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ATLANTA – The Georgia House and Senate redistricting committees approved new district lines for their respective legislative chambers Thursday, in keeping with a court ruling that the current district maps violate the Voting Rights Act. On the second day of a special session of the General Assembly to take up redistricting, the committees’ Republican majorities voted in favor of the proposed

A giant gust of wind reportedly toppled the U.S. National Christmas tree on Tuesday, just days before its scheduled lighting ceremony with President Joe Biden. Reports showed that a giant crane had been employed to put the toppled tree back into its upright position. Typically, the trees are in the ground but, according to @rawsalerts, they had to be cut down this year due to a fungal outbreak

The man who led America’s response to COVID-19 has finally agreed to speak to a House subcommittee. The testimony by Dr. Anthony Fauci — former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — will be his first in the House since Republicans took over the majority in January, according to The Wall Street Journal. A letter to Fauci on Thursday from Republican Rep. Brad

Democrat 2024 presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hired a Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire—an unusual move by the candidate widely regarded as a moderate appealing to both ends of the political aisle. Mr. Kennedy hired Aidan Ankarberg, a sitting Republican state representative in New Hampshire. Mr. Ankarberg assumed office on Dec. 7, 2022, and represents Strafford 7. First reported