Kemp, Trump appear together near Augusta to pledge support for Georgia storm victims
Former President Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp shake hands with members of the Georgia National Guard in Evans at a briefing on Hurricane Helene recovery. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder AUGUSTA – Sometimes disasters can bring people together, and that’s what happened Friday for former president Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who appeared…
Congress left D.C. with little done. They’ll be back Nov. 12 to give it another try.
Congress is in recess in the leadup to Election Day, but will return afterward for a lame-duck session. Pictured is the U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2024. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Members of Congress left Capitol Hill last week to focus their attention on the campaign trail during the six weeks leading up to…
Kemp says state’s Helene death toll now 33 as Biden tours storm’s south Georgia devastation
Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia emergency management officials provided an update Thursday, Oct. 2 on the ongoing recovery from Hurricane Helene. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder This story was updated at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, to include remarks from President Joe Biden. The number of confirmed deaths caused by the swath of destruction Helene left in…
Delayed farm bill punted until after election with Congress stuck on how to pay for it
The latest deadline for the farm bill passed unceremoniously at midnight on Sept. 30, without a push from lawmakers to pass a new farm bill or an extension. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder WASHINGTON — Sweeping legislation that would set food and farm policy for the next five years is in limbo, waiting for lawmakers to decide…
Trump describes traumatic brain injuries sustained by U.S. troops in Iraq as a ‘headache’
Members of the U.S. military and international media survey the damage of Iranian missile attacks at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 13, 2020. Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 211th Rescue Squadron evacuated many squadron members during the Jan. 7 and 8 attack. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense) WASHINGTON — Former…
Georgia prisons violate law against “cruel and unusual” punishment federal probe finds
The U.S. Justice Department says it has reasonable cause to believe that Georgia violates the Eighth Amendment by failing to protect incarcerated persons from violence and sexual abuse, and by failing to provide reasonably safe conditions, according to a new report. Getty Images Conditions in Georgia prisons are so bad that they violate the Constitutional…