Processing the Government Shutdown in a Divided America

As the government shutdown entered its first full week, emotions across the country ranged from uneasy to unconcerned.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes Senate Republicans for Government Shutdown

In a social media post, the far-right Georgia congresswoman called on Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster, lowering the threshold on future legislation to a simple majority.

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‘Bummed’ Visitors Are Turned Away From Closed Presidential Library

Several would-be visitors were turned away from the museum honoring former President Jimmy Carter in Atlanta, one of many presidential libraries affected by the shutdown.

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Greene, Straying From Trump, Reflects an Emerging MAGA Split

The right-wing Republican congresswoman from Georgia has grown disillusioned with her own party and with President Trump, and increasingly willing to say so.

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Georgia Inmate Gets 80-Year Sentence for Mailing Bombs

The bombs were mailed from a state prison to the Department of Justice and a federal court. The inmate tried to exchange information on the plot for accommodations, prosecutors said in court filings.

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South Koreans Describe Fear and Anger After Georgia ICE Raid

Some of the workers arrested this month at a Hyundai-LG factory said that although they had entered the United States under murky circumstances, they had always planned to return home.

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4 Men Sentenced in Warrant Scam Targeting Women From Prison

They used a drone to drop cellphones into a Georgia prison yard, where an inmate coordinated a scheme largely targeting women who were medical workers in multiple states, prosecutors said.

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Georgia Election Official Who Defied Trump Enters Governor’s Race

Brad Raffensperger, the two-term Republican secretary of state, joins a primary that also includes the state’s lieutenant governor and attorney general.

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Fani Willis Loses Bid to Continue Prosecuting Georgia Trump Case

The 4-3 ruling means that the criminal case against President Trump, related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, will not move forward anytime soon, if ever.

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Former Republican Lt. Governor of Georgia Enters Governor’s Race as a Democrat

Geoff Duncan could prove to be a wild card in an election next year that will be a crucial test for Georgia’s relatively new status as a swing state.

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