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There's nothing more pointless than an online petition. Not a toupee. Not the V-chip. Not the further escalation of an unwinnable war in Afghanistan.

A South Carolina Air Force reservist who piloted a jet headed to New York as the 2001 terrorist attacks unfolded says he'll run for Congress.

Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Nov.

Cong. Henry Brown South Carolina [courtesy photo] The Republican Press Secretary at the House Natural Resources Committee has rejected Congressman Faleomavaega Eni's claims that the Republicans were responsible for the hike in the minimum wage committee for American Samoa but Faleomavaega maintains his stand that it was his Republican colleagues ...

Congress took further steps to right the staggering economy by expanding a popular tax credit for home buyers and extending unemployment checks for the growing legions of people running out of benefits with few job prospects.

We have a number of challenges facing our nation and our state these days. Our economy is struggling, unemployment numbers remain frighteningly high, and although recent economic development announcements are very encouraging, many families are worried about what the future really holds for them.

Lowcountry legend James B. Edwards will be visiting Hilton Head Island on Sunday.

A stack of maps is the centerpiece of a public meeting Monday at the Hilton Garden Inn about how to protect the red snapper from overfishing.

Published: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 9:10 p.m. Here's how South Carolina members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Oct.

The White House said Friday no decisions have been made about transferring detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Navy brig in Charleston or other prisons on the U.S. mainland.

Congresswoman Corrine Brown has joined a prominent list of congressional colleague who have endorsed Congressman Kendrick Meek for the U.S. Senate.

In case you haven't stopped by What The Folks? yet, the website is quite simply a "must." WTF popped up earlier this month and purports to expose everyone who is paying our founding editor to wield his mighty new media sword.

Patriots Point banked on $20 million in federal funding when it accepted a more than $9 million loan from the state to save its sinking warship Laffey.

President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a measure to provide advance funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs medical programs, in an effort to avoid funding gaps caused by near-annual budget delays in Congress.

The journalism industry may be in precarious shape, but you wouldn't have known it at the annual New Yorker Festival, where star worship of the magazine's most famous writers seemed to be in full force.

We really should have seen it coming after all, how else would a self-important "redneck aristocrat" whose sole claim to fame is "who his daddy is" approach running for the U.S. Congress - one of many positions for which he is woefully unqualified? Yeah "Fragile: Handle With Care." Of course, before delving too deeply into the gloriously ...

U.S. Congressman Mike McIntyre is scheduled to be in northern Brunswick County, N.C., this morning where he will hand out checks for more than $5 million at stops in Caswell Beach and Navassa, according to information from his office.

A dozen airmen, who are on a march to honor fallen teammates, made their way through Navarre this morning.

New rules impacting land and water nationwide can be heard Thursday online.The federal Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will host a meeting Thursday about a new bill that looks at the Clean Water Act of 1972.

I am not a guy who loses his cool. Not ever. I am as composed as a sonnet by William Shakespeare.