Don't worry," the president can be heard telling South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan on the House floor after his first State of the Union address.
GOP senators call on Trump to show restraint in Russia probe
Two Republican senators said Sunday that President Donald Trump would be wise to keep a public silence on an independent investigation into his 2016 campaign's contacts with Russia in the wake of news reports that he sought to fire the special counsel. The senators, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Susan Collins of Maine, also urged special counsel Robert Mueller to review whether Trump tried to fire him last June, an accusation the president has labeled "fake news."
GOP senators: Trump needs to show restraint in Russia probe
Two Republican senators said Sunday that President Donald Trump would be wise to keep a public silence on an independent investigation into his 2016 campaign's contacts with Russia in the wake of news reports that he sought to fire the special counsel. The senators, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Susan Collins of Maine, also urged special counsel Robert Mueller to review whether Trump tried to fire him last June, an accusation the president has labeled "fake news."
#SC2018: Dems Spar Over Response To Henry McMaster’s Speech
South Carolina's Democratic party is fighting amongst itself over which politician should be allowed to respond to "Republican" governor Henry McMaster 's first "State of the State" speech this evening. Does it matter? No.
This Day in Labor History: January 16, 1865
On January 16, 1865, General William Tecumseh Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15, granting coastal plantation properties from Savannah, Georgia to the St. John's River in Florida to ex-slaves.
After Florida, more states press for offshore drilling exemptions
Governors and other officials from several U.S. coastal states ramped up pressure on the Trump administration on Wednesday to exempt their waters from an offshore drilling plan, hours after the Interior Department granted Florida's request to opt out. The backlash could complicate President Donald Trump's efforts to expand oil and gas production offshore.
Support for drilling off S. Carolina – but not coastal reps
There's support for the Trump administration's offshore drilling proposal among South Carolina's mostly Republican congressional delegation, but not from the ones who represent the state's coast. The Associated Press surveyed South Carolina lawmakers last week following Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's announcement that the administration would vastly expand offshore drilling from the Atlantic to the Arctic oceans and open up federal waters off the California coast for the first time in more than three decades.
Anthony Scaramucci Is Telling Pals That Donald Trump Wants Him Back…
Iranians Protest Across Country, Defying a Crackdown - TEHRAN - Iranian security forces clamped down on Tehran on Monday after demonstrators across the country ignored calls for calm by President Hassan Rouhani in the most significant venting of pent-up economic and political frustrations in years.
With Disney Deal Looming, Murdoch’s Empire Is Fractured
Iranians Protest Across Country, Defying a Crackdown - TEHRAN - Iranian security forces clamped down on Tehran on Monday after demonstrators across the country ignored calls for calm by President Hassan Rouhani in the most significant venting of pent-up economic and political frustrations in years.
Ex-Clinton aide hangs Trump ‘cheerleader’ out to…
The former head of the Republican Party in South Carolina ran into a buzzsaw during an MSNBC appearance on Sunday afternoon when he tried to dismiss the bombshell report about a former Trump adviser bragging about having dirt on Hillary Clinton in early 2016, which set in motion a U.S. intelligence investigation. Saturday afternoon, the New York Times reported that Trump adviser George Papadopoulos drunkenly boasted to an Australian diplomat about having information on the former Secretary of State in March of 2016 -with the Australians turning around and alerting U.S. authorities.
Nursery teacher puts blanket over struggling boy’s FACE
A far cry from Mar-a-Lago! Eerie pictures show the abandoned Donald J. Trump State Park that started out as land for a lavish golf course but ended up dilapidated and virtually worthless Man finds four-year-girl playing alone in the snow in her pajamas... then she leads police to her mother's dead body in their nearby home REVEALED: How 'brash and boastful' Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos prompted FBI's Russia probe 'by drunkenly telling top Australian diplomat that Moscow had dirt on Hillary Clinton' Tongue-in-cheek obituary for lifelong Cleveland Browns fan, 80, says his death was caused by the 'hopeless condition' of his beloved 0-15 team Would-be thieves are electrocuted by 24,000-volt transformer and DIE inside Detroit lighting facility as they try to steal copper wire REVEALED: Parolee arrested over savage quadruple murder 'KNEW the 22-year-old victim who was tied up and ... (more)
Others say: Accusers should be heard
Few things have changed so profoundly in America in the past year as the social and political rules for how allegations of sexual misconduct against powerful men should be handled, and what the consequences should be for those men who have been sexual aggressors. The names alone make the point.
Editorial: Nikki Haley is right that President Trump’s accusers should be heard
Few things have changed so profoundly in America in the past year as the social and political rules for how allegations of sexual misconduct against powerful men should be handled, and what the consequences should be for those men who have been sexual aggressors. The names alone make the point.
Actually, Barbara Comstock Has Taken the Lead on Combatting Sexual Harassment
Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post took time recently to accuse Republicans, specifically Representative Barbara Comstock of Virginia and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina of sounding "altogether too complacent, too passive and too resigned" to Roy Moore's failed U.S. Senate candidacy. Moore, of course, spent the last several weeks giving conflicting answers in response to accusations that he is a child molester.
Top Republican who led Benghazi panel used $150,000 of…
In 2016, Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina reportedly used $150,000 in taxpayer money to settle a veteran-discrimination and retaliation claim with a former aide. The ex-staffer, an officer in the Air Force Reserves, alleged that Gowdy had discriminated against him after he took leave for his service-related obligations.