Category: Georgia

Georgia Gubernatorial Endorsements Pit Trump Against Pence

Georgia voters will choose on Tuesday which Republican will face Democrat voting rights activist Stacey Abrams in the election for governor in November. To avoid a June 21 primary runoff in the gubernatorial race, one candidate in the field of five must receive more than 50 percent of the vote. After record-high early voting, Georgians…


Biden Wraps Visit to South Korea, Highlights Hyundai’s Major US Investment Pledge

President Joe Biden wrapped up his South Korea visit by highlighting Hyundai Motor’s pledge to invest at least $10 billion in electric vehicles and related technologies in the United States. The three-day Biden-Yoon summit tended to various business and security interests, from supply chains to North Korea. On Sunday, May 22, the last day of…


Georgia’s Record-Breaking Early Voting Turnout Defies ‘Voter Suppression’ Accusations

Early voting in Georgia broke records this week despite last year’s adoption of election integrity measures that critics derided as “voter suppression” and President Joe Biden called a “blatant attack” on the Constitution and compared to a Jim Crow-era relic. More than 710,000 people had voted early in Georgia’s primary election as of May 19,…


Georgia Elections Board Didn’t Dismiss Cases Related to ‘2000 Mules’ Allegations, Despite Media Claims

Though dozens of media outlets claimed otherwise this week, the Georgia State Elections Board has not debunked any assertions made in the recently released “2000 Mules” documentary. Elections board members seemed to suggest during a May 17 meeting that they disproven allegations from the documentary that alleges widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. But the board…


‘2000 Mules’ Allegations Not Part of Claims Dismissed by Georgia Elections Board, Despite Media Reports

Though dozens of media outlets claimed otherwise this week, the Georgia State Elections Board has not debunked any assertions made in the recently released “2000 Mules” documentary. Elections board members seemed to suggest during a May 17 meeting that they had disproven allegations from the documentary that alleges widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. But the…


Officials: Execution for Georgia Child Killer Not Carried Out as Scheduled on Tuesday

JACKSON, Ga.—A Georgia man who killed an 8-year-old girl and raped her 10-year-old friend 46 years ago was not executed as scheduled Tuesday night, state officials said as a temporary stay put in place by a judge remained in effect. A judge on Monday issued the order pausing the state’s plans to administer a lethal…


Officials: Execution for Georgia Child Killer Not Carried Out on Tuesday as Scheduled

JACKSON, Ga.—A Georgia man who killed an 8-year-old girl and raped her 10-year-old friend 46 years ago was not executed as scheduled Tuesday night, state officials said as a temporary stay put in place by a judge remained in effect. A judge on Monday issued the order pausing the state’s plans to administer a lethal…


Facts Matter (May 16): 2nd State Featured in ‘2000 Mules’ Issues Subpoenas for the Names of Ballots Mules and Funding NGOs

After the release of “2000 Mules,” a film exposing the alleged ballot trafficking scheme that took place across the country, many people have been asking what the next steps are to combat this practice. And the answer is rather simple: now that the data has been collected, the election watchdog group behind the investigation is…


Lawyer Says Georgia Man Set for Execution Should Be Spared

ATLANTA—The life of a Georgia man set to be executed Tuesday for killing an 8-year-old girl should be spared, his lawyer argues, explaining that her client has significant cognitive impairments that likely contributed to his crimes and has suffered horrific abuse in prison. Virgil Delano Presnell Jr., 68, killed the 8-year-old girl and raped her…


Georgia Health Officials Investigating ‘Several Suspect Cases’ of Child Hepatitis

The Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH) confirmed on May 11 that of the 109 cases of hepatitis diagnosed in children throughout the United States, “several suspect cases have been reported” in Georgia. “They all remain under investigation at this time,” Nancy Nydam, media relations for GDPH, told The Epoch Times. Nydam gave no specific…