Top Obama Administration officials spent 90 minutes on a conference call with over two dozen members of Congress on Thursday night, making the case that the Syrian government was linked to the chemical weapons attack last week in that Mideast nation.  Lawmakers said they were told that no decision has been made on whether the U.S. should strike targets in Syria.

"I would support surgical, proportional military strikes given the strong evidence of the Assad regime's continued use of chemical warfare," said Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) in a statement issued after the call.

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney — pictured during a hearing Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 — has cleared the way for Georgia's State Election Board to obtain Fulton ballots and other documents from the 2020 election. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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