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The memorial at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2023. Five years earlier, 14 students and 3 staff members were killed in a mass shooting at the school.

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  • Politics

Harris plans to visit the Parkland school where 14 kids were killed in 2018

Vice President Harris will walk through Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on March 23 with the families of the victims who were killed there in a mass shooting.

March 11, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Alabama Sen. Katie Britt speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on December 7, 2023. Britt delivered the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday.

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  • Politics

'Saturday Night Live' lampoons GOP Sen. Katie Britt's State of the Union response

Scarlett Johansson made a surprise appearance on the NBC sketch comedy show to poke fun at the Republican rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union address.

March 10, 2024
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala.,, speaks during a news conference on the border, Feb. 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill. Britt gave the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address this past Thursday.

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Katie Britt used a decades-old example of rapes in Mexico in GOP response to Biden

In the Republican response to the State of the Union, Britt used a harrowing account of sexual abuse to attack Biden's border policies, but the rapes happened in Mexico before Biden became president.

March 10, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Reverend Kenneth James Flowers, 62, Senior Pastor of Greater New Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, poses for a portrait after service on Sun., Feb. 25, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan.

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A Biden victory in Michigan could depend on Black Voters

Michigan faith leader Rev. Kenneth Flowers says President Biden should not take the Black vote for granted.

March 10, 2024
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By:
  • Reena Advani and
  • Leila Fadel
President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Pullman Yards in Atlanta.

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  • Middle East

Biden: Netanyahu 'hurting Israel' by not preventing more civilian deaths in Gaza

President Joe Biden said Saturday that he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "hurting Israel more than helping Israel" in how he is approaching its war against Hamas in Gaza.

March 10, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
In this combination of photos, President Joe Biden, left, speaks on Aug. 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, and former President Donald Trump speaks on June 13, 2023, in Bedminster, N.J. The 2024 general election campaign will pick up Saturday, March 9, where the 2020 contest left off.

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  • Politics

Biden and Trump trade barbs at rival rallies in Georgia

President Joe Biden and ex-President Donald Trump warned of dire consequences for the country if the other wins another term in the White House as the pair held dueling rallies in Georgia on Saturday.

March 10, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., speaks during a news conference on the border on Feb. 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Britt delivered the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday.

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  • National

Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans, studies find

In Thursday night's State of The Union, the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley took center stage. The suspect is a migrant. Republicans say immigration leads to crime, but there's no evidence of that.

March 09, 2024
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  • Jasmine Garsd
The Senate voted to approve six of the 12 regular spending bills.

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  • Politics

Biden signs spending package that averts a government shutdown

Senators voted 75-22 on Friday to approve the package of six spending bills that will last until the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.

March 09, 2024
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  • Eric McDaniel
In this file photo, then-President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Gerald R. Ford International Airport, Nov. 2, 2020, in Grand Rapids, Mich., with then-Vice President Mike Pence.

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  • Politics

Now that he's the presumptive nominee, Trump readies next campaign: who will be VP?

Former President Donald Trump's vice presidential pick will say a lot about how he sees the future of the Republican Party and how much he values loyalty.

March 09, 2024
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos, wearing a glittering collar, attends the State of the Union address Thursday night in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

George Santos, ejected from House and facing fraud trial, will run again in N.Y.

George Santos, disgraced and ejected from the House, says he will seek office again on Long Island. He'll face Rep. Nick LaLota in the GOP primary.

March 08, 2024
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By:
  • Brian Mann
President Joe Biden holds a Laken Riley button as he delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday March 7, 2024.

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  • Politics

How a Georgia nursing student's killing reached Biden's State of the Union

Georgia Republicans rallied around the death of a Georgia nursing student to call for harsher penalties for undocumented migrants. President Biden addressed the killing during his State of the Union.

March 08, 2024
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
Georgia state Sen. Blake Tillery speaks on the Senate floor March 8 in response to fellow lawmakers' reactions to an announcement made by Rivian to pause a $5 billion plant in Georgia.

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  • News

'Lawmakers': From care for the elderly to IRS code, bills pass easily on Day 32

Bills passed the House and the Senate, and two representatives announced their retirements.

March 08, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Tristan Smith
Rep. James Beverly

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  • Politics

Georgia state Rep. James Beverly will not seek reelection

State Rep. James Beverly (D-Macon) will not seek reelection after representing parts of Bibb County in the Georgia legislature for more than a decade.

March 08, 2024
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By:
  • Laura Corley and
  • Liz Fabian
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  • Health

Fentanyl and xylazine in street drugs are deadly. Here's how to get free test strips to detect both

Test strips for xylazine are available alongside fentanyl test strips to help prevent overdose deaths.

March 08, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
President Biden delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

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  • Politics

5 takeaways from President Biden's State of the Union address

President Biden used the high-profile speech to draw a contrast with his 2024 likely opponent, former President Donald Trump. He hit on the economy, abortion, the Mideast and the border.

March 08, 2024
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  • Deirdre Walsh
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