Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been targeted with another swatting attempt at her Georgia residence. The Rome Police Department in Georgia quickly verified that the call was a hoax and did not send officers to Greene's house.
Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy, days after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit. The former New York City mayor listed nearly $153 million in existing or potential debts.
Challengers are telling a federal judge that Georgia Republican state lawmakers' new voting districts don't cure illegal vote dilution and should be rejected. But the state of Georgia told the judge Wednesday that new congressional and state legislative maps comply with a court order to draw new Black-majority districts, even if the plaintiffs don't like Republicans' partisan choices.
A judge is being asked to disqualify Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones from holding office because of Jones' participation as an elector for Donald Trump in 2020. The judge says he we will rule later after hearing arguments on the case Monday.
Thousands of kids went missing from schools during the pandemic. For some who have tried to return, school paperwork has proved a daunting obstacle. In Atlanta, one family's four kids have been home since March 2020, ultimately unenrolled for poor attendance.