Senator Tim Scott is now the longest-serving African American U.S. senator. He will also be the first African American chairman of a senator standing committee. The republican will lead the banking, ...

A rare book exhibition was thought to display the letters of the first Black voter in Britain at the University of South ...

President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy and science.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov ... A public inauguration ceremony for the governor and others elected to statewide executive branch positions is set for Jan. 11 in Raleigh.

Sitting in his living room, Dick Riley, former South Carolina governor and secretary of education reflects on the life and legacy of his friend Jimmy Carter. "He was not only my friend, he was my ...

On Tuesday, the South Carolina football team will cap off its 2024 season in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl against Illinois. For ...

Here is a very early look at the Democratic Party politicians considered to be potential 2028 presidential contenders in the ...

Vice president-elect JD Vance is the clear frontrunner for the 2028 GOP presidential nomination at this extremely early point ...

RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leaving his job after eight years in which the southern Democrat picked his moments against a Republican-dominated legislature, winning big on ...

A South Carolina lawmaker has brought back an unpopular bill that would treat abortion as homicide under state law.

The original bill also never made it past its first hurdle ... and Senate and then be signed by the governor to become law. Snopes asked Massey and South Carolina's House speaker, Republican ...

(Sydney Haulenbeek/Courthouse News) RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and Governor-elect Josh Stein filed a lawsuit Monday over a bill that stripped appointment abilities from ...