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Biden passed that torch slowly, hanging on until the wheels finally came off
Read full article: Biden passed that torch slowly, hanging on until the wheels finally came offInsiders who were close to Joe Biden's struggles are describing a president who was dogged in his determination to keep his candidacy alive — but ultimately not in denial about the odds.
Democrats promise an 'orderly process' to replace Biden. Harris is favored, but questions remain
Read full article: Democrats promise an 'orderly process' to replace Biden. Harris is favored, but questions remainPresident Joe Biden giving up his reelection bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris makes her the prohibitive favorite to be the party’s nominee in November.
Pastors see a wariness among Black men to talk abortion politics as Biden works to shore up base
Read full article: Pastors see a wariness among Black men to talk abortion politics as Biden works to shore up basePastors see a wariness among Black men to discuss abortion restrictions, which have become a key issue in the 2024 presidential campaign.
To a defiant Biden, the 2024 race is up to the voters, not to Democrats on Capitol Hill
Read full article: To a defiant Biden, the 2024 race is up to the voters, not to Democrats on Capitol HillThe Democratic Party has not fallen in line behind President Joe Biden, even after the events that were set up to reset his imperiled campaign and show everyone he wasn’t too old to be president four more years.
Clyburn's discussion of a 'mini-primary' fuels more talk of whether Biden should end his campaign
Read full article: Clyburn's discussion of a 'mini-primary' fuels more talk of whether Biden should end his campaignJim Clyburn is often credited as the man who delivered the presidency to Joe Biden with a pivotal endorsement four years ago.
Biden vows to keep running as signs point to rapidly eroding support for him on Capitol Hill
Read full article: Biden vows to keep running as signs point to rapidly eroding support for him on Capitol HillPresident Joe Biden is vowing to keep running for reelection as he rejects pressure from within his Democratic Party to withdraw after a disastrous debate performance raised questions about his readiness.
Democrats in Congress are torn between backing Biden for renomination and sounding the alarm
Read full article: Democrats in Congress are torn between backing Biden for renomination and sounding the alarmAfter days of no direct talks between Joe Biden and congressional leaders, many lawmakers have been grappling with a potential crisis that could reach beyond the results of the presidential election.
Biden awards the Medal of Freedom to Nancy Pelosi, Medgar Evers, Michelle Yeoh and 16 others
Read full article: Biden awards the Medal of Freedom to Nancy Pelosi, Medgar Evers, Michelle Yeoh and 16 othersFormer House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers and actor Michelle Yeoh are among a diverse group of 19 people who have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden.
Cardoso and Paopao lead No. 1 Gamecocks to perfect regular season with 76-68 win over Lady Vols
Read full article: Cardoso and Paopao lead No. 1 Gamecocks to perfect regular season with 76-68 win over Lady VolsKamilla Cardoso had 18 points and 14 rebounds, Te-Hina Paopao scored 14 points and No. 1 South Carolina completed its second straight perfect regular season with a 76-68 victory over Tennessee.
Kamala Harris leads Bloody Sunday memorial as marchers' voices ring out for voting rights
Read full article: Kamala Harris leads Bloody Sunday memorial as marchers' voices ring out for voting rightsVice President Kamala Harris led marchers in Selma, Alabama, on the 59 anniversary of Bloody Sunday, saying the fight for voting rights goes on even today.
Democrats in South Carolina must work harder than ever to survive in an era of Republican domination
Read full article: Democrats in South Carolina must work harder than ever to survive in an era of Republican dominationDemocrats in South Carolina may be holding the nation's first presidential primary.
Pro-Biden super PAC launches ad featuring Rep. Clyburn ahead of South Carolina's lead-off primary
Read full article: Pro-Biden super PAC launches ad featuring Rep. Clyburn ahead of South Carolina's lead-off primaryA super political action committee supporting President Joe Biden’s reelection is aiming to boost the Democrat’s primary campaign in lead-off South Carolina with a television ad featuring Rep. Jim Clyburn.
Harris files paperwork putting Biden on South Carolina's ballot to kickoff 2024's Democratic primary
Read full article: Harris files paperwork putting Biden on South Carolina's ballot to kickoff 2024's Democratic primaryVice President Kamala Harris is in South Carolina filing paperwork putting President Joe Biden on the 2024 presidential ballot of the state that will lead off the Democratic presidential primary.
Clyburn backs ex-staffer to lead South Carolina Democrats
Read full article: Clyburn backs ex-staffer to lead South Carolina DemocratsCongressman Jim Clyburn is backing a former staffer in her effort to lead South Carolina’s Democrats, as the state prepares to host the party’s opening presidential primary in 2024.
House panel says lax screening helped facilitate PPP fraud
Read full article: House panel says lax screening helped facilitate PPP fraudA House investigations panel says financial technology firms “abdicated” their responsibility to screen out fraud in applications for a federal program designed to help small businesses stay open and keep workers employed during the pandemic.
Jeffries wins historic bid to lead House Dems after Pelosi
Read full article: Jeffries wins historic bid to lead House Dems after PelosiNew York congressman Hakeem Jeffries has been elected House Democratic leader and will become in the new year the first Black American to lead a major political party in Congress.
Jeffries makes historic bid to lead House Dems after Pelosi
Read full article: Jeffries makes historic bid to lead House Dems after PelosiA day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would step aside, congressman Hakeem Jeffries of New York has announced his history-making bid to become the first Black person to helm a major political party in Congress as leader of the House Democrats.
IRS contractor gets more scrutiny in congressional report
Read full article: IRS contractor gets more scrutiny in congressional reportHouse investigators say a federal contractor that provided identity verification services for the Internal Revenue Service overstated its capacity to perform its services.
VP Harris fights for Democrats' future — and her own
Read full article: VP Harris fights for Democrats' future — and her ownVice President Kamala Harris has been campaigning all across the country — not for herself but to boost Democratic candidates as her party struggles to keep control of Congress and statehouses.
New Jan. 6 footage shows Pelosi, leaders as crisis unfolded
Read full article: New Jan. 6 footage shows Pelosi, leaders as crisis unfoldedNever-before-seen video footage played Thursday by the House Jan. 6 committee shows House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders, including Republican allies of Donald Trump, responding anxiously — and angrily — to the insurrection at the Capitol.
Haaland: 'Traumatic' history shown in Brown v. Board schools
Read full article: Haaland: 'Traumatic' history shown in Brown v. Board schoolsInterior Secretary Deb Haaland has joined House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn in visiting a rural South Carolina school that is now part of a National Park Service program to safeguard institutions connected to the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v.
Senate confirms Michelle Childs to DC appeals court
Read full article: Senate confirms Michelle Childs to DC appeals courtThe U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of South Carolina jurist Michelle Childs to sit on the federal court typically seen as a proving ground for the nation’s highest bench.
US failed to stop fraud in COVID loan program, Clyburn says
Read full article: US failed to stop fraud in COVID loan program, Clyburn saysThe head of a congressional panel says the U.S. government failed to take basic steps at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to prevent fraud in a federal aid program intended to help small businesses.
Cuellar, Cisneros runoff in Texas is too close to call
Read full article: Cuellar, Cisneros runoff in Texas is too close to callThe Texas primary runoff between Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and his progressive challenger, Jessica Cisneros, was too close to call Wednesday, more than a week after the election.
Report: Trump officials, meat companies knew workers at risk
Read full article: Report: Trump officials, meat companies knew workers at riskA new Congressional report says that at the height of the pandemic, the meat processing industry worked closely with political appointees in the Trump administration to stave off health restrictions and keep slaughterhouses open even as COVID-19 spread rapidly among workers.
House leaders stick with Rep. Cuellar despite abortion stand
Read full article: House leaders stick with Rep. Cuellar despite abortion standJust a day after Democrats recommitted to protecting abortion rights, a U.S. House leader on Wednesday campaigned in Texas alongside Rep. Henry Cuellar, one of the last anti-abortion Democrats in Congress.
Whisper campaigns grow as Biden nears choice for high court
Read full article: Whisper campaigns grow as Biden nears choice for high courtThe whispers and chatter about top contenders for the Supreme Court are growing as President Joe Biden zeroes in on a nominee to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.
Granholm to tour nuclear program at South Carolina HBCU
Read full article: Granholm to tour nuclear program at South Carolina HBCUU.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is visiting a historically Black university in South Carolina this week to tout what the Biden administration says is a commitment to funding nuclear engineering at such institutions.
Childs gets prosecutors' 'wholehearted' backing for DC court
Read full article: Childs gets prosecutors' 'wholehearted' backing for DC courtA bipartisan group of two dozen former South Carolina federal prosecutors are offering their “wholehearted support” for Judge Michelle Childs’ nomination to an appellate court.
Supreme Court shouldn't be covered in Ivy, 2 lawmakers say
Read full article: Supreme Court shouldn't be covered in Ivy, 2 lawmakers sayDemocratic Rep. Jim Clyburn and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham say it'd be good if the person named to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doesn’t have an Ivy League degree.
White House: No 'gaming the system' on Supreme Court pick
Read full article: White House: No 'gaming the system' on Supreme Court pickThe White House says President Joe Biden will meet with Senate Judiciary Committee leaders on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court vacancy and the president’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the high court.
Clyburn, architect of Biden's court pledge, pushes his pick
Read full article: Clyburn, architect of Biden's court pledge, pushes his pickAt Joe Biden’s lowest moment in the 2020 campaign, influential Rep. Jim Clyburn suggested that Biden should pledge to put the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
Biden has long been preparing for a Supreme Court pick
Read full article: Biden has long been preparing for a Supreme Court pickPresident Joe Biden is eyeing at least three judges for an expected vacancy on the Supreme Court, and each of them would fulfill his campaign pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court.
Biden to deliver Tuesday speech on omicron variant as COVID-19 cases rise
Read full article: Biden to deliver Tuesday speech on omicron variant as COVID-19 cases risePresident Joe Biden will deliver a speech on Tuesday addressing the omicron variant, where he will unveil new steps the administration is taking to help communities in need of assistance, a White House official told NBC News on Saturday.
Biden to be in South Carolina for 1st time since primary win
Read full article: Biden to be in South Carolina for 1st time since primary winPresident Joe Biden is returning to South Carolina, the state that played a pivotal role in his march to the Democratic presidential nomination and the White House.
Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill racial inequities
Read full article: Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill racial inequitiesIn honor of Veterans Day, a group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay the families of Black veterans who fought on behalf of the nation during World War II for benefits they were denied or prevented from taking full advantage of when they returned home from war.
Biden faces fresh challenges after infrastructure victory
Read full article: Biden faces fresh challenges after infrastructure victoryPresident Joe Biden is facing a familiar challenge as he promotes his new $1 trillion infrastructure deal to the American people and tries to get the money out the door quickly for maximum impact.
Jill Biden: Cancer 'touches every American family'
Read full article: Jill Biden: Cancer 'touches every American family'First lady Jill Biden visited South Carolina on Monday, promoting efforts toward finding a cure for cancer and touring a cancer center in the state that played a pivotal role in her husband’s victory in the 2020 Democratic primary.
Agonizing choices as Dems debate shrinking health care pie
Read full article: Agonizing choices as Dems debate shrinking health care pieDemocrats are fretting about how they’d divide a shrinking pie amid signs that negotiations over President Joe Biden’s massive domestic policy bill could yield a smaller serving of health care spending.
Trump-backed Carey, centrist Brown win Ohio US House races
Read full article: Trump-backed Carey, centrist Brown win Ohio US House racesMike Carey, a Donald Trump-backed coal lobbyist, topped Republicans in central Ohio, while Cuyahoga County Council member Shontel Brown scored a victory for the Democratic establishment in Cleveland, in two primary elections for open House seats Tuesday.
Clyburn: Biden likely working on changing filibuster rules
Read full article: Clyburn: Biden likely working on changing filibuster rulesU.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn says he feels President Joe Biden is likely working behind the scenes to tweak Senate rules so the filibuster can’t be used on legislation pertaining to election law or other constitutional changes.
In long-awaited speech, Biden to discuss voting rights
Read full article: In long-awaited speech, Biden to discuss voting rightsPresident Joe Biden is declaring that preserving voting rights is “a test of our time” as he urges passage of federal legislation to combat efforts by Republican-led state legislatures to restrict access to ballots.
Biden blasts ‘un-American’ voting limits; Texas Dems act
Read full article: Biden blasts ‘un-American’ voting limits; Texas Dems actPresident Joe Biden is declaring that preserving voting rights is “a test of our time” as he urges passage of federal legislation to combat efforts by Republican-led state legislatures to restrict access to ballots.
Governor signs law giving Nevada 1st presidential primary
Read full article: Governor signs law giving Nevada 1st presidential primaryNevada’s governor has signed a law making the Western state the first to vote on the 2024 presidential primary contests, bumping Iowa and New Hampshire from their leadoff spots.
George Floyd legislation reveals divide in police-reform movement
Read full article: George Floyd legislation reveals divide in police-reform movementAs the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approaches, some people say the best way to honor him is for Congress to pass a bill in his name that overhauls policing.
Fines dropped against two lawmakers over metal detectors
Read full article: Fines dropped against two lawmakers over metal detectorsThe bipartisan House Ethics Committee has dismissed fines against two veteran lawmakers who’d been accused of evading weapons screening now required before entering the House chamber.
Did agents raid home of wrong woman over Jan. 6 riot? Maybe.
Read full article: Did agents raid home of wrong woman over Jan. 6 riot? Maybe.The Justice Department’s massive prosecution of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has not been without its problems, including a potential instance of mistaken identity.
Did agents raid home of wrong woman over Jan. 6 riot? Maybe.
Read full article: Did agents raid home of wrong woman over Jan. 6 riot? Maybe.The Justice Department’s massive prosecution of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has not been without its problems, including a potential instance of mistaken identity.
No. 3 House Democrat, Rep. Clyburn, fined $5K over screening
Read full article: No. 3 House Democrat, Rep. Clyburn, fined $5K over screeningThe House Ethics Committee says the No. 3 House Democratic leader, Rep. Jim Clyburn, has been fined $5,000 after Capitol Police reported he avoided being screened before entering the House chamber.