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Georgia’s longest-serving congressman hopes to fight off GOP challenger

ATLANTA — Voters in southwest Georgia have a choice to make this election year: whether they are going to keep long-term Congressman Sanford Bishop in office or turn the seat over to a Republican newcomer.

Tribune News Service

Should the EU impose a travel ban on all Russians?

Al Jazeera speaks to analyst Natia Seskuria about the bloc’s dilemma.

Al Jazeera

GOP's Georgia challenge: Persuading Trump backers to vote

Eager Republican volunteers are knocking on doors in Georgia, trying to persuade reluctant conservatives and supporters of Donald Trump to register to vote in next month’s midterm elections

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Oprah seeks to lend her appeal to Abrams in Georgia election

Oprah Winfrey is again shining her star power on Democrat Stacey Abrams’s bid for governor in Georgia

The Independent UK

Atlanta court rejects Sen. Lindsey Graham’s request to block grand jury testimony

ATLANTA — The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Thursday ruled that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before the Fulton County special purpose grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump and his allies for possible interference with Georgia’s 2020 elections.

Tribune News Service

Georgia sheriff testifies to dispute civil rights charges

A Georgia sheriff on trial for abusing the rights of jail detainees who were strapped into restraint chairs has denied wrongdoing

The Independent UK

Lindsey Graham must testify before 2020 election grand jury in Georgia, appeals court rules

Fulton County panel wants to question senator about phone call he conducted with Georgia election officials

The Independent UK

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Appeals court: Sen. Graham must testify in Georgia probe

A federal appeals court says U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia

The Independent UK

John Cornyn doubles down on support for embattled Georgia Republican Herschel Walker with Senate fundraising effort

“I do support Herschel because he may well be the 51st Republican elected this cycle,” Cornyn said in an interview Thursday.

The Texas Tribune

Kirby Smart, others remember Georgia football legend Charley Trippi

Georgia Bulldogs legend Charley Trippi is a member of both the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He passed away in Athens at the age of 100.

USA Today Sports Media Group

A Federal Judge Says Trump Knowingly Endorsed False Fraud Claims in an Election Lawsuit

Despite that evidence, it is hard to tell whether Trump actually thought he beat Biden.

Reason

Sen. Lindsey Graham loses bid to delay testimony on 2020 election - Roll Call

A federal appeals court cleared the way for Graham to testify before a grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.

Roll Call

Election official’s wife told Kelly Loeffler she was ‘responsible’ for 2020 death threats, leaked texts reveal

‘I hold you personally responsible,’ secretary’s wife wrote just after election

The Independent UK

Quinton Simon’s mother ‘downed tequila shots’ at Tybee Island beach bar as FBI launched landfill search, staff say

Leilani Simon, now the prime suspect in the investigation, and her mother Billie Jo Howell were seen drinking at Sting Ray’s

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‘Continue to get out the vote:’ Lin-Manuel Miranda encourages Latino canvassers

ATLANTA — Republican and Democratic campaigns in Georgia have made no secret of their commitment to try to win over Latino voters, a sign of this fast-growing slice of the electorate’s rising influence, especially as statewide races are decided by thinning margins.

Tribune News Service

Texts from Loeffler’s phone shed light on activities ahead of Jan. 6 and 2021 runoff

ATLANTA — Tricia Raffensperger’s text message, six days after the 2020 elections, was as blistering as it was direct.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene now claims she was a ‘victim’ of Jan 6. Her past comments paint a more complicated picture

Outspoken pro-Trump Georgia congresswoman insists she is a ‘victim’ of the attempted insurrection, in which five people died

The Conversation

Georgia's GOP overhauled the state's election laws in 2021 – and critics argue the target was Black voter turnout, not election fraud

In the rash of election reform laws enacted after former President Donald Trump’s false claims of fraud during the 2020 presidential election, few were tougher than SB 202 – the Election Integrity Act – passed in 2021 in Georgia, a state long known for its history of suppressing the Black…

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The Guardian - US

Trump signed statement alleging voter fraud knowing it was false, judge says

Document was part of lawsuit challenging results of 2020 election in Georgia

The Independent UK

Quinton Simon’s mother ‘downed tequila shots’ at Tybee Island beach bar as FBI launched landfill search, staff say

Leilani Simon, now the prime suspect in the investigation, and her mother Billie Jo Howell were seen drinking at Sting Ray’s

Tribune News Service

GOP chairwoman of Georgia's Taylor County and husband plead guilty to Jan. 6 charge

ATLANTA — The chairwoman of the Taylor County Republican Party has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge related to her participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Independent UK

Investigators comb Georgia landfill for missing toddler Quinton Simon in eerie new images

Police believe Quinton’s remains were disposed of in a dumpster and then taken to a Waste Management landfill in Savannah

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Ticket to Paradise’ casts heavyweight stars in a sadly lightweight rom-com

Movie squanders the talents of Julia Roberts and George Clooney on creaky one-liners and cheap physical gags.

WEKU

Does Marjorie Taylor Greene represent the future of the Republican Party?

Journalist Robert Draper says the GOP's embrace of extremism opened the door to fringe actors, who've become among the party's most influential leaders. His new book is Weapons of Mass Delusion.

The Independent UK

Detainees testify in rights abuse trial of Georgia sheriff

Two former detainees at a Georgia jail say sheriff's deputies kept them strapped into restraint chairs for hours without pause, causing them to urinate on themselves

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