But as President Donald Trump welcomed Republican senators for lunch in the newly renovated Rose Garden Club — with construction underway on the new White House ballroom — he portrayed a different vision of America as a unified GOP refuses to yield to Democratic demands for health care funds, and the government shutdown drags on.

In this fourth week of the government shutdown, Senate Republicans are gathering at White House — not for urgent talks on how to end it, but for a display of unity with President Donald Trump as they refuse to negotiate on any Democratic demands.

Despite recent controversies, Platner has a huge lead in a recent poll and is drawing big crowds, while the two-term governor Mills is counting on her experience and achievements.

A new congressional map, drawn to yield Republicans one more seat in the U.S. House, received final approval by the legislature on Wednesday.

Here you will find up-to-the-minute election results for the South Carolina House District 21 primary and the South Carolina Senate District 12 primary.

County Commissioners on Thursday appointed former Republican House Leader Christine Drazan to the Senate seat once held by former Sen. Daniel Bonham.

Polls are open on Tuesday for voters in Spartanburg and Greenville Counties in special election primaries for SC Senate District 12 and SC House District 21.

The Senate again voted down the House-passed funding bill to reopen the federal government Wednesday. The 12th vote on the legislation failed 54-46. It followed a 22-hour speech from Sen. Jeff