BATTLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Two things have happened in the last few days in the Republican presidential race in South Carolina. First, former President Donald Trump attended the annual football game between rivals Clemson University and the University of South Carolina on Saturday night at USC's Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. Second, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley returned to the state Monday for a rally in Bluffton — her first campaign appearance in South Carolina since Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) dropped out of the race.

The denial of reality by Republican leaders is continuing to suffocate the party and give Democrats a wide-open lane to continue to hold power at the state and federal levels.

The United Kingdom will hold parliamentary elections by the end of January 2025. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak can call the elections at any time, but if he hasn't done so by mid-December 2024, an election will be held the following month.

A co-founder of the Students for Trump supporter group was arrested last week on domestic violence charges in North Carolina, according to court documents. Ryan Fournier, who co-founded the organization as a Campbell University student in 2016 and now leads conservative activist group Radical Alert, was charged with assault of a woman and assault with...

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A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon}   Evening Report     © AP Photo Hostages released on first additional day of truce Hamas released 12 more hostages and Israel freed 30 Palestinians from prison in the fifth round of exchanges since Friday. Hamas and Israel agreed...

Former President Trump often made support for Israel a cornerstone of his foreign policy during his first term in office, but in recent weeks he has offered mixed messages about how he would handle Israel’s battle with Hamas if he were chief executive. Trump initially criticized Israeli leadership over the Hamas terrorist attacks on Oct....

Thomas Hand, the father of the 9-year-old Israeli-Irish girl, who was believed to be dead but surprisingly released Saturday, appeared on CNN Tuesday to speak about his daughter’s experience being held hostage by Hamas. Emily Hand was taken by Hamas in its surprise attack on Oct. 7, then forced to move from house to house...

Investor Charles Munger, a longtime business partner of Warren Buffett, died on Tuesday morning at the age of 99. Berkshire Hathaway said in a press release that family members of Munger informed the company that the investor died “peacefully” in a California hospital on Tuesday morning. The release did not include details about the cause of death....

Bank of America will pay a $12 million fine to settle charges that it submitted misleading mortgage data to the federal government, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Tuesday.