Georgia election officials say they're referring for possible criminal prosecution a potential voter fraud case involving a group recently linked to one of the state's new Democratic U.S. senators — The New Georgia Project.
by Associated PressDonald Trump's lawyers have a simple objective as they open their defense at the former president's impeachment trial: Don't lose any Republican votes.
by MARY CLARE JALONICK / The Associated PressDire harm from Donald Trump's false and violent incitements will vex American democracy long into the future unless the Senate convicts him of impeachment and bars him from future office, House prosecutors insisted Thursday as they concluded two days of emotional arguments in his historic trial.
by LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN / The Associated PressAs U.S. House managers made their case for the impeachment of Donald Trump, Fulton County's top prosecutor on Wednesday launched a wide-ranging criminal investigation into the former president.
by Christian Boone and Greg Bluestein / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution via Tribune News ServiceAbsentee and turnout numbers in the Chattanooga municipal election on Wednesday far exceeded past first-day numbers, as citizens began early voting to pick a new mayor and city council.
by Sarah Grace TaylorJenny Hill says she plans to maintain her Hamilton County school board seat even if she is elected to the Chattanooga City Council.
by Sarah Grace TaylorLawyers for Donald Trump on Monday blasted the impeachment case against him as an act of "political theater" and accused House Democrats on the eve of the former president's trial of exploiting the chaos and trauma of last month's Capitol riot for their party's gain.
by ERIC TUCKER, LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN / Associated PressThe Chattanooga Police Department has cleared an officer accused of damaging and removing a City Council candidate's campaign sign.
by Sarah Grace TaylorThe three best-funded Chattanooga mayoral candidates have raised more than $800,000 to date, with about a month until the March 2 election.
by Sarah Grace TaylorA fiercely divided House tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees Thursday, an unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she'd earned by spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories.
by ALAN FRAM and BRIAN SLODYSKO / The Associated PressHouse Republicans decided Wednesday to stand by two GOP lawmakers who have polarized the party, voting to retain Rep. Liz Cheney as their No. 3 leader and saying they'd fight a Democratic push to kick Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off her committees.
by ALAN FRAM, BRIAN SLODYSKO and KEVIN FREKING / The Associated PressRepublicans in Georgia's state Senate are moving quickly to limit who can vote and how after Democrats won the presidential election and two U.S. Senate runoffs in the once reliably red state.
by BEN NADLER / The Associated PressA Chattanooga TV station is charging mayoral candidates $1,000 to be interviewed ahead of the March 2 election.
by Sarah Grace TaylorCasting his climate policy as a jobs plan, President Joe Biden left out important context and used fuzzy math when he announced sweeping new green initiatives that he says will boost the U.S. economy with the creation of 1 million new auto jobs.
by TOM KRISHER, CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and HOPE YEN / The Associated PressMore than half of likely Chattanooga voters in each of the seven voting districts with contested council races in March are undecided, according to a recent poll, but almost every district agrees on the importance of public safety and economic issues.
by Sarah Grace TaylorThe local Democratic Socialists of America chapter endorsed Monty Bruell for mayor of Chattanooga this week, marking the organization's first-ever candidate endorsement.
by Sarah Grace TaylorPresident Joe Biden benefited from a record-breaking amount of donations from anonymous donors to outside groups backing him, meaning the public will never have a full accounting of who helped him win the White House.
by Bill Allison Bloomberg News via Tribune News ServiceThe head of the Republican National Committee on Wednesday declined to encourage former President Donald Trump to run for the White House in 2024, saying the GOP would stay "neutral" in its next presidential primary.
by STEVE PEOPLES / AP National Political WriterSenate Republican leader Mitch McConnell backed off his demand that Senate Democrats preserve the procedural tool known as the filibuster, easing a standoff with new Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as the two negotiated a power-sharing agreement in the closely divided chamber.
by LISA MASCARO / AP Congressional CorrespondentThese suspects weren't exactly in hiding
by MICHAEL BALSAMO, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG / The Associated PressOhio Sen. Rob Portman said Monday that he won't seek reelection to a third term in 2022, expressing dismay with the deep partisanship and dysfunction in American politics.
by DAN SEWELL and THOMAS BEAUMONT / The Associated PressDemocrats plan to move quickly on one of the first bills of the new Congress, citing the need for federal election standards and other reforms to shore up the foundations of American democracy after a tumultuous post-election period and deadly riot at the Capitol.
by CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY / Associated PressHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she will send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, triggering the start of the former president's trial on a charge of incitement of insurrection over the deadly Capitol Jan. 6 riot.
by MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO / Associated Press