Here’s how a 1997 county council fight over the Ten Commandments shaped Tim Scott’s political career.
Author: Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY
This week in politics: Title 42 ends; Trump loses defamation case; Santos indicted
President Biden faces a humanitarian and political crisis at the U.S-Mexico border with Title 42 ending.
This week in politics: Biden casts 2024 as ‘battle’ for America’s soul; McCarthy ushers in GOP debt plan
President Joe Biden’s reelection kicked off as Democrats gear up for the 2024 presidential campaign, and Speaker McCarthy pushed through a debt plan.
Biden commutes sentences of 31 nonviolent drug offenders, outlines prison rehabilitation plan
The White House is looking to uplift those coming out of the US prison system with a “fresh start,” according to a fact sheet from the administration.
Republican Asa Hutchinson emphasizes ‘farmland values’ in formal 2024 presidential campaign launch
Former Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson formally launched his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday in his hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas.
This week in politics: McCarthy unveils debt limit proposal; Feinstein substitute plan foiled
Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt limit plan is being slammed by the White House, but first he’ll have to get the proposal through the thorny House.
This week in politics: Tim Scott takes a step closer to 2024; Feinstein pressed to resign
Republican Tim Scott formed an exploratory committee for 2024.
Meanwhile, Democrat Dianne Feinstein is facing calls within her own party to resign.
What Sen. Tim Scott does and doesn’t say about race in 2024 exploratory announcement
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott isn’t offering 2024 voters a colorblind candidacy. He’s offering a belief in redemption.
Tim Scott moves closer to challenging Trump, other GOP rivals in 2024, forms exploratory committee
Sen. Tim Scott has formed a 2024 presidential exploratory committee. If elected, he would make history as the country’s first Black GOP president.
This week in politics: Donald Trump arrested; the ‘Tennessee three’; Majorie Taylor Greene for Senate?
Donald Trump’s criminal case will test the U.S. legal and political system; Tennessee expulsion brings gun reform debate back into national spotlight.