The Latest Breaking News from South Carolina

PHILADELPHIA — Democrats voted Saturday to allow South Carolina to hold the party's first presidential primary next year, ending nearly 50 years of Iowa and New Hampshire leading the party's nominating season.

The vote cements a shift in the presidential primary calendar that many Democrats have long called for and elevates states with greater diversity and voter access.

Second week of testimony concludes at Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina where Alex Murdaugh stands trial for murders of wife Maggie and son Paul

The ex-president is daring Republican challengers to make the first move – and some are preparing to attack

Democrats are poised to drastically reorder their presidential primary schedule beginning next year, replacing Iowa with South Carolina in the leadoff spot as part of a larger overhaul meant to empower Black and other minority voters critical to its base of support

A detainee's recent death is adding to mounting concerns over the conditions at a jail in South Carolina's capital city

South Carolina is on fire to start the new year.

There's no doubt the Democratic National Committee will do the president's bidding. But it's not good politics

The former South Carolina governor is poised to run against Trump as a Republican presidential candidate. Maddy Mussen on how she set her sights on the White House

The 2024 Republican presidential primary may be about to gain its second noteworthy candidate, according to The Post and Courier. The paper reported that former South Carolina Governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (R) plans to announce her campaign on February 15. She’d be joining former President Donald Trump (R),…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may be months away from publicly declaring his presidential intentions, but his potential rivals aren’t holding back