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Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 28, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Friday, May 28, the 148th day of 2021. There are 217 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - This Monday, March 8, 2021, file photo shows New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaking at a vaccination site in New York. A lawyer for Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that she reported a groping allegation made against him to local police after the woman involved declined to press charges herself. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool, File)
Top Dems call on Cuomo to resign amid harassment allegations

By Marina Villeneuve, Steve Peoples And Michael Balsamo Mar. 12, 2021 04:57 PM EST

FILE — In this Feb. 22, 2021 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at a COVID-19 vaccination site in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York's attorney general said she's moving forward with an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo after receiving a letter from his office Monday, March 1, 2021, authorizing her to take charge of the probe. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool, File)
Cuomo accuser blasts attempted apology, 'predatory behavior'

By Michael R. Sisak And Marina Villeneuve Mar. 01, 2021 07:35 PM EST

In this Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, Senate President Harvey Peeler prepares to introduce South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster for the State of the State address in Columbia, S.C. Peeler has proposed legislation this year that would break apart the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, moving its public health and environmental regulation duties to other existing state agencies. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)
South Carolina considers breaking up public health agency

By Michelle Liu Feb. 15, 2021 08:01 AM EST

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
House GOP faces decision point on Reps. Greene, Cheney

By Alan Fram, Steve Peoples And Brian Slodysko Feb. 03, 2021 12:16 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019 file photo, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. A deepening divide among Republicans over President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election runs prominently through Wyoming, the state that delivered Trump's widest prevailing margin by far. Eleven Republican senators saying they will not be voting Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, to confirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory include Wyoming's newly sworn in Sen. Cynthia Lummis, a Cheyenne-area rancher and former congresswoman. Vocal opponents of any such move include Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, leader of GOP messaging in the House as its third-ranking Republican (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
McCarthy meets with Rep. Greene; GOP faces Cheney decision

By Alan Fram, Steve Peoples And Brian Slodysko Feb. 02, 2021 06:27 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019 file photo, Republican Conference chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Impeachment could become defining moment for Liz Cheney

By Will Weissert Jan. 13, 2021 04:10 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Sep. 09, 2020 03:08 PM EDT
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ Sept. 8 The Post and Courier on the vision...

President Donald Trump looks at a smartphone while sitting aboard Marine One as it lands on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 10, 2020, after a trip to Florida. Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone on Friday, just days before Stone was set to report to prison. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Trump's defiant help for Stone adds to tumult in Washington

By Jonathan Lemire Jul. 11, 2020 03:21 PM EDT

A voter casts a ballot in the South Carolina primary election, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Few incumbents face primary challenges on S. Carolina ballot

By Jeffrey Collins Jun. 06, 2020 09:09 AM EDT

Benjamin Lund is seen Friday June 5, 2020, in Milwaukee. Lund is a longtime Republican who was raised in a conservative family in the political battleground of Wisconsin, now plans to vote a straight Democratic ticket and rejects any effort by Trump to put a "silver lining" on the nation's pain. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
No 'silver lining': Trump faces voter backlash amid crises

By Steve Peoples And Scott Bauer Jun. 06, 2020 01:15 AM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Citing jobs, Trump claims victory over virus, econ collapse

By Steve Peoples, Zeke Miller And Josh Boak Jun. 05, 2020 11:10 AM EDT