Kemp signs 3 anti-human trafficking bills into law

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed several bills into law on Tuesday all aimed at fighting human trafficking.

Faith leaders file suit to block implementation of Georgia election law

Calling Georgia's new voter law unjust, undemocratic, and unconstitutional, a coalition of voting rights groups, faith leaders and churches have filed suit against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and members of the Georgia State Election Board.

President Biden, first lady to visit Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter while in Georgia

President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden will be meeting with Jimmy Carter, and his wife, Rosalynn, while in Georgia this week, the White House said Tuesday.

Georgia adds 1 million, but growth slows from 1990s, 2000s

Georgia gained a million new residents from 2010 to 2020 according to U.S. Census results released Monday, with the state still growing more rapidly than the nation. But for the first time since 1990, the state will not add a congressional seat, as the state’s population growth slowed noticeably from the breakneck pace of the previous two decades.

Supreme Court to take up right to carry gun for self-defense

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense.

Georgia Black Republican Council supports state's new voter law, opposes boycott

The Georgia Black Republican Council is challenging Democrats' claims that the Election Integrity Act of 2021, signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp, seeks to disenfranchise blacks and other communities of color.

Census 2020 results: Texas, Florida gain congressional seats, California loses one for first time

The U.S. Census Bureau numbers are state population counts that show how many residents each state has gained or lost over the past decade, which is used to determine congressional seats and Electoral College votes.

Doug Collins will not run for Senate, Georgia governor in 2022

Former Rep. Doug Collins says he will not be challenging Sen. Raphael Warnock for Georgia's Senate seat or try to be the state's next governor.

Armenian Genocide: Why Biden’s recognition could inflame political tension between US and Turkey

President Biden has formally recognized the mass killing of Armenians during World War I as genocide, the first president to ever do so. The recognition, though, is likely to further complicate an already tense relationship with Turkey - and here’s why.

Georgia AG quits chair of prosecutors’ group in riot fallout

Georgia’s top prosecutor has resigned as chairman of the national Republican Attorneys General Association, saying he has had a “fundamental difference of opinion” with some of the other 24 members since the group encouraged the crowd that breached the Capitol on Jan. 6.

George W. Bush says he wrote in Condoleezza Rice for president in 2020 election

Former President George W. Bush wrote in the name of his former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on his 2020 presidential ballot, he told PEOPLE magazine.