Jan 05 Warnock would be first Black person to represent Georgia in the Senate, if elected By Daniel Bush Raphael Warnock is seeking to become the first Black person elected to the U.S. Senate from Georgia. Just 10 Black people have been elected to the Senate, including three current members: Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., and… Continue reading
Jan 05 Black voters accounted for 32% of electorate in Georgia Senate runoffs By Daniel Bush According to the early AP vote survey, Black voters accounted for 32 percent of the electorate in the Georgia runoff races, a slight increase of 3 percent from the general election in November. The white share of the electorate declined… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 6:45 Georgia voters head to the polls to decide control of the U.S. Senate All eyes are on Georgia, where voters went to the polls on Tuesday to decide the fate of the U.S. Senate. Stephen Fowler, a political reporter for Georgia Public Broadcasting and host of the Battleground: Ballot Box podcast, joins Judy… Continue watching
Jan 05 Hack of federal agencies 'likely Russian in origin,' say security agencies By Eric Tucker, Frank Bajak, Associated Press The statement represents the U.S. government's first formal attempt to assign responsibility for the breaches at multiple agencies and to assign a possible motive for the operation. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 4:05 News Wrap: White Wisconsin officer avoids criminal charges in Jacob Blake shooting In our news wrap Tuesday, the white police officer who shot and paralyzed a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin last summer will not be charged, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 tops 356,000, the nation’s top national security agencies acknowledge… Continue watching
Jan 05 60% of Georgia voters say party control is top issue By News Desk Democrats must win both seats to take control of the Senate, while Republicans just need to win one of the two seats. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 9:58 Tensions rise as Congress prepares to certify election results It is a transition like no other with President Trump denying election results and defying the democratic process. In Washington D.C., hundreds met outside the U.S. Capitol in support of the president -- a preview of what's expected to be… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 8:16 Former defense secretary urges top brass to resign or resist questionable Trump orders All 10 living former secretaries of defense signed a column published in The Washington Post on Sunday that urged the Trump administration to allow a peaceful transition of power and to keep the Pentagon out of it. One of the… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 7:42 Pro-Iran militias in Iraq grow increasingly hostile toward the U.S. By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Jack Hewson It has been one year since Iranian Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani was assassinated at Baghdad airport by an American drone, and tensions between the U.S. and Iran have been heating up over the past few weeks. Iraqi militias, with ties… Continue watching
Jan 05 Georgia election officials say voting is going smoothly across the state, despite Trump's claims By News Desk Gabriel Sterling, Georgia’s voting system implementation manager, responded to Trump’s tweet by saying that officials had already told the public about the problem in Columbia County and fixed the issue “hours ago.”… Continue reading