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"Democratic politics is always and everywhere a transactional business." That quote from George Will’s Jan. 8 column, "Fed prosecutors criminalize politics," arrogantly sums up the Washington insider view of the American political system. It translates to this: All votes are supposed to be for sale during...

A Jan. 11 letter writer wrote that "the two primary reasons for the Second Amendment are self-defense and ensuring an independent militia as a balance against government monopoly on armed force."

Second-term presidents entering their final year in the White House inevitably suffer from some degree of "lame duck" status. The limitations imposed by that timing are intensified when, as in President Barack Obama’s case, the opposition party holds significant majorities in both chambers of Congress.

The choice of Gov. Nikki Haley to deliver Tuesday night’s immediate Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech reflected her rising-star status in the party.

BROWN, Mildred, Florida

GREEN, Gerald Michael, 55, of Mount Pleasant, an Army Reserve veteran, died Sunday. Arrangements by Murray’s Mortuary of North Charleston.

If you go to The Guardian’s website these days you can find a section that is just labeled "Protest." So now, with your morning coffee, you can get your news, weather, sports — and protests. I found stories there headlined, "Five Fresh Ideas for the Street Art Agitator in 2016," "Muslim...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Riley Norris hit his first seven 3-point attempts and scored a career-high 27 points to lead Alabama to a 73-50 upset of previously unbeaten No. 19 South Carolina on Wednesday night.

GREENVILLE — Jaron Blossomgame scored 17 points, including the clinching dunk with 13.5 seconds left, to lift Clemson to a 68-63 victory over No. 9 Duke on Wednesday night.

GASTON — Gov. Nikki Haley made education reform a priority for a third year in a row, announcing on Wednesday initiatives that aim at improving education in the state’s poor and rural areas.