Fulton 19 update: Floyd’s bond revocation hearing Tuesday; Trump trial to run beyond ’24 election
Booking photos from the Fulton County conspiracy case charging Donald Trump and allies with trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. Top row, from left Jeffrey Clark, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Michael Roman, Ray Smith, David Shafer, Sen. Shawn Still. Center row, from left, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro. Bottom…
Biden signs stopgap spending bill, avoiding government shutdown
President Joe Biden in the White House Rose Garden on Oct. 11, 2023. (Official White House photo by Oliver Contreras) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has signed the stopgap spending bill, giving his administration and Congress about two months to work out agreement on the dozen annual spending bills. Those appropriations measures were supposed to…
Wee hours U.S. Senate drama: GOP colleagues on the floor battle Tuberville blockade
U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., speaks on the U.S. Senate floor on Thursday, Nov. 16, asking to take up and confirm two military nominees blocked by Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, who is seated at left. Screenshot from C-SPAN 2 WASHINGTON — After a marathon day and late-night vote to avert a Thanksgiving government shutdown,…
Congress sends stopgap spending bill to Biden’s desk, averting shutdown for now
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, a Washington state Democrat, said just before the stopgap spending bill passed that she’s already turned her attention to “what happens next.” Murray is shown speaking during a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Nov. 8, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images WASHINGTON — U.S.…
Fulton judge weighs protective order to block sharing of evidence in Trump 2020 election RICO case
Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee announced Wednesday that he intends to issue a protective order on Nov. 16 that prohibits attorneys from publicly sharing evidence deemed to contain sensitive information in the 2020 presidential election interference case. (File Jason Getz/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool) Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said he plans to…
More Georgia locations to offer medical cannabis after state commission awards more licenses to producers
More companies will be able to grow medical cannabis in Georgia after a commission approved licenses for new facilities. Uriel Sinai/Getty Images The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission unanimously granted provisional licenses to four more companies to produce low-THC oil to help Georgians with a list of severe ailments. The licenses will go to…