Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris took her campaign to church here in the Lowcountry. The California senator worshipped at one of the oldest churches in North Charleston.
Mark Sanford, a former governor and congressman for South Carolina, is the third Republican to challenge President Donald Trump for the party’s presidential nomination. However, many consider his campaign a longshot as GOP committees in several states forgo 2020 primaries.
Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro was the latest 2020 hopeful to visit the College of Charleston for the school’s “The Bully Pulpit” series.
Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is calling for tighter gun control measures.The democrat took the stage Monday night at the College of Charleston for a town hall that was open to the public.
The Charleston Audit Committee decided late Monday afternoon to defer the acceptance of a final report on the spending practices of Mayor John Tecklenburg.
A crowd of around 300 voters piled into a sweltering Hartsville-area fellowship hall Sunday to hear from the latest Democratic nominee hopeful to visit the Pee Dee.
It has been a month since former Congressman and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford announced he would consider running against Donald Trump in a 2020 presidential primary.
South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham said that, after spending the weekend with President Donald Trump discussing the tragic shootings in El Paso and Dayton, he plans to propose a bi-partisan red-flag bill in the next month.
Federal law already requires those seeking green cards and legal status to prove they will not be a burden to the United States, or what's called a "public charge," but the new rules, made public on Monday, detail a broader range of programs that could disqualify them.
Rep. Todd Rutherford (D-Columbia) will file a bill to remove the governor from the Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina. Currently, the Governor of South Carolina serves as the ex officio chair of the board.
The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees is expected to meet Friday morning to discuss what’s become a contentious search for the school’s next president, but it’s not clear yet if the board is planning to take a vote on a previously announced finalist, retired Lt. General Robert Caslen.
According to second quarter campaign filings due to the state election commission on Wednesday, Charleston city councilman Mike Seekings raised more money than Mayor John Tecklenburg in the second quarter, but the incumbent still has more money in his war chest.
For the first time since 2016, the South Carolina Secessionist Party will not hold its annual Confederate Flag Rally on State House grounds, an event typically held every July 10. Instead, there are other events planned for the day.
Former Vice President Joe Biden addressed education, gun control and healthcare to a packed crowd at the International Longshoremen’s association hall in Charleston Sunday afternoon.
World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan that began Friday are clashing over the values that have served for decades as the foundation of their cooperation as they face calls to fend off threats to economic growth.
Four Democratic 2020 Presidential Candidates are traveling the Lowcountry this weekend ahead of the 2019 South Carolina Democratic Party Convention in Columbia next Saturday.
Former Congressman Beto O’Rourke was the only candidate from Saturday’s Black Economic Alliance forum to sit down with Live 5 News’ Kaitlin Stansell to address some of the Lowcountry’s most hot button issues.
The owner of a restaurant near Folly Beach says he, like many business owners in the area, is opposed to offshore drilling or seismic testing in the Palmetto State.
Jaime Harrison, a former Chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party and native of Orangeburg, has announced his intent to run against Lindsey Graham for senate in 2020.
U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. on Friday immediately halted the administration's efforts to redirect military-designated funds to build sections of wall on the Mexican border. His order applies to two planned projects to add 51 miles of fence in two areas.
Dubbed the Equality Act, the bill is a top priority of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said it will bring the nation "closer to equal liberty and justice for all."
Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a 44-state coalition led by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong in announcing a lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceuticals and 19 of the nation's largest generic drug manufacturers alleging a broad conspiracy to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce c
South Carolina will now have its first department of children’s advocacy, the state’s governor’s office announced a person to run the agency on Monday morning.
The 74-year-old longtime politician visited the church one day after an event at the Hyatt Park Community Center on Saturday where he was welcomed by a community of supporters.
Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden made one of his first stops since he announced he’s running for president of the United States in Columbia on Saturday.
Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives will discuss a bill that would make abortions illegal in our state as long as a heartbeat can be detected.
Berkeley County is holding a special election Tuesday in District Three to fill a seat on county council left vacant by the passing of late councilman Ken Gunn.
Rep. Seth Moulton, D-MA, announced early Monday he is running for the Democratic presidential nomination and will hit the campaign trail this week with a visit to the Lowcountry.
A former South Carolina political strategist involved in a statehouse investigation is facing new perjury and obstruction of justice charges,the First Circuit Solicitor's office announced on Thursday.
Those efforts "were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests," Mueller wrote.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and Congressman Jim Clyburn eulogized former U.S. Sen. Ernest “Fritz” Hollings at The Citadel Tuesday morning.
