Biden to campaign in Georgia ahead of runoff elections
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to travel to Atlanta on Monday to campaign on behalf of two Democrats looking to flip control of the US Senate…
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Biden inaugural festivities to feature national day of service on MLK Day
President-elect Joe Biden’s inaugural committee will promote the national day of service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day as part of festivities…
Continue Reading Trump set for Georgia rally as GOP officials brace for post-phone call fallout
President Donald Trump is scheduled to headline a 9 p.m. ET rally for a pair of Georgia Republican Senate candidates, but his election eve appearance…
Continue Reading Washington orders US aircraft carrier to remain in Middle East amid Iranian threats
Days after ordering a United States aircraft carrier out of the Middle East, the country’s acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller has…
Continue Reading Trump to award Medal of Freedom to GOP Reps. Devin Nunes and Jim Jordan
Before he leaves office, President Donald Trump will award the nation’s highest civilian honor to two of his most vocal political allies who…
Continue Reading Biden’s inaugural committee hosting ‘virtual parade across America’ on Inauguration Day
President-elect Joe Biden’s inaugural committee on Sunday announced there would be a virtual parade after the swearing-in ceremony on…
Continue Reading Electoral College objection serves as another example of Trump putting Loeffler and Perdue in tight spot
Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have spent the entire Georgia Senate runoffs running as close as they can to Donald Trump, while at…
Continue Reading Washington Post: In call, Trump demands Georgia officials ‘find’ votes to tilt election
President Donald Trump pushed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” votes to overturn the election results after his…
Continue Reading 117th Congress: Breaking down the historic numbers
The 117th Congress, being sworn in Sunday, is historically diverse, with record-setting numbers of women, Black and Latino members and members who…
Continue Reading US surgeon general: ‘No reason to doubt’ Covid-19 death toll number after Trump claims deaths ‘exaggerated’
US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Sunday said he has “no reason to doubt” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s…
Continue Reading More people are moving to Georgia than ever before. Many are bringing their Democratic politics with them
Andrew Lu moved to Georgia in 2017. By 2018, he was canvassing for Stacey Abrams’ gubernatorial campaign. The 35-year-old, who was working in…
Continue Reading Appeals court dismisses Gohmert case asking Pence to interfere in Electoral College vote count
A federal court on Saturday dismissed an appeal from Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert in his lawsuit to force Vice President Mike Pence to interfere in the…
Continue Reading The Sunrise Movement is an early winner in the Biden transition. Now comes the hard part.
The Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate activist group, has quickly announced itself as one of the most influential progressive forces in the…
Continue Reading Concern mounts over government cyber agency’s struggle to respond to hack fallout
With Microsoft acknowledging for the first time this past week that suspected Russian hackers behind a massive government security breach also gained…
Continue Reading Delayed AG pick raises pressure on Biden to field a diverse leadership team at Justice Department
The longer that President-elect Joe Biden takes to select his pick for US attorney general, the more pressure builds on him to staff his Justice…
Continue Reading ‘Everything is at stake’: How abortion became a key issue in the Georgia Senate runoffs
Both opponents and supporters of abortion rights are investing heavily in the Georgia Senate runoff election next week, underscoring in their…
Continue Reading These are the volunteers who drove across the country to register voters in the Georgia runoff
It took one text from a friend to convince Graco Hernandez to drive thousands of miles to help in Georgia’s election. The recent political…
Continue Reading Virginia state senator dies at age 60 after contracting Covid-19
Virginia state Sen. Ben Chafin Jr. has died after contracting Covid-19, according to a statement from his office. He was 60 years old. “State…
Continue Reading Execution date for the only woman on federal death row is reinstated
A group of three judges on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a lower court judge was wrong when he vacated an execution date for Lisa…
Continue Reading READ: Ruling dismissing Gohmert’s lawsuit against Pence
Federal Judge Jeremy Kernodle on Friday threw out a lawsuit from Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas and several Arizona Republicans seeking to…
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