State & National News

GOP tax and spending bill bloats deficit by $2.4T, nonpartisan CBO says

WASHINGTON ( States Newsroom ) — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released detailed analysis Wednesday showing Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” would increase federal deficits ...

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Elon Musk fumes tax and spending bill is a ‘disgusting abomination’; GOP senators shrug

WASHINGTON ( States Newsroom ) — Billionaire and former Trump administration official Elon Musk published a flurry of social media posts Tuesday slamming the ...

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Trump doubles tariffs on steel and aluminum

WASHINGTON ( States Newsroom ) — President Donald Trump signed a directive Tuesday doubling tariffs on steel and aluminum, marking another escalation in his ...

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Trump wants Congress to slash $9.4B in spending now, defund NPR and PBS

WASHINGTON ( States Newsroom ) — The Trump administration plans to send its first spending cuts request to Congress on Tuesday, asking lawmakers to ...

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GOP Sen. Brian Strickland launches campaign for state attorney general

( Georgia Recorder ) — State Sen. Brian Strickland, a McDonough Republican, launched his campaign for attorney general on Tuesday, vowing to fight crime ...

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Rubio in talks for return of wrongly deported man, in flip for Trump administration

WASHINGTON ( Georgia Recorder ) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is personally working to facilitate the return of a man wrongly deported ...

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Gov. Kemp: Special tax refund checks begin issuing this week

On Monday, Governor Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Revenue announced that the state will begin issuing one-time, special tax refunds this week. ...

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Authorities determine the cause of death of a man whose burned body was found on Stone Mountain

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — The man who whose burned body was found near the top of Stone Mountain outside Atlanta died by suicide, ...

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Dem candidate for Georgia Public Service Commission challenges disqualification

( Georgia Recorder ) — A Georgia Public Service Commission candidate will remain on the Democratic primary ballot after appealing a decision this week ...

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Immigrants in U.S. without permanent legal status grew to 12.2 million, study finds

WASHINGTON ( States Newsroom ) — The Center for Migration Studies Thursday released a report finding the population of people in the United States ...

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