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Jones and Jackson
POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Rick Jackson, Burt Jones trade attacks as GOP race for governor intensifies

The two Republican candidates are behaving as if they are the only ones in the race as they pummel one another with negative ads.

Donald Trump
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Politically Georgia: Trump’s State of the Union address

The Politically Georgia team discusses President Donald Trump's State of the Union address and gets an update from AJC bureau chief Adam Van Brimmer.

Capitol Hill
POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Trump’s State of the Union touched familiar themes amid sagging poll numbers

President Donald Trump blamed Democrats for the country's problems. And he broke his own record for longest speech before Congress.

Opinion and Voices

Former Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, at his Senate confirmation hearing in Washington, Jan. 21, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
JAMIE DUPREE

A clash over the future of the Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Secretary Doug Collins, the former Georgia congressman, wasted no time going on the attack when faced with criticism over a new VA disability rule.

In this photo from 2024, Robert Wilson (left) and his wife, Beate Stagnet, launched their kayaks from Azalea Park, one of Roswell's riverfront parks that are part of the RiverLands. (John Spink/AJC 2024)
OPINION

Even Jimmy Carter and Newt Gingrich agreed on protecting the Chattahoochee

Investing in public lands is a goal Democrats and Republicans can agree upon, including Jimmy Carter and Newt Gingrich, and metro Atlanta is better off for it.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom
OPINION

Why are Republicans lying about Gavin Newsom when the truth should be enough?

The California governor came to Georgia, and Republicans can’t stop talking about it.

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State Rep. Ruwa Romman, D-Duluth — pictured in this file photo from October — is ending her campaign for governor. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Democratic lawmaker quits race for Georgia governor

APTOPIX Georgia Elections Investigation
DEVELOPING

Former federal prosecutors denounce FBI seizure of Fulton County ballots

Donald Trump
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Politically Georgia: Trump’s State of the Union address

Jones and Jackson
POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Rick Jackson, Burt Jones trade attacks as GOP race for governor intensifies

Former Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, at his Senate confirmation hearing in Washington, Jan. 21, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
JAMIE DUPREE

A clash over the future of the Department of Veterans Affairs

In this photo from 2024, Robert Wilson (left) and his wife, Beate Stagnet, launched their kayaks from Azalea Park, one of Roswell's riverfront parks that are part of the RiverLands. (John Spink/AJC 2024)
OPINION

Even Jimmy Carter and Newt Gingrich agreed on protecting the Chattahoochee

California Gov. Gavin Newsom
OPINION

Why are Republicans lying about Gavin Newsom when the truth should be enough?

Senate bill 433 presser

Autism alert license plate clears Georgia Senate

They were expelled from the Georgia Legislature. Now they’re honored.

They were expelled from the Georgia Legislature. Now they’re honored.

The General Assembly is on an election-year tax-cutting binge.

Georgia’s budget includes a big payday for taxpayers