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Latest updates from the 114th Congress

Jan 5, 2015

Lawmakers are back on the job in our nation's Capitol and the Cox Washington News Bureau is there covering all angles as the 114th Congress is set to convene.

Keep checking throughout the day for the latest on what your Representative and Senator are doing to help their districts.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appears before the House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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Drugs, Tasers, restraint: Dozens die in Georgia police custody

Thirty-one deaths in Georgia occurred in the past decade as law enforcement officers used restraint methods on suspects.

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5 takeaways from Fani Willis’ state Senate testimony

The Fulton County district attorney clashed with Republican state senators as she defended her work on a now dismissed election interference case.

Georgia loses 190,000 enrollees in first steps of 2026 ACA enrollment

Expiring pandemic-era federal subsidies are set to spike premiums for some enrollees.