South Carolina

Darline Graham advances to runoff, vows to carry on brother Lindsey’s fight in US Senate

One month after Lindsey Graham’s death, his sister thanked Trump for his “complete and total endorsement,” and said her late brother would be proud.

US Senator Darline Graham (R-SC) arrives for a vote at the US Capitol, in the wake of US President Donald Trump saying he may temporarily drop the nomination of Todd Blanche to be US attorney general, in Washington, DC.
US Senator for South Carolina Darline Graham Nordone, sister of late Senator Lindsey Graham, reacts after being ceremonially sworn in by US Senate President pro tempore Chuck Grassley (R-IA) during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 14, 2026.

Lindsey Graham's sister advances to runoff in South Carolina Republican Senate primary

Sen. Darline Graham, A South Carolina Republican, arrives for the Senate Judiciary Committee vote to move the nomination of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche out of committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026.

South Carolina GOP primary: Lindsey Graham’s sister has Trump's backing in vote for successor

US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) gestures, while standing next to former US President Donald Trump, during Donald Trump's campaign stop to unveil his leadership team, at the South Carolina State House in Columbia, South Carolina, US, January 28, 2023.

Trump appointed Lindsey Graham's sister in tribute, South Carolina Republicans want a choice


South Carolina rabbi’s Holocaust memorial speech pulled from TV for being 'too political'

A public TV station in South Carolina removed a Holocaust memorial speech by a rabbi after he criticized recent policies on LGBTQ rights and refugee aid, fueling controversy over free speech.

 Rabbi Sam Rose criticizes US government policies during an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at the University of South Carolina, Jan. 27, 2025, in Columbia, South Carolina. Rose's speech was later cut from the broadcast's archive.

South Carolina school district restricts Holocaust graphic novel for middle-schoolers

The decision follows the passage this summer of restrictive new guidelines on instructional materials at the State Board of Education. 

 Frank W. Baker's book "We Survived the Holocaust," featuring illustrations by Tim Ogline, tells the real-life story of Bluma Tishgarten and Felix Goldberg.

South Carolina to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism

The bill passed in the state's senate unanimously, having already passed the state's house of representatives unanimously last May. The governor has expressed his support for the bill.

South Carolina State House in Columbia, SC

Donald Trump criticizes Nikki Haley's deployed husband for being absent

Haley's husband, Michael, is currently serving in a voluntary deployment in Africa.

 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire, U.S., December 14, 2023.

Age, mental capacity dominates presidential campaign trail after report questions Biden's memory

 El presidente estadounidense Joe Biden (izq.) y el ex presidente Donald Trump.

Republican pres. candidate Nikki Haley targeted in swatting at US home

The hoax against Haley, who is challenging frontrunner Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, occurred on December 30 in the town of Kiawah Island.

 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire, U.S., December 14, 2023.

Marine corps pilot: Ma'am, I'm not sure where the airplane is

After an F-35 pilot ejected over a residential street strange stories of the aftermath began emerging.

 A formation of US Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jets perform aerial maneuvers during as part of a combat power exercise over Utah Test and Training Range, Utah, US, November 19, 2018.

South Carolina school district to return Bernard Malamud’s ‘The Fixer’ to shelves

The decision by a review committee for the Beaufort County School District concludes another episode in which a Jewish book has gotten caught up in a national book-ban push by conservative parents.

 The Fixer, a novel by Bernard Malamud

Treatment of cocaine-addicted rats sparks ethics investigation at US university

The experiment was funded by grant money from the US National Institutes of Health.

 Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).

US woman hides 1.5 kg of cocaine in 'pregnant' belly

When police began to grow suspicious of the woman's claims, she tried to run and escape, cocaine spilling out her fake rubber stomach.

A line of cocaine is seen being snorted through a rolled up dollar.