Santee Electric Cooperative is sponsoring a free tour of Washington DC for SC high school juniors.

U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn says the Big Three automaker’s chief executives should be fired as a condition of getting $25 billion in federal help to keep operating. The House’s third-ranking Democrat said in a news conference in Columbia on Wednesday that automakers should clean house.

He announced Wednesday the appointment of an advisory board from outside government that will offer input on the economy.  Watch raw video of his statement.

Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech at a Washington hotel.

He’s hospitalized for the night, but said to be conscious, alert, and talking. Mukasey is 67 years old.

President elect Barack Obama spent Wednesday working in his transition office in Chicago, and while there were no official announcements on who will be in the new cabinet we are learning more about some of the future president’s choices.

Top executives testified again Wednesday on Capitol Hill but the action is going on behind the scenes.

Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling below the 8,000 mark.,

The stated goal of the first-ever leaders’ summit of the Group of 20 this weekend is to examine the causes of the crisis and to begin mapping out principles for a response.

Investors are looking at beaten-down shares while global leaders gather in Washington to discuss ways to tackle the world financial crisis.

“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America,“ Obama said.

It’s the first time in more than 75 years that Democrats have made big gains in the House in back-to-back elections.

President Bush will lay out a more detailed explanation today of what the government is doing to battle the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century.

Today in Washington, we get a fresh batch of economic reports, a day after another big sell-off on Wall Street.  The Dow fell another 733 points. 

Emaciated 50 lb. 14-year-old girl rescued from Washington state home.