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Former Sen. David Perdue speaks during a gubernatorial Republican primary debate, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in Atlanta. Senate has confirmed Perdue as ambassador to China, just as the U.S. and China are locked in a tariff showdown that threatens to redefine diplomatic relations between the world's two largest economies. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Senate confirms former Sen. David Perdue as Trump’s US ambassador to China amid tariff showdown

The Senate has confirmed former Sen. David Perdue as ambassador to China, just as the U.S. and China are locked in a tariff showdown that threatens to redefine diplomatic relations between the world’s two largest economies.
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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., poses for a portrait during an event at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff says Trump’s ‘chaos and uncertainty’ hurts the economy

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas, June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

In the Texas GOP Senate primary, Paxton and Cornyn trade early attacks

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Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Ga., speaks during an election night event for Democratic candidate for Georgia Governor Stacey Abrams in Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, file)

Rep. Nikema Williams resigns from her role as chair of Georgia’s Democratic Party

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President Donald Trump gestures as he departs a reception celebrating Greek Independence Day in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump downplays national security team texting military operation plan on Signal as a minor ‘glitch’

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Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff says Trump’s ‘chaos and uncertainty’ hurts the economy

Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia says President Donald Trump’s unsettled economic policy is the biggest problem facing his state. Ossoff is getting ready for an expected re-election bid in 2026. (AP Video: Sharon Johnson)
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Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris, congressional leaders at US Capitol

Jimmy Carter’s casket arrives at the US Capitol, where he will lie in state

Republicans blast Tuberville over military holds

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U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, and Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., wave to the crowd during a Rally for our Republic gathering, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff vows defiance to Trump ahead of 2026 election

March 22
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen speaks as she participates in a panel discussion during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

In a blow to Democrats, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen will not seek reelection in New Hampshire

March 12
Kelly Loeffler, President Donald Trump's choice to be the administrator of the Small Business Administration, appears before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee for her confirmation hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Senate confirms Kelly Loeffler, former Georgia senator, to lead Small Business Administration

February 19
Gov. Brian Kemp delivers the state of the state address in the House of Representatives at the Georgia Capitol, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Atlanta. (Jason Getz/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wants to again speed up income tax cuts

January 16
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state during a ceremony in the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris and others as 39th president returns to Washington

January 8
Herschel Walker speaks during a campaign rally at Atrium Health Amphitheater for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, Nov. 3, 2024, in Macon, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Trump chooses Herschel Walker as US ambassador to Bahamas

December 18, 2024
FILE - Former Sen. David Perdue speaks during a gubernatorial Republican primary debate on May 1, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, Pool, File)

Trump names former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia to be ambassador to China

December 6, 2024
FILE - Chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during the hearing on Sexual Abuse of Female Inmates in Federal Prisons, Dec. 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff seeks more control over postmaster general after mail meltdown

September 19, 2024
President Joe Biden pauses as he concludes his address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, about his decision to drop his Democratic presidential reelection bid. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of crisis-plagued US Bureau of Prisons after AP reporting

July 25, 2024

Georgia port awarded $15M federal infrastructure grant for new docks, terminal upgrades

January 24, 2024
FILE - Georgia Human Services Commissioner Candice Broce, right, testifies in favor of a bill that would slow the flow of children into foster care, Feb. 16, 2023, at the state Capitol in Atlanta. A juvenile judge testified on Monday, Oct. 30, that such laws serve the interest of the state's child welfare agency, but not children. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)

Georgia child welfare leader denies she asked judges to illegally detain children in juvenile jails

October 31, 2023
FILE - Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., arrives before a subcommittee hearing, Sept. 13, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. During a subcommittee hearing on Monday, Oct. 30, chaired by Ossoff in Atlanta, two Georgia juvenile court judges said the head of the state's child welfare agency asked judges in an August meeting to illegally jail foster children while officials looked for other places to house them. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Judges say Georgia’s child welfare leader asked them to illegally detain children in juvenile jails

October 30, 2023
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during Georgia Chamber Congressional Luncheon at The Classic Center, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Athens, Ga. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia Gov. Kemp tells business group that he wants to limit lawsuits, big legal judgments

August 8, 2023

Family wants federal investigation after man’s death in jail

April 21, 2023
FILE - A sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed in the Brooklyn borough of New York, July 6, 2020. A bill requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to overhaul failing and outdated security systems in the wake of rampant staff sexual abuse, inmate escapes and high-profile deaths has passed the House. The measure was approved by a voice vote on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Congress OKs bill forcing feds to fix broken prison cameras

December 15, 2022
Republican nominee for U.S Senate Herschel Walker speaks during a campaign rally Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 in Canton, Ga.. Walker is in a runoff with incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Shorter voting window could cut turnout in Georgia runoff

November 13, 2022
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks during an election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Warnock, Walker advance to runoff for Senate seat in Georgia

November 9, 2022
FILE- Chairman Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., questions Michael Carvajal, the outgoing director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, as the Senate Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations holds a hearing on charges of corruption and misconduct at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, at the Capitol in Washington, July 26, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senators push new oversight to combat federal prison crises

September 28, 2022
FILE - This combination of 2022 and 2021 file photos shows Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, and gubernatorial Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams. Abrams is launching an intensive effort to get out the vote by urging potential supporters to cast in-person ballots the first week of early voting as she tries to navigate the state’s new election laws. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Abrams’ strategy to boost turnout: Early voting commitments

September 17, 2022
FILE - Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock exhorts the crowd on Aug. 27, 2022, at the Democratic Party of Georgia convention in Columbus, Ga. Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker may be getting closer to agreeing to debate in person, with Warnock on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 saying he will do Walker's preferred debate with conditions. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)

Warnock, Walker creep toward debating in Georgia Senate race

September 7, 2022
Democratic U.S. Sen Raphael Warnock speaks to the Democratic Party of Georgia state convention on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022 in Columbus, Ga. Warnock is seeking a full six-year term in November, with Republican Herschel Walker as his top opponent. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Abrams, Georgia Dems call midterms ‘unfinished business’

August 27, 2022
FILE - Michael Carvajal, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining issues facing prisons and jails during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 2, 2020. Carvajal, the outgoing director of the Bureau of Prisons has been subpoenaed to testify before a Senate committee examining abuse and corruption in the beleaguered federal agency. The subpoena was announced Monday, July 18, 2022, by Sen. Jon Ossoff, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. (Tom Williams/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Senate panel subpoenas federal prisons director to testify

July 18, 2022

Federal aid to help widen cramped Atlanta airport concourse

July 7, 2022
FILE - Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 17, 2022. New legislation introduced Thursday by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., and Kennedy, would require the Justice Department to establish guidelines for the federal Bureau of Prisons and state correctional systems to notify the families of incarcerated people if their loved one has a serious illness, a life-threatening injury or if they die behind bars. (Anna Rose Layden/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Bill pushes feds to notify families of sick, dying inmates

May 20, 2022

Atlanta will bid for 2024 Democratic nominating convention

May 14, 2022
FILE - Caroline Kennedy speaks during the JFK Space Summit at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, June 19, 2019. The Senate has voted on Thursday, May 5, 2022, to confirm Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, to serve as U.S. ambassador to Australia, and Philip Goldberg to serve as ambassador to South Korea. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Senate confirms key ambassador slots, including Kennedy

May 5, 2022
In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, the main gate at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, on Feb. 4, 2022. Balfour Beatty Communities LLC, one of the largest providers of military housing in the United States continues to respond inadequately to mold and other problems reported by residents. That's threatening the health and safety of service members and their families, according to an eight-month investigation by a Senate panel. The allegations deal with housing provided to service members at Fort Gordon Army Base in Georgia and Sheppard Air Force Base. (2nd Lt. Logan Thomas/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Senate panel finds ‘grave’ health risks in military housing

April 26, 2022
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, shakes hands with former Sen. David Perdue at a Republican gubernatorial debate, Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Atlanta. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia’s Kemp and Perdue clash over elections in debate

April 25, 2022
Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue files paperwork to qualify to run for governor Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Perdue sees Georgia GOP victory despite Kemp advantages

March 9, 2022
FILE - Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., takes a question from a reporter during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 28, 2021. The U.S. Senate is launching a bipartisan working group of lawmakers to scrutinize conditions within the federal Bureau of Prisons in the wake of Associated Press reporting that uncovered widespread corruption and abuse in federal prisons across the U.S. The working group is led by Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia and Sen. Mike Braun, an Indiana Republican. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Senate launches group to examine embattled US prison system

February 17, 2022
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