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1 month ago | 
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd |Reach Caitlin Byrd
David Pascoe, the longtime Lowcountry prosecutor who has held elected office as a Democrat for the past two decades, is joining the Republican Party. In doing so, he denounced his former party as "too soft on crime" and accused it of prioritizing progressive ideology over public safety. "I can no longer in good conscience wear the label of Democrat," Pascoe said April 10 while addressing a meeting of the Dorchester County Republican Party in Summerville.
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1 month ago | 
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd |Reach Caitlin Byrd
In her first town hall of the year, after weeks of mounting public pressure to hold an in-person forum in her coastal district, South Carolina U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace chose to phone it in.
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1 month ago | 
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd |Reach Caitlin Byrd
Federal prosecutors have dropped their case against an Illinois man accused of assaulting South Carolina U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, abruptly ending a charge she has frequently invoked in her political messaging. James McIntyre, who earlier pleaded not guilty in a Washington, D.C. courtroom, was accused of attacking Mace inside the Rayburn House Office Building after allegedly shaking her hand in an "exaggerated, aggressive" manner last year.
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1 month ago | 
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd |Reach Caitlin Byrd
MOUNT PLEASANT — Some came with concerns about the fate of Social Security. Others had questions about Elon Musk. Many expressed fears about whether America is in the midst of a crisis and held up pocket-sized copies of the Constitution to make their point. But as each person approached the microphone, their congresswoman, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-Charleston, was nowhere to be found. That empty chair dynamic left constituents to wonder, sometimes aloud: Is she even listening to us?
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2 months ago | 
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd |Reach Caitlin Byrd
South Carolina voters aren't getting the live town halls they're demanding from their D.C. representatives in the wake of aggressive government gutting by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. But in some cases they're getting insults instead. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham recently dismissed the drumbeat as a leftist conspiracy, mocking some as "loonies" in a Facebook post. U.S. Rep.
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2 months ago | 
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd |Reach Caitlin Byrd
One of the four men accused of being a sexual predator by U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace is suing the South Carolina congresswoman for defamation and libel, contending she knowingly made false claims about him both before and after she made her House of Representatives floor speech. Brian Musgrave of Fort Mill filed his complaint March 14 in U.S. District Court in Charleston. He is being represented by South Carolina attorneys Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter.
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2 months ago | 
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd |Reach Caitlin Byrd
Elon Musk, the unelected right-hand man leading President Donald Trump's slash-and-burn overhaul of the federal government, isn't winning over South Carolinians. A Winthrop University poll reveals that 41 percent of South Carolina adults — 4 out of 10 — do not approve of Musk, exposing a stark but almost even divide in a state that helped propel Trump back to the White House. Just 38 percent of those polled view the tech billionaire favorably.
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2 months ago | 
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd |Reach Caitlin Byrd
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace is the most recognizable name as South Carolina's 2026 governor's race starts taking shape, a new poll finds, positioning the Lowcountry congresswoman as an early stand-out in a list of likely contenders. A Winthrop University poll released March 11 found 52 percent of South Carolina adults say they are either very or somewhat familiar with the Charleston-area Republican.
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2 months ago | 
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd |Reach Caitlin Byrd
When Congresswoman Nancy Mace spoke on the House of Representatives floor last month and accused four men of serious crimes, she was protected by one of the most robust legal shields in American politics — all thanks to where she stood.
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2 months ago | 
postandcourier.com | Caitlin Byrd |Reach Caitlin Byrd
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham rushed to defend President Donald Trump after a high-stakes Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy erupted in a televised shouting match, with Trump and Vice President JD Vance berating the embattled wartime ally in a combative exchange that tanked a rare minerals deal. Appearing on Fox News soon after the Feb.
