Jan 17 Watch 3:58 Dispatches from MI, GA, OH: States step up security ahead of inauguration By PBS NewsHour Amid threats of violent protests ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration, states have stepped up security, especially around their respective Capitols. Karen Kasler of Ohio Public Radio and Television reports from Columbus Ohio, Dave Boucher of the Detroit Free Press joins… Continue watching
Jan 09 Trump pressured Georgia to ‘find the fraud’ in earlier call By Ben Nadler, Associated Press While election officials in Georgia were verifying signatures on absentee ballot envelopes in one metro-Atlanta county, President Donald Trump pressed a lead investigator to “find the fraud” and said it would make the investigator a national hero. Continue reading
Jan 07 Loeffler concedes to Warnock in Georgia race By Ben Nadler, Associated Press GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed to the position a year ago to replace outgoing Sen. Johnny Isakson, posted a video to social media Thursday evening saying that she had called Raphael Warnock to congratulate him. Continue reading
Jan 07 Objections to Georgia results fail without senators’ support By Associated Press While a number of Republican members of the House of Representatives objected to the results of the presidential election in Georgia, a state Joe Biden narrowly won, but without a senator joining their objection, the objection failed. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 2:54 Democrats capture control of the Senate with victories in Georgia By PBS NewsHour In the midst of the chaos at the Capitol, we saw a shift of power in the U.S. Senate after the vote in Georgia as Democrats won both runoff elections. William Brangham has the story. Continue watching
Jan 06 Ossoff wins in Georgia, tipping Senate control to Democrats By Steve Peoples, Bill Barrow, Russ Bynum, Associated Press Democrat Jon Ossoff wins election to U.S. Senate from Georgia, beating incumbent Sen. David Perdue. Continue reading
Jan 06 Georgia GOP election night party begins to empty By News Desk The Republican election night party in Atlanta is beginning to empty, with those remaining increasingly concerned that one or both GOP Georgia Senate candidates could lose. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 5:54 Polls close in Georgia’s runoff elections with control of the U.S. Senate on the line All eyes are on Georgia, where polls closed in two runoff elections that will determine control of the U.S. Senate. Stephen Fowler, a political reporter for Georgia Public Broadcasting and host of the Battleground: Ballot Box podcast, joins Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Jan 05 FBI probed bomb threat for Georgia polling site By News Desk The elections director for Georgia's most populous county says a bomb threat targeting an Election Day polling place in Georgia’s most populous county was investigated last week by the FBI. Continue reading
Jan 05 Most populous county sees more votes than Nov. 3 By News Desk Fulton County elections director Rick Barron gave reporters a rough estimate of more than 70,000 votes cast in person on Tuesday, versus about 60,000 in-person votes on Nov. 3. Continue reading