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Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone theJanuary vote, though the Gaza Strip's... More>>
Governor Mark Sanford will release a copy of the State Ethics Commission report to the Speaker of the House. More>>
South Carolina's first lady is opening the Governor's mansion to visitors for the holidays this December. More>>
A website run by the federal government claims almost 41 million dollars in stimulus money has gone to 7 congressional districts in our state that are not real. More>>
President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security and human... More>>
President Barack Obama is telling Chinese students that unrestricted Internet access in the United States is a source of strength and an open exchange of information makes all countries stronger. More>>
The House speaker received the official resolution to impeach Governor Mark Sanford and he has sent the motion to the House judiciary committee. More>>
The South Carolina House will formally receive an impeachment resolution on Gov. Mark Sanford. It's the first bill that will be pre-filed Tuesday as the House opens the door to new legislation ahead of its January session beginning. More>>
For three years, the federal agency in charge of preventing Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of dollars by scamming several programs, documents show. More>>
The House Financial Services Committee voted Wednesday to give federal regulators more power and money to police major players in the stock market, four months after Bernard Madoff was sentenced for the biggest investment... More>>
The Obama administration has alerted domestic agencies to plan for a freeze or even a 5 percent cut in their budgets, part of an election-year push to rein in record deficits that threaten the economy and Democrats'... More>>
Text of President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's remarks at a news conference on Friday in Tokyo, as transcribed by the White House. More>>
Sarah Palin's new memoir describes heart-wrenching anguish about her teen daughter's pregnancy playing out before a national audience. But the 413-page tome doesn't contain a single reference to the father of her grandson,... More>>
South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford filed a trademark for her name days after her husband admitted an extramarital affair, a search of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website shows. More>>
Amid rising tension between North and South Korea after a naval skirmish, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday urged calm and said diplomatic efforts to resolve the nuclear standoff with the North... More>>
President Barack Obama declared Saturday that an era of American disengagement in the globe's fastest-growing region is over and warned that the U.S. and its Asian partners "will not be cowed" by North Korea's continued... More>>
The White House's top lawyer is returning to private practice and being replaced by a longtime adviser to Barack Obama. More>>
Millions of American women will face tough choices about abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law, both sides in the abortion debate agree. More>>
Republican Chris Christie elected governor of New Jersey. More>>
The United States accused Iran Tuesday of violating a U.N. arms embargo by secretly sending weapons to Syria in a cargo ship seized by Israel, a U.S. official said. More>>
Republican leaders in Charleston County have censured South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for working with Democrats on a climate bill and other legislation. More>>
South Carolina's jilted first lady is endorsing a candidate to succeed her husband when the term-limited politician leaves office. More>>
Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he and... More>>
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is promising to visit more cities than a conventional book tour when her memoir "Going Rogue" is published later this month. More>>
Don't look for the Senate to quickly follow the House on health care overhaul. More>>
The bill that was the focus of the state legislature's special session this week has been signed into law by Gov. Mark Sanford. Senate bill 374, which extends benefits to the unemployed under the stimulus act. More>>
President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future. More>>
Democrats just don't get the election message from voters and arepushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party's peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the majority's... More>>
Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at... More>>
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faced sharp rebukes from Pakistani audiences Friday, including one woman who accused the U.S. of conducting "executions without trial" in aerial drone strikes. Slapping back,... More>>
President Barack Obama trumpeted two major endorsements for his health overhaul push Thursday as House Democratic leaders pushed toward a vote Saturday on the far-reaching legislation remaking the U.S. health care system. More>>
President Barack Obama on Thursday called a mass shooting at a Texas Army base "a horrific outburst of violence." More>>
Democrats are still struggling to find a strategy that will let them push a health care overhaul through the Senate and fulfill President Barack Obama's goal of signing a bill this year. More>>
President Barack Obama made a pitch for renewable energy Tuesday, announcing $3.4 billion in government support for 100 projects aimed at modernizing the nation's power grid. More>>
South Carolina's Supreme Court says the ethics investigation into Gov. Mark Sanford's travel can't be kept secret. More>>
Despite Republican pressure to act quickly, President Barack Obama says he won't rush his decision about whether to send more troops to Afghanistan where 14 Americans died in the deadliest day for U.S. forces in more than... More>>
Voters across the Lowcountry head to the polls Tuesday to elect the leaders of their communities. Many are tuning into the Mt. Pleasant mayoral race, but there are several contests that may come down to the final votes. More>>
Jack Scoville, who is finishing his first term on city council, won the city's top job. Scoville, a Democrat, was elected mayor with 47 percent of the vote in the five-person race. More>>
Atlantic Beach Mayor Retha Pierce was suspended from office Friday by Gov. Mark Sanford following an indictment by a South Carolina grand jury for an alleged hit and run accident on April 10. More>>
A bill that would tighten U.S. sanctions against the export of refined petroleum products to Iran has been approved overwhelmingly by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. More>>
Flanked by state and local elected officials and economic developers Friday, Gov. Mark Sanford signed H.3130, an economic incentives bill that helped pave the way for Boeing Company's Oct. 28 announcement. More>>
Speaker Bobby Harrell rejected a resolution to impeach embattled Republican governor Mark Sanford, calling the measure "out of order." More>>
Federal regulators are expected to take a step forward Thursday on rules that would prohibit broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against Internet traffic. More>>
Recognizing the U.S. can neither win in Afghanistan nor succeed more broadly against al-Qaida without Pakistan's cooperation, President Barack Obama's war council is weighing a new role for Pakistan in the 8-year-old... More>>
A look at President Barack Obama's nominees to fill federal court vacancies: More>>
Calling scientific research a job-creating engine, President Barack Obama heralded $5 billion in new government grants Wednesday to fight cancer, autism and heart disease while boosting the economy. More>>
Associated Press - September 28, 2009 10:55 AM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Democrats have a second candidate to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint. More>>
When President Barack Obama said the United Nations had reached "a pivotal moment," he could just as well have been referring to his own presidency. More>>
Associated Press - September 10, 2009 12:15 PM ET WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Even some of the people who voted for the South Carolina congressman who heckled President Obama say they're... More>>
The Web sites we visit, the online links we click, the search queries we conduct, the products we put in virtual shopping carts, the personal details we reveal on social networking pages - all of this can give companies... More>>
Here is a look at some of the things that Rep. Rick Boucher, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, hopes to put in a bill governing Internet advertising. More>>
He lived 15 months with an incurable brain tumor, a little longer than usual for a patient in his late 70s. Perhaps equally important is that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy lived those months well - able to work almost to the end,... More>>
President Barack Obama confronts a tortuous September - and it's not just the divisive political fight over health care. More>>
Associated Press - August 28, 2009 8:15 AM ET CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - A spokesman says South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is ready to discuss a possible ethics probe into his travel. More>>
Americans tired of having their dinners interrupted by phone calls touting car warranties or vacation packages will soon get some relief. More>>
Associated Press - July 17, 2009 2:23 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has quickly scheduled a statement on health care for Friday afternoon as concerns rise about the cost of new... More>>
Associated Press - July 17, 2009 2:13 PM ET BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep sex abuse documents under... More>>
Associated Press - July 17, 2009 2:13 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin plans to stay in touch using Twitter even after leaving office on July 26. More>>
Associated Press - July 17, 2009 1:53 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has voted to expand the range of the nation's wild horses and burros by millions of acres and to block a plan to kill... More>>
Associated Press - July 17, 2009 12:53 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate's lone Hispanic Republican says he'll vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. More>>
Associated Press - July 17, 2009 12:23 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is asking Congress to give the executive branch more power to limit Medicare's rising costs. More>>
Associated Press - July 17, 2009 12:23 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly around-the-clock sessions on Capitol Hill have helped House Democrats advance pieces of major health care legislation... More>>
Associated Press - July 17, 2009 11:43 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Indiana's Richard Lugar has become the first Republican senator to announce he will vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor. More>>
Associated Press - July 16, 2009 1:43 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The man at the center of 1 of Sonia Sotomayor's most-disputed court rulings is the next witness up as the New Yorker's Supreme... More>>
Associated Press - July 16, 2009 1:43 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has completed three days of answering questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee. More>>
Associated Press - July 16, 2009 11:03 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee aren't letting go of the issue involving white firefighters from Connecticut who... More>>
Associated Press - July 16, 2009 1:33 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have cleared the way for a Senate vote next month to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, placing her firmly... More>>
Associated Press - July 16, 2009 11:33 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Arlen Specter has told Judge Sonia Sotomayor he thinks it's pretty certain she'll be confirmed for a seat on the Supreme... More>>
Associated Press - July 16, 2009 10:43 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican critic of Sonia Sotomayor says he's feeling more comfortable about her going to the Supreme Court, saying he hopes... More>>
Associated Press - July 16, 2009 9:53 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - As interrogation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor resumed, housekeeping items were front and center. More>>
Associated Press - July 16, 2009 9:43 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - A government official says the Obama administration is ramping up pressure on the mortgage industry to aid more homeowners on the... More>>
Associated Press - July 13, 2009 9:05 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Former Arkansas Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says Alaska Gov. More>>
Associated Press - July 6, 2009 1:43 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Al Franken has arrived in Washington offering no jokes - just a promise that he is "ready get to work." More>>
Associated Press - July 6, 2009 3:03 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Actor Kal Penn has started his new job as a liaison between the White House and Asian communities. More>>
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