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News Articles: Politics

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.

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Speaker Johnson to invite Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to address Congress

Johnson's invitation comes as the debate about U.S. policy toward Israel has shifted since the war. GOP leaders are emphasizing their support for Netanyahu, and highlighting a divide among Democrats.

March 21, 2024
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, talks to Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, during their meeting at Tahrir palace in Cairo, on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

Blinken will visit Israel at a moment of mounting tension over the war in Gaza

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he arrives in Israel on Friday. The White House wants Israel to pause plans for an attack on Rafah.

March 21, 2024
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Georgia State Capitol

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  • Politics

Georgia House takes up bill to revive Consumers’ Utility Counsel

Members of a state House committee expressed concerns Tuesday about legislation that would revive the Georgia Consumers’ Utility Counsel (CUC) to represent Georgians before the state Public Service Commission (PSC).

March 21, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Marco Rubio, R-Fla., right, talks with Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., left, during a panel hearing earlier this month.

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  • Politics

Senators push to declassify TikTok intel and hold a public hearing ahead of ban vote

Senators who attended a classified intelligence briefing focused on TikTok's influence say the public should get the same information. There's bipartisan support for a vote on a House bill on the app.

March 21, 2024
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference with Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Majority Whip Tom Emmer following a closed-door caucus meeting on March 20. Congressional leaders announced they reached a deal on a FY2024 spending package.

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  • Politics

Congress unveils final spending package, as Friday midnight deadline looms

The text accounting for about three-quarters of all federal discretionary spending was released early Thursday. Now, lawmakers are racing against the clock to vote before a Friday midnight deadline.

March 21, 2024
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt
Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference on March 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Following a meeting of the Federal Open Markets Committee, Powell announced that the Fed left interest rates unchanged, but projects it may cut rates three times later this year.

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  • Economy

Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady, projects three rate cuts later this year

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, but policymakers signaled they still expect to start cutting rates later this year. The stock market jumped in response.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger shows President Biden a semiconductor wafer during a tour at the company's Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Ariz. on March 20.

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  • Politics

Biden is giving Intel $8.5 billion for big semiconductor projects in 4 states

President Biden was in the battleground state of Arizona to make the biggest announcement yet in his plan to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to America.

March 20, 2024
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Sen. Bill Cowsert

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  • Politics

Senate's stricter punishments bill for fleeing police awaits House vote after passing committee

The House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee unanimously passed legislation providing stricter offenses for those fleeing or attempting to escape from police in a vehicle.

March 20, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Georgia Rep. James Burchett (R–Waycross) speaks about Senate Bill 465 on March 19, 2024.

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  • Politics

'Lawmakers': Kickball trophy, fentanyl penalties and a visit from Laken Riley's family on Day 37

The morning started on a happy note as Lt. Gov. Burt Jones showed off the trophy won by the Senate in last night’s annual inter-chamber kickball game, after two years of House victories. But a visit from Jason Riley, father of slain UGA nursing student Laken Riley, brought a more somber mood to the floor.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Tristan Smith
Alabama lawmakers approved a bill barring public colleges and other entities from using money to support diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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  • Education

Alabama governor signs ban on DEI funds that restricts 'divisive concepts' in schools

"Nothing in this act," the legislation states, ".... May be construed to inhibit or violate the First Amendment rights of any student or employee." But its opponents say it does just that.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Sunlight illuminates the North Dakota House of Representatives in Bismarck, N.D. A ballot question will ask North Dakota voters whether the state should bar anyone from running for Congress if they'd turn 81 during their term.

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  • Politics

A North Dakota ballot question could be a legal test case for political age limits

Voters will decide whether to cap the age of candidates for the U.S. House or Senate, but the measure could face an uphill battle in court.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Logo for “100% Savannah,” the city's clean energy plan initiated by councilmembers in 2020.

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  • Climate

Savannah tapped for 25-city climate action program through Michael Bloomberg-founded charity

The three-year program connects city governments with policy experts on decarbonization.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Midjourney AI photo illustration

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  • Politics

Bill criminalizing AI use in deceptive election ads advanced by Georgia Senate panel

The Georgia Senate is poised to pass a bill meant to stop political groups from using artificial intelligence to sway elections.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams
People hold signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol building on March 13.

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  • Politics

This senator tells NPR why he's leading a charge against TikTok — and what comes next

The House has voted overwhelmingly to ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don't sell it. So now the future of the wildly popular social media platform is in the hands of the Senate.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Jordan-Marie Smith,
  • and 1 more
Forty Wall Street, a Trump-owned building, stands in downtown Manhattan. Former President Trump says he can't secure a bond to appeal the $454 million penalty in his civil fraud case. But New York Attorney General Letitia James says she is prepared to seize the former president's assets, including the building at 40 Wall Street, if he is unable to pay.

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  • Law

Here's what happens if Trump can't pay his $454 million bond

The former president needs to arrange the money to comply with a New York Court ruling in less than a week, but says he can't find a company to put up the bond.

March 20, 2024
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  • Andrea Bernstein and
  • Rachel Treisman
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