Former mayor Kasim Reed finished third, falling short in his bid for a comeback.
Author: Eugene Scott
State Department issues first passport with ‘X’ gender marker
The change in policy was previously announced in June during LGBT Pride Month, a step the Biden administration views as an expansion of the rights of gay Americans.
Republicans, once hesitant to back Herschel Walker, rally to support football star and Senate candidate
Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Republican in party leadership, endorsed Trump-backed Walker on Monday.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appoints former Trump attorney to top elections role
John Scott will oversee Texas elections, including Abbott’s reelection race for governor.
Graham says tens of thousands of Brazilian immigrants ‘wearing designer clothes and Gucci bags’ are headed for Connecticut
The Republican senator, an outspoken critic of President Biden’s immigration policies, recently visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona.
North Carolina’s GOP lieutenant governor rejects Democratic calls to resign after he called LGBTQ community ‘filth’
Mark Robinson made the remarks in June, and they surfaced last week in a video, drawing criticism from the state’s Democratic lawmakers.
Biden becomes first president to commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day
The president also issued a proclamation marking Columbus Day that also acknowledges the detrimental impact of European explorers on Native Americans.
Arizona GOP officials say Maricopa County held ‘free, fair and accurate election’ that Biden won
Several Republican lawmakers in Congress continued to question the 2020 outcome, with Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) saying it remains unclear.
Sen. Grassley congratulates Korean American judge for the ‘hard work ethic’ of ‘you and your people’
President Biden nominated Lucy Koh to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. If confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first Korean American woman to serve as a federal appellate judge.
Sen. Murkowski bemoans surge of covid cases in Alaska, decries comparisons of mask mandates to Nazis
In an impassioned speech in the Senate, the lawmaker said the effect of the pandemic in Alaska has been devastating on its health-care resources.