by Julia Jacobs | Feb 22, 2016 | Politics
PAWLEY’S ISLAND, S.C. — Republican frontrunner Donald Trump advised people to “boycott Apple” until the giant tech company assists the FBI in unlocking the cell phone of one of the San Bernardino, California shooters. “We’ve got to get to the bottom of it — and you’re...
by Julia Jacobs | Feb 22, 2016 | Politics
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Religion dominated the Republican presidential town hall Thursday night, featuring the front-runner Donald Trump, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. The second of two town halls hosted by CNN prior to the South Carolina’s...
by Julia Jacobs | Feb 22, 2016 | Politics
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Trey Parker, 22, has devoted his life to God, but that doesn’t mean he thinks his president should invoke scripture on the stump. Parker, who works at Clemson University’s campus ministry, said he is skeptical of Bible talk from candidates as...
by Shane McKeon | Feb 18, 2016 | Politics
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio cast himself as a candidate of the future at a town hall here Thursday, basking in the glow of two of the state’s top Republican officials. Nikki Haley, the state’s 44-year-old governor, joined 50-year-old Sen. Tim...
by Nicolas Rivero | Feb 18, 2016 | Politics
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Three days before South Carolina Republican voters cast their primary ballots, Republican presidential candidates Wednesday grounded their messages to a town hall audience in the Bible passage “By their fruits ye shall know them,” with Ben Carson...
by Celena Chong | Feb 17, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton has a detailed policy plan to address the lack of services available for autistic adults, and other candidates should follow her lead, said John Robison, an autism activist, author and professor, on Wednesday. Clinton’s wide-ranging autism...
by Jasper Scherer | Feb 17, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The media should stop reporting on young blacks and Latinos who are victims of police brutality or discrimination as if they are criminals, media researchers and civil rights advocates said Wednesday. “This matters because it’s not...
by Alex Lederman | Feb 17, 2016 | Politics
Justice Antonin Scalia died Saturday of natural causes. He was 79. Now, Senate Republicans are pushing not to approve President Obama’s upcoming nominee for the Supreme Court.
by Geordan Tilley | Feb 16, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Political reform does not have to be as pie-in-the-sky as Americans often see it, New America’s Lee Drutman argued Tuesday. Drutman, a senior fellow at New America, a liberal-leaning think tank, promoted the findings in his recent report...
by Ethan Cohen | Feb 16, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON –In an election year Congress so gridlocked that Senate leaders are refusing to even entertain a Supreme Court nomination, House Republicans do have one policy priority that might get enough Democratic support to become law. But even though leaders on both...
by Medill News Service | Feb 15, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump threatened to sue Republican presidential primary rival Ted Cruz over his eligibility to run for president, if the Texas senator doesn’t “retract his lies.” In a news conference Monday in Hanahan, South Carolina, Trump accused Cruz of lying...
by Jasper Scherer | Feb 11, 2016 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden is using his final 11 months in office to lay the groundwork for his next big ambition — to double the pace of cancer research. The White House recently established a task force with Biden to lead the effort, and President...
