WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives are pledging to act to fix the nation's immigration system but making clear that they will not simply accept legislation pas...
Rep. Graves votes to bypass President, build Keystone Pipeline Today, U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) voted for, and the House passed, the Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3), which would bypass President Obama’s 1,700 day delay of the Keystone XL pipeline by ...
Ga. state lawmaker to be honored by White House ATLANTA (AP) — The White House is set to honor an openly gay Georgia state lawmaker as one of 10 Harvey Milk Champions of Change.
White House officials say Democratic State Rep. Simone Bell is bei...
Karen Handel: ‘I do not support Common Core’ We’ve got the first sign that the Republican race for U.S. Senate might prove to be a little uncomfortable for Gov. Nathan Deal. In a session with Tim Bryant and Martha Zoller on WGAU (1340AM) in A...
Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on.
The ex-congressman whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago said in a YouTube video announcement lat...
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Tyrone Brooks and Roy Barnes: Together again Tyrone Brooks has a lawyer to defend him from those federal charges of tax evasion and misappropriation. The note from the state lawmaker’s office: Governor Roy Barnes will hold a news conference i...
Georgia GOP picks new chair at Athens convention ATHENS -- Athenian John Padgett is the new chairman of the Georgia Republican Party. Padgett defeated two others vying for the spot at the party's convention at the Classic Center this weekend. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington ...
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With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly ...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.
Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed runni...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administ...
ATLANTA -- The ever-growing pack of candidates for the U.S. Senate have a wide-open running field, according to a survey released at the start of the Georgia Republican Convention.
The poll of 1,3...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pledging to eliminate the "scourge" of sexual assault in the military while cautioning that it will take a long and sustained effort by all military memb...
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's Republicans will be gathering in Athens for their state convention, with a packed agenda including electing a new state chair and hearing from top elected officials.
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ATLANTA – Mike Collins announced Thursday that he wants to follow his father’s footsteps to Congress by pursuing the seat Rep. Paul Broun is giving up in his own quest for the Senate.
Collins, son...
Scotland Yard makes two additional arrests and searches six locations in the probe of the brutal murder of a British soldier, while reports say both attackers were known to both UK authorities and a radical jihadist group.