Iraq war vet from S.C. to dine with Obamas

When she attended Blackville-Hilda High School in South Carolina, Nytayia Jamison never imagined that she would dine at the White House, much less with the first black president. But then, Jamison didn't envision herself serving in Iraq. | 02/28/12 20:39:23 By - James Rosen

S.C. Gov. Haley urges Obama to deepen Atlantic ports

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley implored President Barack Obama on Monday to find more money to deepen the Charleston port and other Atlantic harbors so they can accommodate giant cargo ships after the widening of the Panama Canal is completed in 2014. | 02/28/12 07:29:29 By - James Rosen

S.C. economy gets national notice

South Carolina is faring better than most other states across a wide range of measurements tied to its economy and to the fiscal health of its state government. | 02/24/12 17:57:00 By - James Rosen

Sen. Graham adapts to the times, confident of re-election

These days, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham isn't deriding town hall hecklers as a bunch of "angry white guys" or branding as losers the conservative activists who criticize him at the state convention. | 02/19/12 00:01:00 By - James Rosen

Obama seeks funds to deepen Charleston port

President Barack Obama asked lawmakers Monday to spend $3.5 million to explore deepening the Charleston, S.C., port in the $3.8 trillion budget he sent to Congress for the 2013 fiscal year. | 02/13/12 18:36:00 By - James Rosen

Romney's good day; wins conservatives, Maine caucus

Romney's 38-31 percent defeat of Santorum in a straw presidential vote among thousands of activists at the annual convention of the Conservative Political Action Committee bolstered his claim that he can consolidate support among the Republican base. | 02/11/12 19:29:00 By - James Rosen

S.C. Sen. DeMint: No compromises with Obama, Democrats

U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint kicked off a three-day gathering of conservative activists Thursday, telling thousands of cheering supporters that the divided Republican presidential contest is good for the party and will produce a stronger nominee to take on President Barack Obama. | 02/10/12 07:25:16 By - James Rosen

Charleston port project gets funding infusion

Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday hailed the news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had allocated $2.5 million to expand its study on deepening the Charleston, S.C., port to accommodate a new generation of super-tankers. | 02/08/12 16:06:00 By - James Rosen

F-35 story shows why it's so hard to cut a federal program

For all its high-tech stealth and record price tag, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter embodies the droll military motto, "Hurry up and wait." Conceived in the heady post-Cold War 1990s, the futuristic fifth-generation jet fighter was to be a technological marvel built in a rush and paid for with "peace dividend" dollars. But now with the economic crash, the fighter is billions over budget and years behind schedule. | 01/30/12 17:18:00 By - James Rosen and Rob Hotakainen

S.C. Republican lawmakers pan Obama's State of the Union speech

Republican lawmakers from South Carolina dismissed President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday evening as another appeal to expand the government and increase federal spending. | 01/26/12 11:57:26 By - James Rosen

S.C. lawmakers reject bipartisan seating for State of the Union address

Despite historically low approval ratings for Congress, lawmakers from South Carolina were outliers Monday as they declined to join a symbolic show of bipartisanship for President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. | 01/26/12 11:53:58 By - James Rosen

Primaries show negative campaign ads work

In five polls taken over nine days through Jan. 12, Romney had an average of 29 percent support with Gingrich netting 20.2 percent. When the ballots were cast Saturday, after a 10-day barrage of anti-Romney ads that South Carolina political analysts and consultants said was unique in its volume and intensity, Gingrich won with 40.4 percent of the vote, while Romney garnered 27.8 percent. | 01/22/12 16:06:00 By - James Rosen

Predicting the South Carolina GOP vote is a challenge

As the campaign for South Carolina's first-in-the-South Republican presidential primary enters its final week, many GOP activists and analysts in the state warn against portraying it as an ultraconservative bastion dominated by single-minded evangelicals. While true in some aspects, they say, such a simplistic depiction ignores a shifting swirl of demographic, religious and historical currents that belie pat predictions about the outcome of Saturday's voting. | 01/15/12 14:58:00 By - James Rosen

South Carolina hailed for insourcing jobs to U.S.

President Obama praised companies that are bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States from abroad at a White House conference Wednesday where he met with leaders of firms investing in South Carolina and other states. | 01/12/12 11:44:57 By - James Rosen

GOP candidates still talking strong on immigration

When it comes to illegal immigration, Republican presidential candidates are talking like it's 1999.

Listening to the GOP White House aspirants, voters might not know that the number of illegal immigrants in the United States is down, attempted border crossings are at a 40-year low and President Barack Obama has deported undocumented workers at twice the rate as his predecessor. | 01/08/12 14:51:00 By - James Rosen