Sep 30 WATCH: Trump makes false claims about the federal response to Hurricane Helene By Christine Fernando, Adriana Gomez Licon, Jeff Amy, Associated Press Donald Trump repeatedly spread falsehoods Monday as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia. Continue reading
Sep 30 Crisis unfolds in the Southeast as Helene’s death toll climbs to more than 100 By Kate Payne, Jeffrey Collins, Patrick Whittle, Associated Press Forecasters say a new tropical depression in the eastern Atlantic Ocean could become a hurricane by midweek. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 10:01 Inside Georgia’s effort to secure voting machines as experts raise concerns By Miles O'Brien Georgia is one of the battlegrounds where local and state officials are grappling with some big changes about certifying the vote and a new requirement to hand count the total number of ballots. There's another concern raised by some experts… Continue watching
Sep 24 Trump mixes up name of Charlottesville, Virginia, during Georgia speech By Associated Press Donald Trump flubbed the name of Charlottesville while going off script during a speech on Tuesday otherwise focused on economic policy. Continue reading
Sep 24 WATCH: Trump talks tariffs and taking other countries’ jobs but offers few details By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged not only to stop U.S. businesses from offshoring jobs, but also to take other countries’ jobs and factories in part through huge tariffs that economists say could actually raise domestic prices. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 4:26 Georgia election board passes rule requiring hand count of ballots By Stephanie Sy, Jonah Anderson, Saher Khan The 2024 voting season is officially underway as polling stations opened Friday for early in-person voting in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia. Meantime, the state election board in Georgia passed a new vote-counting rule that has sparked heated debate. Stephanie… Continue watching
Sep 20 Georgia’s State Election Board approves rule requiring hand count of paper ballots By Kate Brumback, Associated Press Three Republican board members who were praised by former President Donald Trump during a rally last month in Atlanta voted to approve the measure, while the lone Democrat on the board and the nonpartisan chair voted to reject it. Continue reading
Sep 20 WATCH: Harris speaks about abortion rights at Atlanta campaign rally By Colleen Long, Amanda Seitz, Josh Boak, Associated Press Kamala Harris blasted Donald Trump as a threat to women's freedoms and their very lives, warning in a speech in the battleground state of Georgia on Friday that Republicans would continue to choke off access to abortion if he returns… Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 7:03 Investigation links Georgia’s abortion ban to preventable deaths of 2 women By John Yang, Ryan Connelly Holmes We’re learning more about the effects of abortion restrictions enacted after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. ProPublica found at least two women in Georgia who died after being unable to get either a legal abortion or timely… Continue watching
Sep 17 From panic buttons to bulletproof glass, U.S. election officials are preparing for threats By Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press Across the country, local election directors are beefing up their security in advance of Election Day on Nov. 5 to keep their workers and polling places safe while also ensuring that ballots and voting procedures won't be tampered with. Continue reading