Meg Kinnard | Associated Press
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Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows was reportedly registered to vote simultaneously in three states — South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
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Two lifelong Republicans representing neighboring congressional districts in South Carolina, U.S. Reps. Nancy Mace and Tom Rice, are unlikely players in the fierce debate over the future of their party — and former President Donald Trump's influence over it.
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At Joe Biden’s lowest moment in the 2020 campaign, Rep. Jim Clyburn suggested that Biden should pledge to put the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Biden made that promise. Now Clyburn is making a case for Biden to nominate South Carolina Judge J. Michelle Childs to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace the retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer.
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An appellate court is preparing to hear arguments over a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s abortion law. The court is set to hear arguments Thursday in Planned Parenthood’s case against South Carolina’s measure.
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Small earthquakes are still shaking the ground near South Carolina’s capital city. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 1.7-magnitude earthquake happened early Tuesday just east of Elgin. A slightly larger quake occurred eight hours later just a few miles away.
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More earthquakes have struck near South Carolina’s capital city. Wednesday's 2.6- and 1.5-magnitude tremors near Elgin were the ninth and tenth in a series of rumblings that have caused geologists to wonder how long the convulsions might last.
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Minor earthquakes are continuing to rumble in an area near South Carolina’s capital city that has tallied at least eight over the last week.
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President Joe Biden has pledged to fight for stalled voting rights and police reform legislation. That's despite not having the votes in the Senate to move either measure closer to becoming law. Biden commented while delivering the commencement address at South Carolina State University on Friday.
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U.S. Rep. Tom Rice says that he hopes his vote this year to impeach President Donald Trump won’t be enough to overshadow his other accomplishments as he seeks a sixth term. The Myrtle Beach Republican told The Associated Press this week that he stands by his vote in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot.
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The union representing dockworkers at South Carolina’s ports tells The Associated Press it's calling on the Biden administration for help in a dispute related to a new shipping terminal. But the chief executive of the state’s ports authority says the “hybrid” union-non-union employment model at the Port of Charleston has worked to the benefit of all employees.