COLUMBIA, S.C. — Leaders of South Carolina's Republican Party voted Thursday to ask Gov. Mark Sanford to resign, joining an increasing number of...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Comedy
The embattled governor said he "practically danced a jig" when he saw Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)'s outburst on television last night, adding, "That Joey boy did me a solid."
David O. Stewart | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
Though every governmental mechanism is subject to abuse, impeachment stands as a singular success of American constitutionalism.
AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Republican legislators fumed Saturday over Gov. Mark Sanford's affair and questionable travel, though they stopped short of...
AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford rebuffed his lieutenant governor's call to resign Wednesday, two months after he admitted an a...
McClatchy | Gina Smith | the State | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics
COLUMBIA, S.C. As talk of impeachment grows, the S.C. Ethics Commission said Friday it would consider probing new claims Gov. Mark Sanford failed to r...
AP | CHRIS GILLETTE | Posted 09.21.2009 | Home
HAMILTON, Bermuda — Hurricane Bill slammed punishing waves into Bermuda's coastal seawalls as it spun Friday over the open Atlantic, spreading b...
AP | KATRINA A. GOGGINS | Posted 09.20.2009 | Home
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in South Carolina is a whole lot richer. The single winning ticket for Wednesday's $259....
AP | MEG KINNARD | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on Tuesday justified his use of state planes for personal trips in which he often brought alon...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 08.11.2009 | Comedy
Gov. Sanford said he hoped to spend more time with his family, "as soon as I can figure out where they are." He told reporters that his next scheduled press conference will be in 1892.
AP | BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford broke state law when he charged taxpayers for more expensive business and first-class flights, acc...
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 09.03.2009 | Comedy
It's been a rough couple of years for South Carolinians: Their governor disappeared for a week then admitted to an affair that he wouldn't shut up abo...
AP | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON - An outspoken Southern Republican says it's time to "put the brakes on" President Barack Obama, saying he's advocating too much government...
AP | MEG KINNARD | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
GREER, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says it's time for him to put aside discussions of his extramarital affair and get back to work g...
The State | GINA SMITH and WAYNE WASHINGTON | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
ov. Mark Sanford and first lady Jenny Sanford were expected to return from vacation late Monday. Originally, the embattled governor was expected ba...
AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair, wrote in an opinion piece...
Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
Gov. Mark Sanford's affair has resulted in at least one break-up. Joel Sawyer, the governor's communications director, has announced he will depart hi...
The Greenville News | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
Sen. David Thomas said Thursday he plans to chair hearings into whether Gov. Mark Sanford spent any state money on his yearlong affair with an Argenti...
AP | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford shed his fiscal conservatism on several taxpayer-funded international trips, including a South Amer...
Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.14.2009 | Green
A photojournalist came across an unusual sight at South Carolina's Furman University recently: a squirrel running and jumping around with its head stu...
US News and World Report | Paul Bedard | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's love-struck romp in Buenos Aires with his Argentine "soul mate" wasn't just a threat to his marriage, job, and pre...
Fortune | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics
Long before she was the sad-eyed First Lady of The Palmetto State, Jenny Sullivan Sanford was a well-respected investment banker at Lazard Freres. In ...
AP | MITCH WEISS | Posted 08.06.2009 | Home
GAFFNEY, S.C. — The serial killer who terrorized a South Carolina community by shooting five people to death before police killed him Monday was...
Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
A new poll suggests that a majority of people in South Carolina want Governor Mark Sanford to resign. The poll, released by Survey USA, measured the ...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business
California, Michigan and South Carolina suffered the most financial pain in May as unemployment, home foreclosures and bankruptcies rose, according to...
AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics