An aide to Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is accused of rolling his wife up in a carpet and beating her. (more)

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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum were shoved and a baby stroller was left knocked over after a group of “Occupy” protesters disrupted his election-night gathering and threw glitter on him Saturday night. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has won South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich continues to rally his supporters before Saturday’s primary here by bashing the liberal media. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- During a campaign rally the night before South Carolina's primary election, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich accused a heckler who interrupted his speech of being a supporter of Mitt Romney. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Virginia Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell endorsed Mitt Romney’s campaign for president on Friday and told a rally of supporters that both character and values matter when selecting a nominee to run against President Obama. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Don’t waste your vote on me. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Hundreds of students at the College of Charleston are gathering in front of the school’s Randolph Hall for Friday’s rally featuring comedian Stephen Colbert and former presidential candidate Herman Cain. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Another tea party leader says she sees signs that grassroots conservative activists are getting behind Newt Gingrich in the Palmetto State ahead of Saturday’s primary. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Talk about a scolding. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain on Thursday made an endorsement in the Republican presidential race, but it wasn’t an actual candidate running for president. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Those who showed up at the Hyatt to see Rick Perry announce his withdrawal from the Republican presidential race were confused by what they saw in the hotel parking lot: Herman Cain's campaign bus. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Even though he dropped out of the Republican race for president this year, Rick Perry has not given up hope of one day occupying the White House. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the Republican presidential race on Thursday, two days ahead of the South Carolina primary, and endorsed Newt Gingrich in an apparent effort to stop Mitt Romney from winning the nomination. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Daily Caller has learned that 100 tea party leaders from 25 states will announce Thursday that they are supporting Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and will form a coalition called Tea Partiers With Newt. (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Have the tea partiers found their man to challenge President Obama? (more)
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The top strategist for the Tea Party Express told The Daily Caller that the organization isn't quite ready to endorse a candidate in the presidential election, but admitted that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich seems to have the most buzz among tea party activists heading into South Carolina's primary. (more)
If you live in one of 13 select cities across the country, it’s likely you’ve seen the “I am a Mormon” ads on billboards, on TV or even on the side of a bus. (more)
The Washington Examiner's Byron York reports that Mitt Romney's presidential campaign "has not yet accepted invitations to participate in two high-profile debates leading up to the January 31 Florida primary." (more)
Newsweek accomplished at least one thing by running a cover story calling the country’s critics of President Obama “dumb” --- they awoke the mama grizzly. (more)

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