Progressives, trying to sway Biden, send list with 100 potential foreign policy hires

President-elect Joe Biden during a drive-in rally for US Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock on December 15, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images “There’s no…

Virus Updates: Stimulus Talks Hit New Snag, Pelosi and Pence Get Vaccine

As the United States continues to roll out the Pfizer vaccine for health care workers and nursing home residents, government advisers endorsed a second vaccine on Thursday. The Moderna vaccine…

‘The Walking Dead’: Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira join virtual reunion

The Walking Dead stars Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira are set to return for a virtual reunion. Read more: Bloody brilliant: the 10 best episodes of The Walking Dead The…

Virus Updates: Pence Publicly Gets COVID Vaccine to Boost Public Confidence

As the United States continues to roll out the Pfizer vaccine for health care workers and nursing home residents, government advisers endorsed a second vaccine on Thursday. The Moderna vaccine…

Here’s What It’s Like to Be a Staunch Democrat in a Deep Red Georgia County

Andrea Baerwalde is the interim chair of the Democrats of Paulding County, Georgia, a subdivision-filled exurb about an hour northwest of Atlanta. Baerwalde and the other Democrats in the group…

‘We Need Them In The Senate’: Biden Says Warnock And Ossoff Must Win For Democrats To Pass More Stimulus Spending

In a new ad, Biden warned that without Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the Senate, Congress may not pass another stimulus bill. See source

Male Strippers Urge Georgia Voters to ‘Get Your Pole to the Poles’ for Runoff Election (Video)

Swinging the Senate; A Get Out the Vote PSA from Axel Roldos on Vimeo. A group of male strippers in Georgia are urging voters in their home state to “get…

“Voting Is Life or Death”: How Georgia Democrats Are Organizing in One of the Earliest COVID Hotspots

“People here lost a lot of people,” Amna Farooqi tells me, “and it was kind of like, shock after shock after shock.” The 26-year-old political organizer is explaining what it…

Congress Adds Stimulus Checks To $900 Billion Relief Package As Congress Closes In On Deal

Congressional leaders are closing in on a second coronavirus relief package that will include direct stimulus payments and a $300 federal unemployment benefit. The bill, however, won’t include liability protections…

More Voters Turn Up For First Day Of Early Voting In Georgia Senate Runoffs Than General Election

More than 169,000 Georgians voted on the first day of early voting for the Georgia Senate runoffs, a number that eclipses the first day numbers from the general election. Data…

Raphael Warnock Is Tapping Into a Long Legacy of Faith-Based Civil Rights Activism in his Quest for the Senate

The Reverend Raphael Warnock is at the center of a political vortex. If the Democrat wins the neck-and-neck runoff against Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler on January 5, he’ll make history…

Biden’s challenge: Creating a COVID-19-free White House

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Three blocks from the White House, office space for more than 500 Biden transition staffers sits mostly idle. The…

Joe Biden to Georgia voters: ‘You just taught Donald Trump a lesson’

US President-elect Joe Biden told Georgia voters that they’d "taught Donald Trump a lesson". He was speaking at a rally for Democratic Senate candidates, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, in…

Democratic push on COVID-19 aid welcomed by some in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — As Congress debates additional financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic, Georgia voters who say they’re suffering are calling for action. It’s a top issue on some voters’…

Biden campaigns for Georgia Senate Democrats following electoral college victory

Biden supports Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, who face Republican senators in January runoff elections US politics – live coverage Joe Biden was in Georgia on Tuesday campaigning for the…