ATLANTA — Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr pressed the state’s top court Monday to disregard an appeal that could breathe new life into Fulton County’s election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump and his allies.

Carr, a Republican candidate for governor, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the state Court of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday endorsed Speaker Mike Johnson to continue leading the House, just days before the Louisiana Republican could face a close election to remain in the role.

The 119th Congress is set to convene Friday, and one of the first orders of business for House lawmakers is to elect a speaker. But even ...Read more

ATLANTA — From the winding blackwaters of the Suwannee River to the ice-cold streams that flow through the Appalachian foothills, Georgia is home to more than 70,000 miles of waterways. Some stretches are beloved by anglers and rafters, while others simply offer regular Georgians a chance to convene with nature.

Outdoor enthusiasts and ...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has upheld a $5 million verdict against Donald Trump for sexually abusing and defaming magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.

A three-judge panel at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Monday that Judge Lewis Kaplan didn’t get it wrong when he allowed two other women accusing Trump of ...Read more

NEW YORK — An appeals court has upheld a $5 million verdict against Donald Trump for sexually abusing and defaming magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.

A three-judge panel at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Monday that Judge Lewis Kaplan didn’t get it wrong when he allowed two other women accusing Trump of sexual ...Read more

The timing of President Jimmy Carter’s death on Sunday means U.S. flags will be at half-staff on Trump’s inauguration day next month.

Flags are to be flown at half-staff for 30 days from the day of a current or former president’s death “on all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia ...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has upheld a $5 million verdict against Donald Trump for sexually abusing and defaming magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.

A three-judge panel at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Monday that Judge Lewis Kaplan didn’t get it wrong when he allowed two other women accusing Trump of ...Read more

Many Americans fear what Donald Trump will do after assuming the presidency in January — and understandably so. Trump's pathological self-absorption has no place in American government, let alone at its very top.

But the specific type of threat Trump poses is often misunderstood. Like all presidents, his domestic powers are limited. He will ...Read more

Mehmet Oz stood in front of a camera in July and filmed a TikTok about “how to conquer your constipation.”

“Here’s the scoop on the poop brain loop,” Oz said confidently, delving into an enthusiastic pitch for probiotic supplements to keep you regular.

In the two years since losing his 2022 Senate bid to Democrat John Fetterman — a...Read more

President Joe Biden paused his vacation in the Virgin Islands to address the nation just hours after the passing of a political mentor whom he had grown close to over the decades, former President Jimmy Carter.

“America and the world, in my view, lost a remarkable leader,” Biden said. “He was a statesman and humanitarian, and Jill and I ...Read more

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican incumbent Gerald Ford in 1976.

The introspective former peanut farmer pledged a new era of honesty and forthrightness at home ...Read more

Orioles owner David Rubenstein sees the intersection of political trials and public perception as a dicey one.

Rubenstein, a Baltimore native and lawyer who advised the late President Jimmy Carter, appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday to promote his new book, “The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency.” The...Read more

A senior Republican lawmaker urged President-elect Donald Trump’s intervention to avoid a House leadership battle, saying he should reach out to GOP members who haven’t committed to reelecting Mike Johnson as speaker.

With the speakership vote scheduled for Jan. 3 and Trump about to take office, the tiny Republican majority in the House is ...Read more

Steve Bannon held his microphone out to the crowd.

“Should (Mike) Johnson be speaker of the House?” he asked.

“Nooo,” came the reply, as Bannon, the longtime ally of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, spoke at a Dec. 19 “AmericaFest” rally of Turning Point USA, a right-wing advocacy organization.

Bannon, who said at the ...Read more

New York Representative Mike Lawler warned fellow Republicans against moving to topple House Speaker Mike Johnson, saying they’d be “playing with fire” and wasting time just as President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

With the speakership vote scheduled for Jan. 3, Johnson has faced criticism from some ultraconservative lawmakers after ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Support for President-elect Donald Trump has grown in nearly every city and town in the Bay Area since 2016, including significant inroads in some of the Bay Area’s most Democratic strongholds.

In 67 of the region’s 69 cities and towns, the number of votes Trump received in 2024 was higher than in 2016, and a new ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is telling the Supreme Court that he can make a deal that will resolve the national security dispute over TikTok and preserve the video site for 170 million Americans.

All the justices need to do, he says, is to stand aside and suspend a pending law that could shut down TikTok on Jan. 19, the day ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump entered the fray in a debate over immigration policy that’s dividing his supporters, telling the New York Post he favors a visa program for highly skilled workers that Elon Musk has strongly defended.

Musk is among tech leaders stoking a social media storm this week over how to bring top talent to the U.S. — ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday appeared to step into a raging debate among his supporters over visas for skilled workers on the side of Elon Musk, telling the New York Post he has "always liked the visas."

The comments came as Trump loyalists have been fulminating against each other online for days over the H-1B visas. Immigration ...Read more

During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River. Called ironclads, these boats were about 50 yards long, carried 75 tons of armor on their hulls and decks, sported up to 13 guns, and had crews numbering up to 250 men.

The seven city-class ironclads, sometimes called the turtles, were the most ...Read more