The South Carolina House approved a bill taking down the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds, a stunning reversal in a state that was the first to leave the Union in 1860 and raised the flag ...

In 1961, to honor the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, South Carolina lawmakers raised the Confederate battle flag over the State House. In 2000, it was moved to a flagpole ...

In 1997, waving Confederate flags at football games ... and South Carolina leaders to remove the Confederate battle flag from state house grounds." An earlier version of this story stated the ...

Speaking at the celebration, State Senator John D. Long reminded the crowd that hanging the Confederate flag in the state house, which he supported, was about more than regional heritage.

House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, a Democrat from South Carolina, said the message the people wielding the Confederate flag in the Capitol were trying to send was unequivocal. “They were ...

"Confederate flags are still pieces of history," says ... When asked if he would ever ban the flag from his auctions, auction house owner James D. Julia said he would not, just as he has not ...

She later found she fit within the ideology of the Republican Party, and in South Carolina, the Confederate flag was a central part of political life. The flag had flown atop the State House since ...

While other flags at the State House are lowered to half-staff, the Confederate flag remains at full-staff, because the 2000 compromise required any changes to be approved by two-thirds of the ...

The House is preparing to vote on removing Confederate ... President Trump said he considers flying the Confederate flag a "freedom of speech" issue. Watch more of the interview with the president ...

WASHINGTON -- The House has voted to ban the display of Confederate flags at historic federal cemeteries in the deep South. The low-profile move came Tuesday evening after a brief debate on a ...

Nikki Haley speaks during a news conference in the South Carolina State House, Monday, June 22, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. Haley said that the Confederate flag should come down from the grounds of ...