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Poster artist helped connect candidates, voters in Georgia by Brynn Anderson, The Associated Press Posted Jan 19, 2021 3:42 pm EDT Last Updated Jan 19, 2021 at 3:44 pm EDT ATLANTA — For some, helping to get out the vote during Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoffs meant writing checks for campaigns. Others signed up to canvass neighbourhoods or make calls for campaign phone banks. Brandon Litman took a different approach by making thousands of pieces of art to connect the Democratic candidates with voters. The 39-year-old artist from Brooklyn, New York, packed up his spray paint and travelled to ...

COVID-19 is focus on Biden’s first full day Updated January 21, 2021, 6:33 p.m. Email to a Friend Joe Biden speaks during an event on his administration's Covid-19 response in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 21.Al Drago/Bloomberg President Biden and Vice President Harris were sworn into office Wednesday. Shortly after he was inaugurated, Biden took executive action to reverse or target a number of Trump-era policies on immigration, climate change, and the nation’s COVID-19 response. He is expected to announce a number of additional measures to ad...

Savannah, Georgia native Rev. Raphael Warnock, raised in the Kayton Homes housing project and educated at Morehouse College in Atlanta, appears to be headed to Washington, D.C as a Georgia Senator.  Warnock declared victory in the early morning hours Wednesday and is the projected winner over his Republican opponent, Kelly Loeffler. In a measured speech, he thanked his supporters, opened a window to his childhood and painted a picture of his mission in Washington.  Around 2 a.m. ET, Wednesday the Associated projected Warnock the winner over Loeffler after the Atlanta pastor built his sta...

With most of Georgia's votes counted in the Jan. 5 runoffs that will decide control of the U.S. Senate, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are leading the Republican incumbents above the .5% margin for a recount, according to unofficial election results.

See Full Story Democrats inch closer to retaking the U.S. Senate as Warnock declared the winner in Georgia runoff and Ossoff pulls ahead Marquise Francis, Jay Busbee & David Knowles January 5, 2021, 10:35 PM ATLANTA — Democrats were on the verge of taking control of the U.S. Senate early Wednesday morning after Raphael Warnock was declared the winner in his Georgia runoff election with GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler, and Jon Ossoff pulled into the lead in his race with Republican Sen. David Perdue. An African American pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church — the Atlanta church made famous by the Rev....