National Warnock delivers 51-seat Senate for Democrats, and much more By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent Dec 7, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — For Senate Democrats, an oh-so-slim 51-49 majority never sounded so good. Sen. Raphael Warnock's victory in swing-state Geor…
National Biden: Still not enough votes to codify abortion rights By SEUNG MIN KIM and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press Nov 14, 2022 NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that Democrats still lack the power to codify abortion rights into law despite his …
National Medicaid issues, not Medicare's, get fixes in Biden budget By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press Oct 29, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicaid issues are turning up as winners in President Joe Biden's social agenda framework even as divisions force Democrats…
National Warnock: GOP voting restrictions resurrect 'Jim Crow era' By BILL BARROW Associated Press Mar 17, 2021 Sen. Raphael Warnock, whose election as Georgia's first Black senator gave control of the chamber to Democrats, used his first floor speech on…
National Featured Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Dems Senate control By STEVE PEOPLES, BILL BARROW and RUSS BYNUM Associated PressUpdated Jan 6, 2021 ATLANTA (AP) — Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats — and with them, the U.S. Senate majority — as final votes were counted Wednesday, serv…
National Warnock makes history with Senate win as Dems near majority By STEVE PEOPLES, BILL BARROW and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press Jan 6, 2021 ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia's two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state's his…
National In South, most Black Senate candidates since Reconstruction By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Nov 5, 2020 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In the battle for control of the U.S. Senate this year, the Deep South is fielding more Black candidates than it has sin…
National Featured Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Faith, politics mix on holiday By JEFF AMY Associated Press Jan 20, 2020 ATLANTA (AP) — Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. holiday found leaders still wrestling over his contested legacy against the backdrop of a presi…
