A leading backer of Tim Scott's White House campaign says the senator's team 'fundamentally miscalculated what it means to run for president' amid sagging polls and Nikki Haley's gains

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Sen. Tim Scott speaks at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, on October 16, 2023.

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A South Carolina GOP lawmaker says he's a 'strong advocate' for family values. His wife says he's had multiple affairs and is filing for divorce.

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Reps. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., testifies during a House Rules Committee hearing on Capitol HIll on September 18, 2023.
Republican Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina testifies during a House Rules Committee hearing on Capitol Hill.

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Trump campaign backtracks claim that he bought a Glock handgun in South Carolina after it became clear that would be illegal

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Former President Donald Trump.

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The pilot of an F-35 that weirdly went missing ended up parachuting into someone's backyard after ejecting

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Airmen from Joint Base Charleston speak to a family living right next to the site of a crashed F-35 about the operation to recover the fighter jet and requests for the family in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023.
Airmen from Joint Base Charleston speak to a family living right next to the site of a crashed F-35 about the operation to recover the fighter jet and requests for the family in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept.

A missing F-35 stealth fighter may have kept flying after its pilot ejected. A pilotless Soviet jet once flew 500 miles before crashing in NATO territory.

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An F-35B Lightning II with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing crosses the Pacific from Yuma, Ariz. to Iwakuni, Japan, on Jan. 9, 2017.

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Sen. Tim Scott says people insinuate that he's gay because they 'can't say I'm Black'

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Sen. Tim Scott speaks at the first GOP presidential debate on August 23 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Sen. Tim Scott speaks at the first GOP presidential debate on August 23 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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