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Georgia primary could be the starting gun for Democratic and Republican runoffs
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (1117+ words) In the Senate race, Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter are playing up their conservative records on Capitol Hill, while former college football coach Derek Dooley pitches himself as a political outsider. The governor's race has been transformed by healthcare…...
FEMA to send Georgia more than $300 million in Hurricane Helene relief after accusations of delays
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (189+ words) ATLANTA (AP) " The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday announced it would send $350 million in funding to localities and electric cooperatives for relief efforts following Hurricane Helene. .. FEMA to send Georgia more than $300 million in Hurricane Helene relief after accusations…...
Georgia's Fulton County heads to court to seek return of 2020 ballots seized by FBI
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (652+ words) Abbe Lowell, representing Fulton County, noted that the January raid was "unusual" because it involved an old election and allegations that have already been investigated in the years since Donald Trump, a Republican, lost the county and the state to…...
Trump heads to Georgia, a target of his election falsehoods, as Republicans look for midterm boost - The Boston Globe
3+ mon, 19+ hour ago (768+ words) But on Thursday, President Donald Trump's team insists he will focus on the economy when he visits battleground Georgia in a trip designed to help boost Republicans' political standing heading into the high-stakes midterm elections. "Georgia is obviously a very…...
Is Georgia the next Ukraine? - The Boston Globe
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (414+ words) Emerging from the wreckage of the Soviet Union, a new nation tries to find its place in the world. Because it borders Russia, it must tread carefully. It has three options: accept Russia's influence, rebel against it, or try neutrality....
R. I. political operative to run high-stakes House race in New Mexico - The Boston Globe
8+ mon, 9+ hour ago (301+ words) Patricia Socarras Santiago used to answer questions about political squabbles on the Providence/Cranston border. Now she's running a political campaign in New Mexico at the southern border that could turn into one of the hottest congressional races in the…...
Georgia Supreme Court declines to hear Fani Willis" appeal of her removal from Trump election case - The Boston Globe
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (682+ words) Citing an "appearance of impropriety" created by a romantic relationship Willis had with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she had hired to lead the case, the Georgia Court of Appeals in December ruled that Willis and her office could not…...
Court rules Georgia county didn't discriminate by denying coverage of gender-affirming surgery - The Boston Globe
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (663+ words) In its ruling Tuesday, the 11th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals found in an 8-5 decision that Houston County's policy of denying coverage did not violate the civil rights of sheriff's Sgt. Anna Lange. The decision of the full Atlanta-based appeals court overturned…...
1 dead, 1 wounded, suspect at large in University of New Mexico dorm shooting - The Boston Globe
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (77+ words) Gunshots were fired at the Casas del Rio dormitory complex, the university said in a statement. The wounded person's injuries were not life-threatening, it said. "Out of an abundance of caution, UNM has closed its Albuquerque central campus," the university…...
In Roswell, it's not Epstein, it's the UFO files Trump promised - The Boston Globe
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (687+ words) ROSWELL, N. M. " President Trump made public a trove of once-secret files related to the John F. Kennedy assassination in March, and did the same for Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, as he said he would during the 2024 campaign. His failure, however,…...