James Clyburn

South Carolina getting $17M to help Head Start programs

Jun. 26, 2021 11:27 AM EDT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is getting more than $17 million in federal money to help programs that promote school readiness for young children from...

Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, left, and Benjamin Crump, civil rights attorney who represented the family of George Floyd, right, pause for reporters at the Capitol in Washington, after meeting with Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Tuesday, May 25, 2021, the first anniversary of Floyd's death at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Grief, smiles 1 year after Floyd death as family meets Biden

By Alexandra Jaffe And Alan Fram May. 25, 2021 10:32 AM EDT

8 vaccination sites coming to rural South Carolina

Apr. 04, 2021 12:18 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Eight mass COVID-19 vaccination sites will be open across rural South Carolina in the coming days. U.S. House...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 file photo, Kelly Mack works on her laptop to teach remotely from her early 1940s vintage camper/trailer in her backyard at home in Evanston, Ill. Even though the federal government has spent tens of billions of dollars to close the digital divide, tens of millions of Americans still aren’t online. The Biden administration has now broached a big number, $100 billion, in an effort to get all Americans connected. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

EXPLAINER: What Biden's new $100B plan for broadband means

By Tali Arbel Apr. 03, 2021 10:14 AM EDT

House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., flanked by Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., left, and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, speaks a news conference on passage of gun violence prevention legislation, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Clyburn: COVID relief bill will boost Dems in 2022 midterms

By Meg Kinnard Mar. 23, 2021 03:53 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Mar. 10, 2021 03:22 PM EST
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ March 9 The Post and Courier on gun control...

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on investments in infrastructure, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Biden and Democrats in Congress are jamming their agenda forward with a sense of urgency. They're taking an unapologetically partisan approach to advance the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue, voting rights and other priorities. Their calculation is that it's better to try to push ahead than risk wasting time courting Republican support that may never come. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Eager to act, Biden and Democrats leave Republicans behind

By Lisa Mascaro And Zeke Miller Mar. 04, 2021 10:35 AM EST

FILE - In this March 7, 1965, file photo, a state trooper swings a billy club at John Lewis, right foreground, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, to break up a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala. The March 7, 2021, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee will be the first without the towering presence of Lewis, as well as the Rev. Joseph Lowery, the Rev. C.T. Vivian and attorney Bruce Boynton, who all died in 2020. (AP Photo/File)

Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee to honor civil rights icons

By Kat Stafford Mar. 03, 2021 12:24 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo Democratic Senate candidate Jaime Harrison speaks at a watch party in Columbia, S.C., after losing the Senate race. Harrison, the longtime Democratic Party official, is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to lead the national party, according to multiple party officials. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro, File)

Democrats formalize Jaime Harrison as national party chair

By Meg Kinnard And Bill Barrow Jan. 21, 2021 12:16 PM EST

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Fireworks light up sky to celebrate inauguration

Jan. 20, 2021 07:38 AM EST

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris listens as President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Harris prepares for central role in Biden's White House

By Alexandra Jaffe Jan. 18, 2021 12:52 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Jan. 13, 2021 09:09 AM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 12 The Miami Herald on ...