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WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives wasted no time this week using their new majority to pass political messaging bills that appeal to conservative voters on hot-button issues, but…

ATLANTA - A south Georgia state senator is leaving his elected office for a state job while Georgia’s prison chief is stepping down. State Sen. Dean Burke, a Bainbridge Republican will step down from his Senate seat effective Dec. 31 to…

WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A $1.66 trillion U.S. government spending bill, delayed by weeks of policy disagreements over immigration and overall levels of funding, was inching toward passage in the Senate on Thursday following a deal…

WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - A stopgap spending bill to avoid a partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government began moving through the House of Representatives on Tuesday, as Congress scampered to meet a midnight Friday deadline when…

Sinema to register as independentShe says she will not caucus with RepublicansWASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent, she said on Friday, just days…

ATLANTA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Democrat Raphael Warnock won re-election to the U.S. Senate in a hard-fought Georgia runoff on Tuesday, strengthening his party's razor-thin majority as he fought off a challenge by Republican former football…

Nov 14 (Reuters) - Kari Lake, one of the most high-profile Republican candidates in the midterm elections to embrace former President Donald Trump's false claims of voter fraud in 2020, lost her bid to become the next governor of…

Byron Cage performs during Takeoff's Celebration of Life on November 11, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)Family and fans celebrated the life of rapper Takeoff at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, last month in a…

Senate candidates race to finish as election day nears Senate candidates race to finish as election day nears Former President Barack Obama headlining a campaign event for Warnock, the rally at Pullman Yards in Atlanta's Kirkwood…

In 2022, a total of 35 Senate seats are up for election – 12 of those held by Democrats, and 23 held by Republicans.  As of Saturday night, after a slow ballot count in Nevada, Catherine Cortez Masto's victory sealed a continued…