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  • Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks with the media on Friday, May 26 ,2023, following his third meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Russia invaded Ukraine last year.
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    SC Lede: WANTED — Lindsey Graham
    Gavin Jackson
    May 30, 2023 — The latest on the six-week abortion ban signed by Gov. Henry McMaster and blocked in circuit court following a filing by abortion rights groups; Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) responds to an arrest warrant issued by Russia for his support of Ukraine; South Carolina's congressional map heads to the Supreme Court; and more.
  • Sen. Tim Scott speaks to more than 200 Iowans at this first town hall event on May 24, 2023 in Sioux City, Iowa, following his campaign announcement on Monday in North Charleston. Scott held two events in the state before heading to New Hampshire on Thursday to meet with a group of Republican women and hold other meetings in the Granite State. Scott has also launched a $6 million ad buy to saturate the airwaves in the two early voting states leading up to the first Republican debate in August.
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    SC Lede: Hittin' the Trail with Tim Scott
    Gavin Jackson
    May 27, 2023 — A recap of Sen. Tim Scott's swing through the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire as his 2024 presidential campaign begins.
  • Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott delivers his speech announcing his candidacy for president of the United States on the campus of Charleston Southern University in North Charleston, S.C., Monday, May 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
    Podcasts
    SC Lede: The Ballad of Tim Scott
    Gavin Jackson
    May 23, 2023 — An in-depth look at the official launch of Sen. Tim Scott's (R-SC) 2024 presidential campaign and his career in politics.
  • South Carolina House lawmakers debate the six-week abortion ban bill at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Lawmakers receded for eight hours due to a computer glitch and eventually passed the bill Wednesday evening after voting on dozens of amendments among the nearly 1000 amendments Democrats introduced.
    Podcasts
    SC Lede: Abortion Ban Marathon Debate
    Gavin Jackson
    May 20, 2023 — An extensive recap of the nearly 24 hours of debate this week in the South Carolina House of Representatives over a six-week abortion ban bill. The House approved the legislative, which now heads to the state Senate.
  • Outgoing Charleston Democratic Sen. Marlon Kimpson stands beside a life-sized cutout of himself while delivering his retirement speech to the Senate, in which he’s served since Oct. 2013, on the last day of session May 11, 2023.
    Podcasts
    SC Lede: McMaster Convenes Summer School
    Gavin Jackson
    May 16, 2023 — A look at this week's abortion legislation debate as state lawmakers enter special session; comments from Gov. Henry McMaster about why he has called legislators back to the statehouse; Charleston Democratic Sen. Marlon Kimpson's retires from the state Senate; and more.
  • House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford speaks from the House well on sine die May 11, 2023. Lawmakers will return over the coming days to hammer out issues dealing with abortion, the budget and more.
    SC News
    SC Lede: Sine Die...ish
    Gavin Jackson
    May 13, 2023 — A look at the bills that made it over the sine die finish line for this year's regular state legislative session as well as those moving into special session as Gov. Henry McMaster calls lawmakers back to the statehouse.
  • Podcasts
    SC Lede: Lede, Laugh, Love — Live From Columbia
    Gavin Jackson
    May 9, 2023 — On this episode, recorded in front of a live audience at South Carolina Public Radio's 50th Anniversary Open House event in Columbia, SC, host Gavin Jackson is joined by The AP's Jeffrey Collins and Meg Kinnard to discuss this year's state legislative session and the 2024 presidential race.
  • Gavin Jackson talks with former Gov. Nikki Haley on May 3, 2023 during a wide-ranging interview on This Week in South Carolina.
    Podcasts
    SC Lede: A Conversation with Nikki Haley
    Gavin Jackson
    May 6, 2023 — An extended interview with former South Carolina governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.
  • U.S. Tim Scott tells a crowd of more than 150 folks that he will be making a major announcement, expected to be his presidential kickoff, on May 22 in North Charleston.
    Podcasts
    SC Lede: Tim Scott? Oh, He's Runnin'
    Gavin Jackson
    May 2, 2023 — Comments from Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) about his expected 2024 presidential campaign; Christale Spain becomes the first Black woman to chair the South Carolina Democratic Party; a look at the final days of the state legislative session; and more.
  • Charleston Republican Sen. Sandy Senn speaks against the near-total abortion ban bill on April 26, 2023 in the S.C. Senate. Despite Republicans having a 30-seat majority in the chamber, the group was again unable to reach the 26 votes necessary to end a filibuster and pass the bill H. 3774. A six-week abortion ban bill, S. 374, previously passed the Senate in February, but has not been taken up by the House which insists on its bill that would ban abortion from the moment of conception onward with limited exceptions.
    Podcasts
    SC Lede: Abortion Debate Deja Vu
    Gavin Jackson
    April 29, 2023 — The state Senate's failed attempt to pass a near-total abortion ban bill; updates from the 2024 presidential campaign trail; a school voucher bill is headed to Gov. Henry McMaster's desk; and more.
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