Voters in Virginia, Oklahoma, and Georgia will head to the polls for primary and run-off elections on June 18 with the Old Dominion State being front and center. In Virginia, voters in the Fifth Congressional District will decide between Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) and state Sen. John McGuire. Mr. Good is the chairman of the […]
GLENNVILLE, Ga.—An inmate who shot and killed a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison before fatally shooting himself had a personal relationship with the woman, a prison official said Monday. The shooting early Sunday at Smith State Prison was an isolated incident and the investigation was ongoing, Georgia Department of Corrections spokesperson Lori Benoit said […]
MACON, Ga.—A father from Georgia has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after prosecutors accused him of murder. Justin Ross Harris was freed on Sunday—Father’s Day—from the Macon State Prison, Georgia Department of Corrections records show. He began serving his sentence […]
NEWNAN, Ga.—Six people, including three children, were killed in a fire that destroyed a home southwest of Atlanta early Monday, the local coroner said. The children’s ages were 6, 12, and 13, the Coweta County Coroner’s Office told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The oldest victim was in their 70s, authorities said. Their identities were not immediately […]
Former Georgia congressman Doug Collins spoke with NTD about the Democratic primary election victory of Fulton County DA Fani Willis and the nonpartisan victory of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, two key players in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump. Mr. Collins said their respective victories do not reflect […]
ATLANTA, Ga.—Georgia’s voters had a chance to change who occupies four of its seats in the House of Representatives during the state’s May 21 general primary as candidates fight to usurp three incumbents and fill one vacancy. While several congressional primaries were able to be called on election night, three will advance to a runoff […]
ATLANTA, Ga.—Georgia’s only contested State Supreme Court seat will remain in the same hands for another six years. Justice Andrew Pinson on May 21 defeated former Democratic Congressman John Barrow, who campaigned heavily on abortion. The Associated Press called the race at 9:28 p.m. Eastern. Justice Pinson considered his win proof that the people of […]
ATLANTA—Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee defeated their respective challengers in Georgia’s general primary on May 21, as voters expressed mixed emotions about their choices. Ms. Willis defeated Christian Wise Smith once again to secure the Democratic nominee for District Attorney in her pursuit of re-election, according […]
ATLANTA, Ga.—Georgia’s election battleground comes alive on May 21 as voters participate in general primaries and judicial elections, with key races overshadowed by the nationally divisive topics of former President Donald Trump and abortion. Two key figures involved in President Trump’s election interference case are facing challenges to their re-election bids. Fulton County Superior Court […]
SAVANNAH, Ga.—An argument between two women led to a gunfight that left 11 people hurt in a busy tourist area of Savannah, Georgia, late Saturday, one of five weekend shootings in the city, two of which were fatal, authorities said. Two people were injured in separate shootings Friday. Two more shootings on Saturday resulted in […]
Georgia’s Republican Party has removed one of its officers after he was ruled to have voted illegally multiple times. Georgia’s GOP voted 146-24 on May 11 to remove Brian K. Pritchard, its first vice chairman, Chairman Josh McKoon said after the closed meeting. Mr. McKoon said that removing Mr. Pritchard was necessary after he refused […]
ATHENS, Ga.—More than two decades after a University of Georgia law student was found dead in her burning home, authorities have arrested a man and charged him with murder in her slaying. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Athens-Clarke County police on Thursday announced the arrest of Edrick Lamont Faust, 48, in the January 2001 […]
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed into law a string of new bills aimed at bolstering election security in the battleground state just months ahead of the presidential election. A spokesperson for the Republican governor confirmed to The Epoch Times that Mr. Kemp signed the measures—Senate Bill 189, House Bill 974, and House Bill 1207—into […]
How much is the border crisis costing the United States? Congress is trying to find out today. What lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are saying. President Joe Biden is on the campaign trail, announcing plans for a new Microsoft AI data center in Wisconsin. We’ll tell you how many jobs it will create. […]
The Georgia Court of Appeals has agreed to review the decision a trial court judge issued that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to stay on the high-profile case against former President Donald Trump so long as she took a special prosecutor off the case to avoid the appearance of impropriety. “Upon consideration of […]
The Georgia Court of Appeals on May 8 agreed to review the decision a trial court judge issued that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to stay on the high-profile case against former President Donald Trump—as long as she took a special prosecutor off the case to avoid the appearance of impropriety. President Trump […]
President Joe Biden on May 2 decried the violence stemming from pro-Palestinian protesters on American college campuses. “Violent protest is not protected,” he said in an unscheduled speech from the White House. The remarks are the first time the president has spoken out on the issue since the protests escalated this week. They come after […]
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday signed into law a number of bills, including tough new immigration enforcement legislation aimed at bolstering public safety. The Republican governor signed approximately 10 new measures into law that he said would serve to counteract lawlessness, boost recruitment of law enforcement officers, make communities safer, and provide the state’s […]
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a set of bills into law on Tuesday aimed at supporting the state’s agricultural industry, including a bill prohibiting “foreign adversaries” from buying farmland near military installations. The bill, dubbed SB420, will ban “nonresident aliens” acting as agents of China or other foreign adversaries from acquiring farmland or non-residential land […]
Georgia is experiencing a wave of mass protests over controversial proposed legislation in the country. Located where the European and Asian continents meet, the former Soviet republic’s ruling “Georgian Dream Party” reintroduced plans in mid-April to pass a “foreign influence law,” French news outlet AFP reported. Critics say the proposed law closely resembles Russian legislation […]
