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Politics
Georgia purges Black Democrats from county election boards
Protesters filled the meeting room of the Spalding County Board of Elections in October, upset that the board had disallowed early voting on Sundays...
Congress includes $300 million for Ukraine in massive defense bill
U.S. lawmakers included efforts to push back against Russia and China in a compromise version of a massive annual defense bill released on Tuesday,...
Congress boosts funding for Boeing jet fighters and ships in defense bill
U.S. lawmakers sought to increase aircraft and Navy ship purchases in an effort to field a robust military and send a signal to Russia...
U.S. restarts Trump-era Mexico border program
The Biden administration will restart a controversial Trump-era border program that forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for U.S. immigration hearings, in keeping...
White House asks government to buy more from Black, Latino and other minority-owned businesses
The White House on Thursday unveiled plans to ask federal agencies to direct at least 11% of contract dollars spent to disadvantaged small businesses...
Quotes from the U.S. Supreme Court abortion case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in Washington centered on a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy in a...
Some Republicans in Congress try to close government over vaccine mandates
U.S. lawmakers' efforts to keep the U.S. government operating hit a stumbling block on Wednesday as a group of hard-line Republicans threatened to try...
