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Pro-Burt Jones mailer targets ambiguous ‘Jackson’

Fighting for Georgia, the anti-tax group that’s already steered more than $500,000 to Jones’ leadership committee, is behind the mail piece.

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POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Delta suspends major travel perk for members of Congress

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Nicolas Maduro, the ousted president of Venezuela, is  escorted off a helicopter en route to the federal courthouse in Manhattan on Monday morning, Jan. 5, 2026.  (Vincent Alban/The New York Times)
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Ossoff has a responsible view on Venezuela that critics are trying to tarnish

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PATRICIA MURPHY

The airport perks for Congress may be drying up, not a minute too soon

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Conspiracy theories may explain why someone blew up the Georgia Guidestones

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