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The Latest Breaking News from South Carolina

Donald Trump says he ‘wasn’t involved’ in creation of $1.7bn compensation fund – as it happened

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The Guardian - US

‘Jim Crow 2.0’: Republicans move to oust James Clyburn, South Carolina’s only Black Democratic congressman

James Clyburn could now find his district dismantled after supreme court effectively gutted Voting Rights Act

The Guardian - US

Murdaugh’s life sentences for killing his wife and son wiped out after bombshell ruling finds jurors were poisoned by a court insider

Alex Murdaugh’s two life sentences for the murders of his wife and son have been wiped out after the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled his trial was tainted by a court insider’s interference. The decision, handed down on May 13, 2026, orders a retrial in the high-profile case that has…

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Jurors have mixed reactions as Murdaugh guilty verdict is overturned: report

The South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously overturned Murdaugh’s 2023 murder convictions and ordered a new trial, citing ‘shocking jury interference’ by a former clerk that denied him a fair trial

The Independent UK

Anatomy of a speech: how does a Republican leader say no to Trump?

South Carolina’s state senate majority leader offered a nuanced case for rejecting Trump’s redistricting demands

The Guardian - US

Alex Murdaugh Conviction Quashed: Clerk Becky Hill Ruined the Trial of the Century

The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions due to jury interference by a court clerk, granting him a new trial.

International Business Times UK

Alex Murdaugh Crime Scene Explained: What Happened on Night of Murders as Juror Expresses Shock at Overturned Conviction

The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions, citing improper juror influence by a court clerk.

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Why Did the Court Overturn Alex Murdaugh's Sentence? What You Need to Know

The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned Alex Murdaugh's murder conviction, citing jury bias influenced by a court clerk. Murdaugh will face a new trial, maintaining his innocence.

International Business Times UK

Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions overturned by South Carolina supreme court

Alex Murdaugh had been serving two life sentences after being convicted of murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul

Evening Standard

Alex Murdaugh case update: Why did South Carolina Supreme Court overturn Murdaugh's murder convictions and order a new trial?

Alex Murdaugh murder convictions overturned: Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions for the deaths of his wife and son have been overturned by the South Carolina Supreme Court. The court cited improper outside influence on the jury by county clerk Becky Hill as grounds for a new trial. Murdaugh remains imprisoned on…

The Economic Times

Alex Murdaugh case timeline: From murders to conviction overturn

Prosecutors have said they intend to retry the once-powerful lawyer

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh Murder Conviction Overturned: 10 Series, Podcasts And Documentaries To Understand The Case and What Comes Next

The Alex Murdaugh case, already one of the most obsessively followed true crime sagas in America, took another stunning turn Wednesday when the South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously overturned his murder convictions and ordered a new trial.

Latin Times

Court Overturns Alex Murdaugh Convictions In Explosive New Twist Surrounding Wife And Son Case

“We will aggressively seek to retry Alex Murdaugh,” Attorney General Alan Wilson said.

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Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions overturned by South Carolina supreme court

Justices said decision was due to ‘improper external influences on the jury’ by a court clerk during the trial

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The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions struck down by South Carolina Supreme Court

Murdaugh was convicted for the June 2021 murders of his wife and son at their South Carolina estate

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: despite presidential pressure, some Republicans in South Carolina take stand against redistricting

Five Republicans joined all Democrats in the state senate to reject a redistricting proposal that Trump is pushing for – key US politics stories from Tuesday 12 May at a glance

The Independent UK

Trump’s redistricting push sees mixed results in South Carolina and Missouri

President Donald Trump’s push to redraw U.S. House districts yielded mixed results on Tuesday

The Guardian - US

South Carolina Republicans defy Trump’s demands for redistricting

Republican leader acknowledges ‘likely consequences’ for resisting US president’s demands to redraw map

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Roll Call

South Carolina state Senate stymies redistricting effort

The South Carolina state Senate on Tuesday rejected a proposal to extend their legislative session, making it appear unlikely the state will redraw its House map ahead of the November elections. Five Republican state senators joined all Democrats in voting against a sine die agreement that would have allowed the…

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15 Best South Carolina Online Casinos in 2026

South Carolina online casinos shouldn’t feel like hidden treasures, but right now, they kind of do. With no fully regulated in-state online casinos, you are left navigating a patchwork of offshore platforms.

The Conversation

Racial gerrymandering may be here to stay

The outrage was swift and severe when the U.S. Supreme Court, by an ideologically divided 6-3 vote, recently struck down Louisiana’s majority Black congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Critics lambasted the court for gutting the Voting Rights Act, the federal law that had until recently garnered strong bipartisan…

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Woman Calls Progressive Agent. Then She Realizes AI Bots Put In Her Car Insurance Information: ‘My Policy Went Down By $1,000’

A South Carolina TikToker says a Progressive customer service agent admitted, mid-call, that the company’s AI tools had quietly miscoded her occupation as “forest work” and that fixing it dropped her annual premium by $1,000.

The Guardian - US

Gullah Geechee people set out to keep their family land. Unclear titles and surging taxes are pushing them out

Property disputes, predatory development and surging sea levels are putting the historic Black community at risk

Sports Illustrated

Ex-South Carolina QB Stephen Garcia Says He Has Stage 4 Colorectal Cancer

He played for the Gamecocks from 2009 to `11.

Axios

Trump's redistricting revenge tour heads down South

"The leadership in South Carolina, they saw the results in Indiana."

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