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A dangerous new coronavirus strain has turned up in the U.S., infecting two patients in different parts of South Carolina. The discovery comes as another highly infectious variant takes hold. CBS News' Debra Alfarone joined "CBSN AM" with the latest and what's happening with President Biden's COVID-19 aid package.
The first U.S. cases of the COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa have now been found in South Carolina. Experts say various variants will become dominant by late March. Mola Lenghi reports.
A new and highly contagious coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa has been found in the United States for the first time, with two cases diagnosed in South Carolina.
A faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus that was first identified in South Africa has now been found in two people in South Carolina. Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, an infectious disease physician at the Medical University of South Carolina, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" host Elaine Quinano to discuss the dangers posed by the new strains reaching the United States.
Bowers is no stranger to defending politicians embroiled in scandal.
During a joint session of Congress, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a close ally of President Trump, told his colleagues that President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were lawfully elected. HIs comments came after a day of violent turmoil by pro-Trump supporters who swarmed the U.S. Capitol to disrupt the electoral college vote. Watch Graham's remarks.
Authorities gathered the remains from the home in Pacolet and will send them to a forensic anthropologist to study.
As President-elect Joe Biden weighs potential contenders to lead the Democratic National Committee, South Carolina Representative Jim Clyburn is advocating for a rising Democratic star from his home state, former Senate candidate Jaime Harrison. Clyburn joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the DNC leadership, as well as Mr. Biden's Cabinet picks and a subpoena he issued to the CDC.
Federal authorities indict 40 people in what they say is South Carolina's largest racketeering conspiracy case in history.
"These jellies can form large 'blooms' that gobble up fish and shellfish eggs and damage boats and fishing gear," the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources wrote in a Facebook post.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham delivered remarks Tuesday after being declared the winner in his bid for reelection in South Carolina. "I am going back to the Senate with a purpose," Graham said. Watch his remarks here.
Graham's opponent, Jaime Harrison, raised over $100 million during the election cycle, shattering shattered Senate records.
"This is about closing the book on the old South and writing a brand new book called a new South — one that is bold, that is inclusive, that is diverse," Jaime Harrison said Friday on CBSN.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is skipping the final debate in South Carolina Wednesday to focus on confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Polls show Graham is in a tight race with Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison. Jamie Lovegrove, South Carolina political reporter with The Post and Courier, joined CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss the latest on the race.
Early voters are already heading to the polls, and will help decide a series of important U.S. Senate races. Ed O'Keefe reports on some of those races with just three weeks to go until Election Day.
Harrison shattered Beto O'Rourke's 2018 record.
Pres. Trump calls off negations for COVID aid; The state of the 2020 race in Texas
The high court restored a requirement that absentee ballots in South Carolina be signed by a witness.
A new poll shows Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison neck-and-neck in the Senate race in South Carolina. Jamie Lovegrove, a political reporter for The Post and Courier, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" with more on the race.
Officials at Fort Jackson in Columbia said that the 29-year-old recruit from Wisconsin was found on Saturday morning.
Teachers in at least three states have died after bouts with the coronavirus since the beginning of the new school year.
"Anderson needs to honor a citizen that inspired millions," the petition reads. "Anderson needs Chadwick Boseman, may he rest in peace."
Former Republican South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy joins "CBS This Morning" with his new book "Doesn't Hurt to Ask: Using the Power of Questions to Communicate, Connect, and Persuade." Gowdy uses his experience in the courtroom and Congress to teach effective ways to ask questions in order to persuade and promote unity despite one's beliefs. He also reacts to President Trump's planned visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the unrest gripping the country.
Republican Senator Tim Scott joins "CBS This Morning" to look ahead at President Trump's convention speech on the final night of the RNC. He also weighs in on what must be done to stop police violence in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake.
Congressman Joe Cunningham, a Democrat from South Carolina, notched one of the biggest upsets of the 2018 midterms when he won in a district President Trump won by 13 points. Nancy Mace is seeking to flip that seat back to Republicans. She joined CBSN's "Red and Blue" to make the case for her campaign.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declined to grant the Trump administration emergency relief and clear the way for Mr. Trump to remove Cook from her position.
Vance has described his longtime friendship with Kirk, who was also a key ally in his political rise.
President Trump announced Monday the U.S. military has carried out a second strike on alleged Venezuelan "narcoterrorists."
The Senate confirmed Trump economic adviser Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve to finish Adriana Kugler's term. Miran plans to return to his White House job afterward.
Kash Patel and his deputy Dan Bongino are challenging the FBI's fierce allegiance to message control.
Mr. Trump said after the Minnesota assassination that he didn't want to "waste time" calling the state's governor after two lawmakers were gunned down.
The suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk is under special watch in a Utah jail, days after he allegedly shot and killed the 31-year-old conservative activist.
Memphis will become the third U.S. city to see National Guard troops in its streets during President Trump's second term — and he said Monday that Chicago is "probably next."
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