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South Georgia Motorsports Park joins NHRA national event in 2026

South Georgia Motorsports Park joins NHRA national event in 2026

CECIL – South Georgia Motorsports Park has been added to the NHRA Mission Drag Race Series season for 2026. For the first time in a dozen years, the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series will have new destinations during its national event schedule,...

Georgia National Guard to support D.C. public safety mission

Georgia National Guard to support D.C. public safety mission

ATLANTA – Governor Brian Kemp announces that the Georgia National Guard will provide support to the D.C. public safety mission. Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that the Georgia National Guard is providing support to the ongoing Joint Task...

Monmouth University presents "Georgia O’Keeffe: the Brightness of Light" and Q&A with the Filmmakers

Monmouth University presents "Georgia O’Keeffe: the Brightness of Light" and Q&A with the Filmmakers

originally published: 09/08/2025 (WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- Monmouth University's Center for the Arts presents a screening of Georgia O'Keeffe: the Brightness of Light on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 7:00pm in the Pollak Theatre. This is a 2-hour...

Money revoked by DOGE leaves $80 million hole in Georgia higher ed

Money revoked by DOGE leaves $80 million hole in Georgia higher ed

As the new school year begins, Georgia researchers are still reeling after the Department of Government Efficiency made deep cuts to federal university research funding earlier this year. Many universities have canceled research that was already...

President Trump Sends Direct Message to Foreign Firms after Largest ICE Raid in U.S. History at Hyundai Georgia Battery

President Trump Sends Direct Message to Foreign Firms after Largest ICE Raid in U.S. History at Hyundai Georgia Battery

After ICE arrested about 500 workers at Hyundai’s Georgia battery plant in the biggest immigration raid in American history, President Donald Trump ordered foreign businesses doing business in the US to “hire and train American workers.” During a...

Georgia NAACP urges Emory to reverse decision to close DEI offices

Georgia NAACP urges Emory to reverse decision to close DEI offices

The Georgia NAACP hopes to change Emory's President's mind about getting rid of DEI programs. The school announced the change last week. The NAACP wants to meet with Emory before the end of the month. ATLANTA - The Georgia NAACP is calling on...

Outrage and confusion in South Korea after Georgia immigration raid

Outrage and confusion in South Korea after Georgia immigration raid

SEOUL - The large-scale immigration raid on a Hyundai-LG battery factory in Georgia has sent shock waves across South Korea, a U.S. security ally that has this year pledged to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States and is now...

DEA appoints new Special Agent in Charge of Washington Division

DEA appoints new Special Agent in Charge of Washington Division

(WBFF) — The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced that Christopher C. Goumenis was appointed as Special Agent in Charge of the agency's Washington Division, which covers D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Goumenis, a native of the Hampton...

ICE Raid Halting Work at Georgia Battery Plant Delivers Widely Felt Jolt

ICE Raid Halting Work at Georgia Battery Plant Delivers Widely Felt Jolt

The official name U.S. immigration law enforcers gave the operation was "Low Voltage," but the jolt it delivered brought work to a halt at a Georgia plant scheduled to start making auto batteries by year end. The repercussions extended to...

Stacey Abrams Claims She Didn’t Deny 2018 Georgia Election Loss But Invented New Definition Of ‘Victory’

Former Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams said on “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace” Monday that she never denied losing the 2018 race — she was just using a different definition of “victory.” Abrams previously maintained that...

Outrage, confusion in South Korea after Georgia immigration raid

Outrage, confusion in South Korea after Georgia immigration raid

Seoul — The large-scale immigration raid on a Hyundai-LG battery factory in Georgia has sent shock waves across South Korea, a U.S. security ally that has this year pledged to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States and is now...

Judge keeps Lisa Cook at Fed as Trump pushes for…

Judge keeps Lisa Cook at Fed as Trump pushes for…

WASHINGTON – Lisa Cook’s lawyer said a judge’s decision to temporarily block President Donald Trump, who seeks to remove her from the Federal Reserve board in an unprecedented move, recognized the independence of the central bank. “Allowing the...

U.S. immigration chief says Koreans detained in Georgia raid will be 'deported'

U.S. immigration chief says Koreans detained in Georgia raid will be 'deported'

By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Monday that Korean nationals detained in a recent U.S. immigration crackdown will be "deported," as South Korea is seeking to enable them to...

Repercussions Follow ICE Raid Halting Work at Georgia Battery Plant

Repercussions Follow ICE Raid Halting Work at Georgia Battery Plant

The official name U.S. immigration law enforcers gave the operation was "Low Voltage," but the jolt it delivered brought work to a halt at a Georgia plant scheduled to start making auto batteries by yearend. The repercussions extended to...

White House: Jobs Numbers Would Be Better if Rates Were Cut, Don’t Match with Rest of Economy, and Might Be Revised Up

White House: Jobs Numbers Would Be Better if Rates Were Cut, Don’t Match with Rest of Economy, and Might Be Revised Up

On Friday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett stated that “when we’re looking at all of the indicators, it’s looking like things are running very smoothly and that the economy is on...

Georgia governor sending more than 300 troops to DC Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that he’s sending 316 members of the state's National Guard to Washington, D.C., later this month.

Georgia governor sending more than 300 troops to DC Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that he’s sending 316 members of the state's National Guard to Washington, D.C., later this month.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that he’s sending 316 members of the state's National Guard to Washington, D.C., later this month in the latest indication that President Donald Trump’s law enforcement operation in the...

Morning Brief: Trump’s Crime Crusade, Biden Anti-Christian Bias Exposed, Fall Elections To Watch

Morning Brief: Trump’s Crime Crusade, Biden Anti-Christian Bias Exposed, Fall Elections To Watch

The Trump administration conducts the largest single-site immigration raid in U.S. history as the president threatens to send the “Department of War” to Chicago. A new DOJ report alleges a “systematic pattern” of anti-Christian bias across the...

Judge keeps Lisa Cook at Fed as Trump appeals, urges lower interest

Judge keeps Lisa Cook at Fed as Trump appeals, urges lower interest

WASHINGTON – A judge kept Lisa Cook on the Federal Reserve board as she fights President Donald Trump's unprecedented attempt to remove her from the central bank but the Justice Department quickly said it would appeal the decision. U.S. District...

Arrest of South Koreans in Georgia unlikely to hurt Seoul- Washington ties

Arrest of South Koreans in Georgia unlikely to hurt Seoul- Washington ties

Reports of the recent raid of a Georgia-based Hyundai E.V. plant and subsequent arrest of its workers, most of whom were South Korean citizens by the US Department of Homeland Security are regrettable indeed. New South Korean President Lee Jae...

ICE raids Georgia Hyundai battery plant, sparking firestorm with South Korea – what to know

ICE raids Georgia Hyundai battery plant, sparking firestorm with South Korea – what to know

Fox News correspondent Madison Scarpino discusses the immigration raid conducted at a Hyundai plant in Georgia on ‘Fox News Live.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Federal agents detained nearly 500 workers during an immigration raid at...

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