Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84; Georgia, Atlanta honor civil rights icon
From Sen. Raphael Warnock to Ambassador Andrew Young, Georgia officials and former Atlanta mayors remember Jesse Jackson as a global freedom fighter.
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From Sen. Raphael Warnock to Ambassador Andrew Young, Georgia officials and former Atlanta mayors remember Jesse Jackson as a global freedom fighter.
Many political candidates pitch themselves as outsiders.
At Atlanta's historic "City Hall of Sweet Auburn," Sen. Jon Ossoff and Fulton County DA Fani Willis framed the moment as a crisis for democracy.
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff from Georgia energized Atlanta supporters, spotlighting health care as a defining issue for Democrats in the 2026 election cycle.
Federal officials have purchased property near Social Circle Elementary to build a 10,000-bed ICE detention facility, prompting city leaders to voice frustration over a lack of transparency.
Sen. Jon Ossoff and the mayor of Social Circle are asking for answers about a possible plan to open a large-scale detainee holding center in the small Georgia city.
Sen. Jon Ossoff is heading into the 2026 election year with a major financial advantage, reporting more than $25 million cash on hand as he prepares for what his campaign calls the toughest re-election fight of any sitting U.S. senator.
A congressional ethics watchdog says there's substantial reason to believe the former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Mike Collins hired his girlfriend as an intern and that she didn't perform proper work.
The mass shooting, labeled a terrorist attack by authorities, has sent shockwaves through Jewish communities worldwide — including here in Georgia, Sen. Jon Ossoff says.
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff has released a new video highlighting how more than a million Georgia residents could see their insurance premiums skyrocket if Congress fails to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits.
A group of senators, including Georgia's Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, are demanding that the Department of Homeland Security stop blocking members of Congress from inspecting ICE facilities.
Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has announced she will resign from Congress on January 5, 2026.
A new political ad in Georgia's U.S. Senate race is raising concerns about the use of artificial intelligence in elections after Rep. Mike Collins' campaign released a deepfake video showing Sen. Jon Ossoff mocking farmers and defending a government shutdown.
President Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene have fallen out in a public feud.
While eight Democratic senators chose to break the shutdown stalemate, Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock remained "no" votes.
An investigation led by Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff has uncovered dozens of reports of medical neglect in immigration detention centers nationwide.
There may be no rank-and-file Democratic senator with more at stake from the federal government shutdown than Georgia's Jon Ossoff.
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff's re-election campaign raised more than $12 million in the third quarter of 2025, strengthening his financial position as Republicans ramp up spending to defeat him in next year's Georgia Senate race.
Two Georgia Republicans aiming to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in 2026 have raised nearly $2 million each after entering the race this summer.
President Donald Trump's administration has extended Georgia's Pathways to Coverage program for 15 months.
Officials say expanded diversion programs, lower bonds, and court reminders could help ease overcrowding at the Fulton County Jail.
A DeKalb County jury found 30-year-old J'ana Rawat guilty in the 2022 killing of Tyler James Reed inside a Clarkston apartment while two children were present.
Experts say the proposal builds on SB 202, the controversial law passed after President Donald Trump's 2020 election claims.
The Alliance Theatre's Lullaby Project, part of its weekly Early Learners Program at the PNC PlaySpace, brings together artists and families to create personalized lullabies.
Dorsey, once the first Black sheriff of DeKalb County, spent more than two decades behind bars for orchestrating the 2000 killing of his political opponent, a crime that shocked Georgia politics and reshaped public trust.