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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Justice Department escalates criminal probe over Alaska spoiler candidate controversy with new subpoenas, AP source says.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has ordered an investigation into the Democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate in the state after revelations that her campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting another candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has ordered an investigation into the Democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate in the state after revelations that her campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting another candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.
PENDLETON, S.C. (AP) -- President Donald Trump will visit South Carolina on Wednesday to boost Sen. Darline Graham, whose stumbles in her first campaign since replacing her late brother have Democratic voters hopeful -- but not necessarily optimistic -- that their candidate can break Republicans' grip on the state.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., and Democratic nominee Annie Andrews took their campaign trail sniping to the debate stage Sunday night, with each candidate arguing their case for the Senate seat in a race that has appeared to become unexpectedly close in the weeks ahead of the midterms.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., and Democratic nominee Annie Andrews took their social media sniping to the debate stage Sunday night, with each candidate arguing their case for the Senate seat in a race that has appeared to tighten unexpectedly close in the weeks ahead of the midterms.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- On paper, South Carolina might be an odd place for Democrats to converge to campaign for midterm candidates. Republicans dominate state politics, and there's slim chance of that changing this year.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- As Democrats try to take back control of Congress, they're trying a familiar tactic to win over voters in conservative areas -- they're criticizing their own party.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Darline Graham and U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman face South Carolina voters yet again Tuesday in a special Republican primary runoff to replace the late Lindsey Graham in the Senate, one month after his sudden death.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The final day of South Carolina's Republican U.S. Senate runoff campaign on Monday came with a major cash infusion for Sen. Darline Graham from MAGA Inc., the super PAC that supports President Donald Trump and aligned Republicans but has spent little thus far on the president's midterm candidate picks.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman are wrapping up their compressed campaigns to win South Carolina's Republican nomination in a special U.S. Senate primary to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on November ballots.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) -- President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to South Carolina on Friday to make a last-minute appeal for Sen. Darline Graham, his chosen candidate to replace her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, ahead of a Republican runoff next week.
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman says it's a "head scratcher" that President Donald Trump endorsed Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina's Republican Senate runoff, saying his experience in Congress and business -- and consistent votes for Trump's priorities -- make him the stronger candidate to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Russell Fry endorsed Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina's Republican Senate primary runoff, saying on Friday that she should replace her late brother on general election ballots because of her ability to advance President Donald Trump's agenda and her understanding of everyday people's struggles.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Just two months after nominating Lindsey Graham to return to the U.S. Senate, South Carolina Republicans are casting ballots Tuesday in a special primary to pick a replacement following the sudden death of the president's close ally.
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) -- Few people have anything bad to say about Darline Graham, who was catapulted from obscurity last month when she was appointed to replace her late brother Lindsey Graham in the U.S. Senate.
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) -- Sen. Darline Graham made her political debut before hundreds of Republican voters in South Carolina on Saturday, saying that she never envisioned a life in politics for herself until after the death of her brother Lindsey Graham, and now wants to work hard to promote the state and President Donald Trump's policy priorities.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The field of Republican candidates vying to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on November ballots is set, with 12 hopefuls filing their paperwork by Tuesday and launching into a two-week sprint toward the Aug. 11 special GOP primary.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The field of Republican candidates vying to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on November ballots is nearly set, with at least 10 hopefuls filing their paperwork and launching into a two-week sprint toward the Aug. 11 special GOP primary.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Sen. Darline Graham said Monday she's running for a full term to replace her late brother Lindsey Graham's Senate seat.
Two weeks after shuttering his bid for Wisconsin governor, David Crowley reentered the state's Democratic primary on Saturday, with the Milwaukee County executive boasting a last-minute backing from outgoing Gov. Tony Evers in a seeming move to best position the party for success in November.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is endorsing Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley in the state's Democratic gubernatorial primary, a day after the race was shaken up by the departure of another candidate, and just weeks ahead of the primary election.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Darline Graham Nordone, who was appointed to serve the remaining months of the Senate term that her late brother, Lindsey Graham, left behind when he died over the weekend, hasn't been in office before.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Monday he's recommended that Lindsey Graham's sister be named as his temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- President Donald Trump says he's recommended that Lindsey Graham's sister be named as his temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was running for a fifth term when he passed away over the weekend, began a tumultuous new chapter in South Carolina politics during a year that has already been full of upheaval.
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of November's midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina voters return to the polls Tuesday to finalize the Republican nominee for governor in a runoff election that has become a bruising grudge match between two of the state's leading politicians.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- President Donald Trump changed his tune Friday heading into South Carolina's runoff next week, saying either Republican contender for governor -- not just Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, whom he endorsed before the primary earlier this month -- would be a good pick.
Jackson Lahmeyer, an Oklahoma megachurch minister who founded Pastors for Trump, has withdrawn from a runoff for a U.S. House seat from Oklahoma, following reports that he had sent romantic text messages to a woman who is not his wife.
Jackson Lahmeyer, an Oklahoma megachurch minister who founded Pastors for Trump, has withdrawn from a runoff for a U.S. House seat from Oklahoma, following reports that he had sent romantic text messages to a woman who is not his wife.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- Charleston pediatrician Annie Andrews has won South Carolina's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina voters on Tuesday are aiming to winnow the field in high-profile races for governor and U.S. Senate, with Republicans seeking to maintain a statewide winning streak that stretches back decades.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Democrats were in a more celebratory mood than usual as they gathered Friday in South Carolina, a state led almost entirely by Republicans.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- President Donald Trump endorsed three Republican gubernatorial candidates Friday, wading into contests in South Carolina, Iowa and Oklahoma that have pitted allies against each other in a fierce competition for their party leader's blessing.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- President Donald Trump endorsed two Republican gubernatorial candidates Friday, wading into contests in South Carolina and Iowa that have pitted allies against each other in a fierce competition for their party leader's blessing.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Democrats may be in a more celebratory mood than usual as they gather Friday in South Carolina, a state led almost entirely by Republicans.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Democratic leaders in a handful of southern states are lobbying for South Carolina to reprise its role as the party's first-in-the-nation state to cast primary ballots in 2028, arguing that the state best represents the initial playing field for presidential candidates to build the coalitions needed to win.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Mark Sanford, the Republican former South Carolina congressman and governor whose political ascendency was stalled by a 2009 affair, has ended his latest bid for public office, saying that he's quitting the race to reclaim his former coastal district to set up a nonprofit to address the national debt, his signature issue.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's Justice Department is using the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday to try to pressure preservationists to drop their lawsuit over his planned $400 million ballroom on the site of the former East Wing of the White House.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Paul Dans, a chief architect of Project 2025, has shuttered his Republican primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, in a contest set to test the loyalties of President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement in this year's midterm election.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, the dean of South Carolina's Democrats, said Thursday that he will run for an 18th House term, a move that could position him as an influential elder statesman in Congress if his party regains the majority in November.
Former President Barack Obama is promoting a Democratic effort to redraw congressional lines in Virginia, the latest front in a nationwide redistricting battle ahead of this year's midterm elections.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The House Ethics Committee has opened an investigation into allegations that Rep. Nancy Mace overcharged a congressional program intended to help defray housing costs for lawmakers who have residences in Washington.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Across the country, progressives are lighting a fire that they hope will catapult Democrats back to power in Congress this year. But here in a hotel ballroom, the party's beleaguered moderates have another message -- not so fast.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Joe Biden made a rare public appearance on Friday in South Carolina, basking in the appreciation of Democrats who resuscitated his presidential campaign six years ago. Although Biden faces scorn in many corners for his failed attempt at a second term that preceded Donald Trump's return to the White House, the audience here welcomed him as...
Stephen Colbert's comments that network executives pulled his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico over fears it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump administration has prompted a conversation about the rules governing how media outlets treat political coverage.
Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was pulled from Monday night's broadcast over network fears it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump administration on giving equal time to political candidates.
Another shutdown for parts of the federal government has begun as a fight over proposed restrictions on President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agenda drags on.
Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agenda.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is endorsing Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette 's bid to succeed him in office, an attempt to clear the field in the crowded Republican primary that could pave the way for a coveted endorsement from President Donald Trump.
A third round of "No Kings" protests is coming this spring, with organizers saying they are planning their largest demonstrations yet across the United States to oppose what they describe as authoritarianism under President Donald Trump.
The Heritage Foundation think tank is urging the federal government "to save and restore the American family," kicking off the midterm election year with a call for conservatives to focus on domestic issues.
The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump's name was added to the facility, prompting the institution's president to accuse the performers of making their decisions because of politics.
A second group canceled scheduled performances at the Kennedy Center following the addition of President Donald Trump's name to the facility, with jazz supergroup The Cookers pulling out of a planned New Year's Eve concert, and the institution's president saying the cancellations demonstrate the artists' unwillingness to see their music as crossing lines of political disparity.
More artists have canceled scheduled performances at the Kennedy Center following the addition of President Donald Trump's name to the facility, with jazz supergroup The Cookers pulling out of a planned New Year's Eve concert, and the institution's president saying the cancellations belie the artists' unwillingness to see their music as crossing lines of political disparity.
More artists have canceled scheduled performances at the Kennedy Center following the addition of President Donald Trump's name to the facility, with jazz supergroup The Cookers pulling out of a planned New Year's Eve concert, and the institution's president saying the cancellations belie the artists' unwillingness to see their music as crossing lines of political disparity.
Four moderate House Republicans -- from swing districts Democrats are already eyeing for next year's midterms -- have broken ranks with Speaker Mike Johnson, signing on to Democrats' petition to force a vote on extending health care subsidies that expire at the end of this year.