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‘We’re winning so much.’ Trump’s State of the Union seeks to calm economic jitters...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared during Tuesday's State of the Union that “we’re winning so much,” saying he'd sparked a jobs and...

Lawmakers consider hiking fines for insurers who flout Georgia’s mental health parity law

(Georgia Recorder) — Georgia officials on both sides of the aisle are proposing legislation aimed at holding insurance companies accountable when they fall short...

Trump’s State of the Union will seek to calm voters’ economic concerns ahead of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will use Tuesday’s State of the Union address to champion his immigration crackdowns, his slashing of the federal...

Mother testifies she urged Colin Gray to lock up guns before Apalachee High shooting...

ATLANTA (AP) — Accused school shooter Colt Gray and his family lived a chaotic life, fighting, arguing and moving frequently due to financial issues,...

Georgia House passes stripped down ‘Mandi Ballinger Act,’ opting to instead study ‘raise the...

(Georgia Recorder) - The Georgia House on Friday passed a bill to create a special committee to study raising the age of juvenile court...

Republicans shoot down Democratic effort seeking to expand Medicaid in Georgia

(Georgia Recorder) — Democrats attempted to pass Medicaid expansion on the floor of the Senate in a legislative maneuver that was quickly shot down...

Armed man shot and killed after entering secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service announced Sunday that an armed man was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago,...

Homeland Security suspends TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is suspending the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs as a partial government...

Governors say Trump told them he won’t force immigration enforcement surges on states

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — President Donald Trump told governors Friday during a meeting at the White House he has no plans to surge federal...

Trump says he’ll raise tariffs to 15 percent after Supreme Court ruling

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he wants a global tariff of 15%, up from 10% he had announced a day...

Ghislaine Maxwell fights release of more Epstein documents, calling disclosure law unconstitutional

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to disgraced financier Jeffrey...

Lawmakers push a new mental health hospital as a solution to statewide crisis

The Georgia Senate is requesting a $409 million adjustment to the state budget to build a mental health hospital that would be the first...