Agent hit by buckshot from gun of man charged in correspondents’ dinner attack, prosecutor...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities have determined that buckshot from the gun of the man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents' Association...
Trump says US will reduce number of troops in Germany ‘a lot further’ than...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. will significantly reduce its troop presence in Germany, escalating...
Spirit Airlines shuts down as company says it can’t keep up with higher oil...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Spirit Airlines, an impish upstart that shook the industry with its irreverent ads and deep discount fares, announced...
Kemp rejects calls to redraw this year’s political maps, early voting surge and other...
(Georgia Recorder) — Independence Day is still a couple months away, but there were plenty of fireworks in Georgia this week.
Some of them went...
Appeals court blocks remote access to abortion medication nationwide
NEW ORLEANS, La. (Stateline) — One of the main methods of obtaining abortion medication for those living in states with bans is now blocked...
Democrats renew calls for US Supreme Court overhaul after voting rights decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. (States Newsroom) — After the U.S. Supreme Court severely weakened the federal Voting Rights Act in an April 29 decision, a furious...
Over 100,000 ballots cast in the first week of Georgia’s early primary voting
(GPB News) - More than 100,000 voters have already cast their ballots for Georgia’s primary election in the first week of early voting.
More Georgians voted...
Trump signs bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending record shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump swiftly signed a bipartisan legislation Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its...
Trump, US House speaker prod GOP states to gerrymander after voting rights ruling
(States News) - President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to capitalize on a U.S. Supreme Court decision weakening the federal Voting Rights Act as...
Georgia GOP race for state school chief pits incumbent experience against calls for change
(Georgia Recorder) - Fred “Bubba” Longgrear has big goals for Georgia’s public schools. Longgrear is president of the Georgia School Superintendents Association, and he’s...
Supreme Court decision weakening Voting Rights Act could impact future political maps in Georgia
(Georgia Recorder) - Some prominent Republicans started calling for Georgia lawmakers to redraw the state’s political maps hours after the U.S. Supreme Court issued...
US House passes ‘skinny’ farm bill that keeps big GOP cuts to food assistance
(States Newsroom) — The U.S. House approved, 224-200, a five-year farm bill Thursday as members of Congress attempt to update major agriculture and nutrition...