Posted: 7:19 AM The two meet Monday evening at The Citadel in a debate sponsored by the Patch news service, the South Carolina Radio Network and Charleston television station WCBD.

Posted: 7:18 AM President Barack Obama is nominating Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx, a rising star in Democratic politics, to run the Transportation Department, a White House official said.

Posted: 7:16 AM State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child than they did a decade ago, according to a report released Monday.

Posted: 7:12 AM Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday said he would re-introduce a measure that would require criminal and mental health background checks for gun buyers at shows and online.

Posted: 7:10 AM Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons could be a greater threat after that nation's president leaves power and could end up targeting Americans at home, lawmakers warned.

Posted: 5:48 AM The student at West End Middle School wrote a five-page letter to U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper to support a renewable energy bill as part of an English assignment and didn't actually expect a reply.

Posted: 5:46 AM Celebrities are joining the opposition to an animal abuse bill in Tennessee that is waiting for the governor's signature.

Posted: 1:32 PM A state review of election problems in Davidson County has concluded the outcomes of two 2012 primary elections could have been influenced by voting technology bungling.

Updated: 1:37 PM The House approved the measure Friday on a 361-41 vote, one day after the Senate agreed to the bill. The action came with lawmakers streaming toward the doors for a week-long spring recess.

Posted: 7:38 AM An alleged accomplice in a major spy case involving Cuba helped recruit a friend and colleague to spy for the Cuban Intelligence Service against the U.S., the Justice Department said Thursday.

Posted: 7:20 AM The Obama administration on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that found the president's recess appointments to a labor agency unconstitutional.

Posted: 7:18 AM George W. Bush shed a sentimental tear. Barack Obama mused about the burdens of the office. Bill Clinton dished out wisecracks. Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush chimed in, too.

Updated: 12:34 PM The Senate voted 63-30 Thursday to advance a bill that would impose state and local sales taxes on purchases made over the Internet.

Posted: 7:04 AM The bill passed late Thursday without even a roll call vote, and House officials indicated it likely would be brought up for quick approval there.

Posted: 6:27 AM Leaders say the fracturing was to be expected, and they had been warning of it since winning more than two-thirds of the legislative seats in November.

Posted: 6:09 AM The TVA announced in August that it planned to spend $1 billion to retrofit the plant with scrubbers that will reduce harmful air pollution by up to 95 percent.

Posted: 6:01 AM Circuit Judge John McAfee acknowledged that Campfield had gotten it wrong on his blog, but he agreed with defense attorneys that the lawmaker didn't know the information was false when he posted it.

Posted: 11:49 AM On Thursday, Secretary of State Tre Hargett announced new changes to the state's voter identification law that will restrict the number of valid forms of ID even further.

Posted: 7:10 AM All the living American presidents past and present are gathering in Dallas, a rare reunion to salute one of their own at the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

Posted: 6:55 AM The federal government added the name of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect to a terrorist database 18 months before the deadly explosions, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Posted: 6:03 AM The Office for National Statistics said the economy grew by 0.3 percent in the first quarter compared with the previous three-month period.

Posted: 5:36 AM The measure, which passed the House 70-24 and the Senate 24-5, lifts a 1998 ban that forbids municipalities from starting their own school systems.

Posted: 9:08 AM President Barack Obama has stuck with Bush policies or aspirations on a number of fronts, from counterterrorism to immigration, from war strategy to the global fight against AIDS.

Posted: 8:52 AM U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has brought senior Afghan and Pakistani officials together for security talks aimed at improving relations

Posted: 8:51 AM After stops in Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, Hagel flew to the Egyptian capital for his first face-to-face meetings with Egypt's top leaders.