WASHINGTON – President elect-Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate former Georgia GOP Sen. David Perdue to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to China. A business executive who helmed Reebok and Dollar General as CEO, Perdue served as the junior senator from Georgia in early 2015 but lost his bid for a second…
For as long as I’ve been covering politics, I’ve been writing about why I cannot vote for Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris for president. While I’ve endlessly explained why, I haven’t written as much about why I believe a write-in candidate is the right answer to such a hopeless election. My write-in vote…
WASHINGTON − The Justice Department has warned tech billionaire Elon Musk and his pro-Trump political action committee that its $1 million daily handouts to registered voters in swing states may violate federal election law, media outlets reported Wednesday. The department’s public integrity section, which investigates potential election-related law violations, sent the letter to Musk’s America…
As executive director of the Savannah Tree Foundation, Zoe Rinker has a unique perspective on the Georgia coast’s signature live oaks. The gnarly giants, with Spanish moss-draped limbs twisted like swollen, arthritic fingers running through wiry, white hair, add an unmistakable air of authenticity to Savannah’s place among the South’s iconic historic cities. On a…
For the second time in two weeks, President Joe Biden is coming to Florida to visit hurricane-ravaged communities. A Friday news release from the White House said Biden will come Sunday to tour areas affected by Hurricane Milton, which slammed the state as a Category 3 storm Wednesday evening, causing widespread damage and leading to…
WASHINGTON – Another presidential election blown around by a hurricane. In terms of politics, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden are hoping that recovery from Hurricane Helene will resemble the federal government’s response to Hurricane Sandy in 2012 – a fairly smooth process that did credit to the last Democratic-led White House in…