Senate approves defense bill, sends to Trump despite his threats to veto it

The final vote was 84-13, mirroring a similarly overwhelming margin in the House that, if maintained in both chambers, would be enough to override a potential veto.

Richard Hinch, New Hampshire's House speaker, dies of COVID-19

The COVID-19 death of the speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives has raised fears that other members of one of the world's largest legislatures might have been exposed at their swearing-in last week.

Georgia elector says there more work to do after Monday's vote

State Senator Steve Henson is really looking forward to Monday, December 14. That's the day he and the 15 other Democrats who make up Georgia's Electoral College will officially cast their votes for the President of the United States.

Advocacy groups accuse Ga. Secretary of State of wrongly removing voters from election rolls

Attorneys representing several advocacy groups went before a judge Thursday alleging Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger wrongly removed voters names from election rolls.

Georgia House speaker moves against election official

Amid continuing Republican attacks on the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s presidential victory in Georgia, the state House speaker is proposing to take the selection of the state’s chief election official from the voters and put it in the hands of legislators.

In Georgia, Pence calls Senate GOP's 'last line of defense'

Back in Georgia to rally electoral support for the state’s two Republican senators, Vice President Mike Pence told voters in Augusta on Thursday that returning the incumbents to Washington would secure a GOP Senate and help preserve what he characterized as the successes of the Trump administration.

More than 60 organizations urge Sens. Loeffler, Perdue to support comprehensive COVID relief

The organizations want the senators to support extending comprehensive relief to include increasing SNAP benefits, providing adequate unemployment insurance benefits and providing more aid to state and local governments to avoid job loss.

Cobb County adds early voting locations after cuts criticized

Cobb County will add two more early voting locations after it was criticized for scaling back the number of locations for the Senate runoff.

President-elect? Republicans may wait until January to say Biden won

Americans waiting for Republicans in Congress to acknowledge Joe Biden as the president-elect may have to keep waiting until January.

Trump holds White House COVID-19 vaccine summit as Biden introduces health team

President Donald Trump held a coronavirus vaccine summit Tuesday at the White House as President-elect Joe Biden, who was not invited to the event, formally introduced his health team.

Georgia Senate GOP push for end to no-excuse absentee voting

Republicans in Georgia’s state Senate are calling for an end to absentee voting without cause and want to ban ballot drop boxes, after an increase in mail voting helped propel Democrat Joe Biden to a narrow victory over President Donald Trump in the state.

Georgia secretary of state wins praise from Schwarzenegger

Georgia’s secretary of state has received death threats over his handling of last month’s election, but he’s found a fan in Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Savannah River project in discussion after court ruling

Leaders in a city in Georgia and another one in South Carolina are discussing the future of the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam after a federal judge blocked a plan to remove the structure.

Source of money behind GOP’s new Georgia super PAC a mystery

A new Republican super political action committee, Peachtree PAC, is starting a $43 million TV ad campaign in Georgia on Wednesday, adding to the surge of money being poured into two Senate runoff elections that will determine control of the chamber and the trajectory of President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda.

Does Trump have the power to pardon himself?

Legal experts are divided on an inherently ambiguous question that was left vague by the Founding Fathers and has never had to be definitively resolved in court.