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LeBron James’ group touts sports arenas as mega-voting sites

ATLANTA – If basketball icon LeBron James gets his way, NBA arenas and other sports venues around the country will be mega polling sites for the November general election. James a...

DATE: Jul 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Democrats elect Perez party chairman on second ballot

Former labor secretary edges Rep. Keith Ellison

DATE: Feb 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump aims to lift limits on church political activity

Action could have far-reaching consequences

DATE: Feb 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

King Day highlights transition from Obama to Trump

ATLANTA – As Americans celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leaders and activists are trying to reconcile the transition from the nation’s first black president to a ...

DATE: Jan 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP electors cite rural voice in Electoral College

ATLANTA – As members of the Electoral College prepare to choose Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, some Republican electors say they are defending rural and small-town ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Democrats highlight diversity, but face gap with white men

ATLANTA – The Democratic National Convention lineup of speakers has highlighted an increasingly diverse country that could soon elect the first female president to succeed its first black ch...

DATE: Jul 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump using George Wallace’s gameplan

Like Alabama governor did, Trump is playing to voter fears about America’s decline

DATE: Mar 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Confederate flag battle spreads

Calls to remove symbols spread across South

DATE: Jun 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lindsey Graham launches 2016 bid

CENTRAL, S.C. – South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has kicked off his presidential campaign. He launched his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in the small South Caro...

DATE: Jun 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Democrats optimistic on 2016 presidential chances

ATLANTA – Republicans crowed in 2004 that freshly re-elected President George W. Bush had established a “permanent governing majority” for the GOP. Eight years later, Democrats were touting ...

DATE: Dec 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Dems try to regain lost voters outside cities

PERRY, Ga. – In an arena usually reserved for rodeos and livestock shows, Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn told a boisterous crowd she was “glad to be home.” Her Republi...

DATE: Oct 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Common Core now a target for some conservatives

Indiana repeals learning standards adopted by 45 states

DATE: Mar 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education