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Video: Immigration top of mind for South Carolina voters

Video: Immigration top of mind for South Carolina voters

by Simone Garber and Charlotte Ehrlich | Feb 26, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Voters across the Palmetto State arrived at the polls as early as 7 a.m. Saturday, eager to cast their ballots for the Republican they prefer to represent the party in the presidential election in November.  Though South Carolina is candidate Nikki...
Changes in Columbia voting locations lead to confusion and anger on primary day

Changes in Columbia voting locations lead to confusion and anger on primary day

by Aidan Johnstone | Feb 25, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Many South Carolina voters arrived at their usual voting locations on Saturday to find no other voters there, which was an unexpected sight on the day of the state’s Republican primary election. These locations weren’t just empty, however – they were...
Photos: Trump Jr. rallies supporters in Charleston before primary day

Photos: Trump Jr. rallies supporters in Charleston before primary day

by Clare Zhang | Feb 24, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics

North Charleston, S.C. — The day before the South Carolina Republican primary, a crowd of supporters gathered at the Team Trump state headquarters to hear Donald Trump Jr. speak. As former President Donald Trump hosted a rally in Rock Hill, his son spoke to Trump...
Biden losing support in South Carolina, young Black voters say

Biden losing support in South Carolina, young Black voters say

by Clare Zhang | Feb 24, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics

Columbia, S.C. — In 2020, Black voters in South Carolina handed now-President Joe Biden his first primary victory and helped propel him to the White House. This year, Biden changed South Carolina’s Democratic primary to the first in the nation, because its diversity...
College students feel apathetic toward voting in South Carolina Republican primary

College students feel apathetic toward voting in South Carolina Republican primary

by Alicia Tang and Lily Ogburn | Feb 24, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics

Columbia, S.C. – Many college students are choosing not to vote in Saturday’s Republican presidential primary election in South Carolina, saying they feel unrepresented by the candidates and apathetic towards politics. In 2020, only 16.4% of S.C. voters participated...
Supreme Court hears arguments in case that could have implications for independent contract truckers

Supreme Court hears arguments in case that could have implications for independent contract truckers

by Charlotte Ehrlich | Feb 20, 2024 | Business, Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case involving commercial truckers that could expand the definition of transportation workers to include people who drive goods for companies that are not in the transportation sector. The case,...
‘Damning, disturbing and despicable’: House Republicans grill VA’s chief over allegations of sexual harassment within agency

‘Damning, disturbing and despicable’: House Republicans grill VA’s chief over allegations of sexual harassment within agency

by Simone Garber | Feb 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough faced intense questioning Wednesday from Republican lawmakers regarding allegations of sexual misconduct among the department’s high-ranking employees. The House Veterans Affairs’ Committee decided in a...
House Impeaches Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over border laws and breaching the public trust

House Impeaches Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over border laws and breaching the public trust

by Maria Heim | Feb 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – House Republicans narrowly impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a 214-213 vote, making him the second Cabinet secretary in U.S. history to be impeached on Tuesday evening.  The former secretary is charged with willfully refusing to...
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Trump Eligibility

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Trump Eligibility

by Braedyn Speight | Feb 8, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday for the Trump v. Anderson case to decide whether Donald Trump “engaged in insurrection” deeming him ineligible to be on Colorado’s primary ballot. The arguments lasted about two hours with little...
Lawmakers push State Department nominee to crack down on human rights abuse if appointed

Lawmakers push State Department nominee to crack down on human rights abuse if appointed

by Lily Ogburn | Feb 8, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged Dafna Hochman Rand, presidential nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, to crack down on accountability for human rights violations in both adversarial and...
FAA administrator vows more scrutiny after Boeing incident

FAA administrator vows more scrutiny after Boeing incident

by Charlotte Ehrlich | Feb 8, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Representatives on the House Transportation Committee grilled Federal Aviation Administrator Michael Whitaker Tuesday about air traffic controller shortages, near misses and the blowout of a door panel midflight on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet on an Alaska...
FAA Administrator said their ‘number one priority is safety’ as Boeing investigation continues

FAA Administrator said their ‘number one priority is safety’ as Boeing investigation continues

by Maria Heim | Feb 7, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — One month after a door blew out of a Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft the Federal Aviation Administrator Michael Whitaker told members of Congress the agency remains unwavering in its commitment to safety. “One, what’s wrong with this airplane?” he said....
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