Bush machine running on fumes  —  SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Some of Jeb Bush's most steadfast allies think Saturday might be the end.  —  Donors, who poured millions into his campaign and super PAC, have stopped giving — one refusing a direct request to raise $1 million this week.

Trump on brink of key win  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — The author of “The Art of the Deal” is on the brink of closing his biggest one yet.  —  Victory for Donald Trump in the GOP primary here on Saturday would copper-fasten his status as the dominant front-runner, catapult him into a significant delegate lead …

The Great Republican Stalemate  —  SPARTANBURG, S.C.—You could see why Ted Cruz might be getting a little frustrated.  So many of the voters that rightfully belonged to him were, lately, stubbornly choosing to back other candidates instead.  —  Donald Trump.  Marco Rubio.  Even—would you believe it?

The Roots of Donald Trump's Candidacy Lie in a South Carolina Cemetery  —  Searching for the soul of South Carolina politics—and the modern Republican Party.  —  COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA—Bold and fiercely territorial, the geese in the small pond shatter the peace of the Greenlawn Memorial Park on a bright winter's afternoon.

Biden hints at centrist Supreme Court pick  —  Echoing some recent Republican arguments about judicial nominations, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday suggested that President Barack Obama will not nominate a staunch liberal to replace Justice Antonin Scalia at a time when the ideological balance of the Supreme Court is up in the air.

Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 89  —  Harper Lee, whose first novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” about racial injustice in a small Alabama town, sold more than 10 million copies and became one of the most beloved and most taught works of fiction ever written by an American, has died.