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Sharon Doyle gathers with others outside the scene of a shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Georgia officials react to Buffalo shooting that left 10 dead
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Abortion rights activists rally and march in Atlanta on Saturday. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Senate blocks bill that would protect access to abortion
Lisa Cook's nomination to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was confirmed Tuesday evening a vote by the U.S. Senate. She's a native of Milledgeville who is now a professor in economics and international relations at Michigan State University. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP, File)

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Georgia native Lisa Cook confirmed as first Black woman on Fed board
A state administrative judge issued a recommendation that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene be able to remain on the ballot. A group of her constituents had sought her removal, alleging that her actions around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol had violated a 14th Amendment clause that bars members of Congress from serving if they tried to overthrow the government. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will have the final say on whether she can remain a candidate in the 14th Congressional District. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Marjorie Taylor Greene will remain on the ballot
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley addresses the Republican National Convention on Aug. 24, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS)

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Nikki Haley endorses 2nd District GOP candidate Jeremy Hunt
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock said a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision by Justice Samuel Alito could have impact beyond overturning Roe v. Wade. “This has implications not only for women and reproductive rights,” he said. “I think when you look at the framework of what Alito argues, it opens the door for revisiting or undermining all other kinds of established precedent that could impact workers, members of the LGBT community, equality of marriage and a whole range of issues like voting rights.” STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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Warnock: Protecting access to abortion is worth eliminating filibuster
Democrat Stacey Abrams said Tuesday, after the release of a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade, that abortion rights will be at the center of her campaign for governor in Georgia.

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Stacey Abrams says leaked Supreme Court abortion ruling will shape her campaign
Former Georgia U.S. Rep. Paul Broun is hoping to return to Congress this year by campaigning in Georgia's 10th Congressional District. AJC file photo. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Paul Broun calls rape charge against consultant ‘disturbing’ but won’t cut ties
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Republicans line up for chance to flip Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District
Screenshot taken during Sunday's Atlanta Press Club debate featuring all nine Republicans competing in Georgia's 6th Congressional District.

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GOP candidates in 6th District jockey for title of most conservative
Screenshot taken during Sunday's Atlanta Press Club debate featuring all six Republicans competing in the 14th Congressional District.

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GOP debate in Georgia’s 14th District is all about Marjorie Taylor Greene
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The Atlanta Press Club held a series of congressional debates Sunday as part of the Loudermilk Young Debate Series. (Handout/Mitch Leff)

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Jones, Collins jockey for upper hand in 10th District GOP debate
Many voters have yet to tune in to the primary contests
The Jolt: Georgia Rep. Ferguson raises major cash and his profile
Biden welcomes Georgia’s teacher of the year to the White House
President Joe Biden, in executing clemency power for the first time since taking office in January 2021, pardoned an Athens man on Tuesday and commuted the sentences of seven other Georgians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Eight Georgians on Biden’s first list of presidential pardons, commutations
How can Trump fight Fulton’s election meddling probe?
Marjorie Greene expected to testify in hearing on challenge to her candidacy
The Jolt: Democrats seek review of changes to automatic voter registration
A federal district judge allowed a lawsuit to proceed that aims to remove U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from the ballot, alleging that the congresswoman's actions leading up to and on the day of the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, make her ineligible to serve under a provision in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Federal judge allows effort to disqualify Marjorie Greene from ballot to proceed
The Jolt: Congress was set to honor a trail-blazing judge; Clyde derailed it
GA delegation pledges to fight closure of Savannah military training center
Georgians help mark Jackson’s confirmation at White House celebration
Raphael Warnock tests positive for COVID-19 after SCOTUS vote
U.S. Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
The Jolt: Immigrant groups unhappy with Warnock criticism of new border policy
In the 13th District, challengers to Rep. David Scott say voters need a fresh voice
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January 27, 2021 Elberton - Aerial photography shows Elberton Square in downtown Elberton on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Georgia has not opened COVID-19 vaccination to teachers yet, but a small school district east of Athens still managed to offer shots to any employee who wanted them. Elbert County Superintendent Jon Jarvis told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he sees his teachers, bus drivers and other employees as ÒessentialÓ personnel who should be prioritized for vaccination. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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U.S. Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Rome have been leaders in what could be called the creation of an anti-war wing of the nation's Republican Party, partly through their opposition to expanding aid to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

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050322 Atlanta: Dozens of protesters march from Centennial Olympic Park to the Georgia Capitol during a rally to defend the right to abortion on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Atlanta. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

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Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., takes a selfie with President Donald Trump during the seventh inning of Game 5 of the baseball World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Some passengers wear masks, others don't at Hartsfield-Jackson on April 19, 2022, after a federal judge reversed the federal mask mandate. John Spink / AJC

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05/21/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Rep. Lucy McBath speaks during a press conference at the Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. office space in downtown Atlanta, Friday, May 21, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, speaks during a news conference ahead of the House vote on a bill to cap insulin costs for patients with private insurance to $35 per month. Handout photo courtesy of U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath's office.

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U.S. House passes bill to cap insulin costs at $35 a month
Speaker David Ralston (R-GA) speaks at the Georgia Chamber’s “Eggs & Issues” breakfast at the Fox Theatre in downtown Atlanta, Georgia on January 12th, 2022. (Nathan Posner for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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The Jolt: For mental health overhaul, ‘truth is a powerful force’
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock talks with pharmacist Ira Katz about his proposal to cap the price of insulin during a visit last month to the Little Five Points Pharmacy. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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U.S. House set to vote on insulin price cap championed by Warnock, McBath
President Joe Biden speaks Monday about his proposed $5.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2023. (Leigh Vogel/The New York Times)

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Georgia legislators approved a suspension of the state's 29.1 cents-per-gallon tax on gasoline. But a proposal by Georgia U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock to do the same with the federal tax of 18.4 cents per gallon has gone nowhere. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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While Warnock’s gas tax holiday stalls in D.C., Georgia passes state law
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Warnock among senators encouraging U.S. banks to dump overdraft fees
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President Joe Biden speaks Monday about his proposed $5.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2023. (Leigh Vogel/The New York Times)

How Biden’s 2023 budget plan could impact Georgia
Georgia legislators approved a suspension of the state's 29.1 cents-per-gallon tax on gasoline. But a proposal by Georgia U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock to do the same with the federal tax of 18.4 cents per gallon has gone nowhere. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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While Warnock’s gas tax holiday stalls in D.C., Georgia passes state law
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Warnock among senators encouraging U.S. banks to dump overdraft fees
A group has filed a candidacy challenge against U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from the ballot, alleging that her actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol should disqualify her from holding office. Greene has said she played no role in the attack on the Capitol. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Group hopes to use Constitution’s ban on ‘insurrectionists’ to disqualify Greene
Georgia's new congressional map moves the 6th District to the north where more Republican-leaning voters live.

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Now solidly Republican, primary likely to decide the next 6th District representative
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U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Atlanta, speaks Tuesday at an event in Washington marking the one-year anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings.

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Lacy Mason, left, a multisite manager physical therapist, is also a Type 1 diabetic and has been since she was 17 years old. She participates in a treatment plan that is affordable under her employer-sponsored health insurance at about $35 a month. She supports U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock's effort to cap costs for insulin at that same price for co-pays under all insurance types. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Insulin costs have sky-rocketed; Warnock-sponsored bill would cap co-pays
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