ATLANTA — Georgia had the 10th highest rate of abortions performed in the country in 2022, according to federal data released Wednesday.

Abortions were performed in Georgia at a rate of 17.2 per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44, according to data shared by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC ...Read more

Thought just 17, Donald Trump’s granddaughter appears to relish her role as an aspiring, up-and-coming MAGA influencer, as she shares slickly produced videos on social media about the fun she has hanging out with her beloved, president-elect “grandpa.”

But there’s only so much that Kai Trump can do to soften the image of a man who has ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump said this week he would enact steep new tariffs on three key U.S. trade partners unless certain demands were met by each as part of Trump’s expected crackdowns on drugs and border crossings by undocumented immigrants.

Tariffs, a tax on imported goods, are typically costs that are passed along by businesses to ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Biden administration’s decision to grant a nearly $6 billion loan to jump-start construction of an electric vehicle plant in northeast Georgia resurfaces a lingering divide over federal green energy incentives between two rivals who could face off in 2026.

Gov. Brian Kemp hailed electric vehicle startup Rivian’s 2021 promise...Read more

WASHINGTON — Brooke L. Rollins is posed to tackle foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land if confirmed as Agriculture secretary, but she will face some limitations on the scope of her power to do so.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Nov. 23 that he will nominate Rollins to lead the Agriculture Department. Rollins was a senior ...Read more

Several members of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Cabinet were hit with swatting calls, bomb threats and other harassing calls late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, according to the FBI.

The agency issued a statement on Wednesday, saying the bureau was “aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting ...Read more

Steep price hikes could be on the way if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to impose sweeping new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China.

Trump threatened to implement the tariffs on the country’s top three trading partners on his first day back in office, including a 10% tariff on products coming from China...Read more

Donald Trump won 46% of the Latino vote, according to some exit polls highlighting the complexity and nuance of this demographic, which pundits too often mischaracterize as monolithic, or worse, an aggrieved minority. Against most expectations, a significant portion of moderate to conservative Latinos turned out for Trump, delivering critical ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s congressional delegation all won re-election in November, and though they’ll make legislation under a new yet familiar administration, the six members of Congress said their priorities and bipartisan efforts will remain the same.

Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen must re-familiarize themselves with being in...Read more

The apparent death of the PRESS Act in Congress should alarm Americans on two levels.

One, the measure — acronym for Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying— seeks to shield a vibrant free press from coercive government intrusion.

But, two, even those who fail to understand the necessity of an uncowed press to the health of a ...Read more

As should be expected, the Democratic Party and its supporters are casting blame for the results of the 2024 presidential election. Many are looking inside the party and its ideology, policies, candidates and messaging, as they should. But some are trying to blame sexism (even misogyny) and racism for the failure of a woman of color to win the ...Read more

SAN JACINTO, Calif. — A paradox has settled across California’s velvet green fields and orchards. California farmers, who are some of the most ardent supporters of Donald Trump, would seem to be on a collision course with one of the president-elect’s most important campaign promises.

Trump has promised to carry out mass deportations of ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — During Donald Trump’s first term and throughout this year’s campaign, California leaders and their policies were often the source of the former president’s rage.

Trump has blasted the state’s rising cost of living, denigrated its support for immigrant communities and railed against its high homelessness rates.

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The Biden administration has failed to distinguish itself on the world stage over the past three years. The president is apparently eager to keep that lamentable record intact as he leaves the Oval Office.

From the botched Afghanistan withdrawal to the failed appeasement of Iran’s mullahs, from the tepid support for Israel in its battle ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump has been bypassing FBI background investigations for his cabinet appointees in favor of screening by private companies. The reasons?

The normal process can be slow. And it can reveal embarrassing personal information. Of course, it can! But those are not reasons to scrap an important safeguard to our national ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President elect Donald J. Trump announced on Tuesday night that he would nominate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor of health policy and outspoken critic of the nation’s public health system, to lead the National Institutes of Health.

In a statement on social media, Trump said that “Together, Jay and RFK Jr. will ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is readying an announcement of Jamieson Greer as U.S. trade representative, according to people familiar with the matter.

Greer’s selection highlights the central role tariffs will play in Trump’s economic agenda with the incoming president vowing to use trade policy to raise ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is tapping Vince Haley to head the White House Domestic Policy Council, an influential post responsible for coordinating his agenda across major federal agencies.

“I am proud to announce that Vince Haley, who served as Director of Policy and Speechwriting on my Winning Campaign, will lead my ...Read more