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Comment: More than ‘the map’ complicates Democrats’ Senate hopes

Comment: More than ‘the map’ complicates Democrats’ Senate hopes

By Ronald Brownstein / Bloomberg Opinion The odds of Democrats recapturing the Senate in next year’s midterm election are long. The usual explanation is that they are confronting a “difficult map,” with few opportunities to flip seats that...

Bill Gates Says He and Trump Are Discussing 'Gene Editing' and Vaccines at White House

Bill Gates Says He and Trump Are Discussing 'Gene Editing' and Vaccines at White House

During a White House dinner on Thursday, billionaire Bill Gates spoke about vaccines, gene editing, and how he and President Donald Trump plan to take such innovations further. The president and First Lady Melania Trump dined with Gates to their...

Trump Raid on Hyundai Georgia Plant Arrests 475 for Visa Violations

Trump Raid on Hyundai Georgia Plant Arrests 475 for Visa Violations

Escalating Immigration Enforcement in Corporate America The Trump administration is signaling a ramped-up approach to immigration enforcement, with plans to scrutinize more businesses following a high-profile raid at a Hyundai Motor Group facility...

What does Gov. Brian Kemp do each day? Here’s his calendar.

What does Gov. Brian Kemp do each day? Here’s his calendar.

Our newsletters uncover the insights you need to understand the issues facing Coastal Georgia—delivered to your inbox five times a week. About every two weeks, The Current files a Georgia Open Records Act request for the Georgia governor’s...

Georgia facility where Koreans are detained has history of health and safety violations

Georgia facility where Koreans are detained has history of health and safety violations

Published: 07 Sep. 2025, 15:04 Violations found at the Folkston ICE Processing Center in November 2021, as revealed by the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security [DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY] The facility where...

South Korean Companies Halt Georgia Investments After ICE Raid

South Korean Companies Halt Georgia Investments After ICE Raid

Happy Monday! It's September 8, 2025, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you'll find the most important stories that are shaping the way Americans...

South Koreans feel betrayed over detainment of hundreds of workers at Georgia plant raid

South Koreans feel betrayed over detainment of hundreds of workers at Georgia plant raid

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s foreign minister departed for the U.S. on Monday to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers detained last week in a massive immigration raid in Georgia, as the incident caused...

South Korea Plans Repatriation After US Raids Detain 300 Hyundai Workers in Georgia

South Korea Plans Repatriation After US Raids Detain 300 Hyundai Workers in Georgia

South Korea is preparing to repatriate around 300 of its citizens detained during a large-scale US immigration raid at a Hyundai Motor manufacturing facility in Georgia, officials in Seoul confirmed on Sunday. The operation, carried out last...

Trump’s Invasion of Washington DC Costs over $1 Million a Day

Trump’s Invasion of Washington DC Costs over $1 Million a Day

August 25, 2025 Inequality.org Deploying the National Guard against D.C.’s unhoused population costs four times more than simply housing them. And that’s true across the country. President Trump mobilized the D.C. National Guard under the guise of...

Congress doesn’t reflect constituents

Congress doesn’t reflect constituents

Imagine being told from a young age that your life is already written: the jobs you'll hold, the obstacles you'll face, the limits you'll never cross. What you're born into is what your life will be. For millions of Americans making a low wage,...

Jason Black announces run for Georgia Senate District 47

Jason Black announces run for Georgia Senate District 47

Jason Black, an attorney and former law enforcement officer, has announced his candidacy for the Georgia State Senate in District 47 in the 2026 elections. Black, a Republican, said he is running to better represent the interests of Barrow,...

South Koreans feel betrayed after hundreds of workers were detained at Georgia Hyundai plant

South Koreans feel betrayed after hundreds of workers were detained at Georgia Hyundai plant

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s foreign minister departed for the U.S. on Monday to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers detained in a massive immigration raid in Georgia, a spectacle that has caused...

Justice Department Investigates Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for Alleged Mortgage Fraud

Justice Department Investigates Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for Alleged Mortgage Fraud

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice has initiated a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook following allegations of mortgage fraud. The inquiry stems from a criminal referral made by Federal Housing Finance...

New Details Emerge For Next Year's UFC Fights At The White House, And They Are Epic

New Details Emerge For Next Year's UFC Fights At The White House, And They Are Epic

The fights will take place in June of 2026. PublishedSeptember 5, 2025 11:21 AM EDT•UpdatedSeptember 5, 2025 11:21 AM EDT Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link New details about next year’s UFC fight at the White House are now public, and based on the...

How ICE’s Raid on Korean Workers in Georgia Demonstrates Trump’s Clashing Priorities

How ICE’s Raid on Korean Workers in Georgia Demonstrates Trump’s Clashing Priorities

The Trump Administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown could be bad for business, experts tell TIME. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 475 people on Thursday in Ellabell, Ga., in what U.S. officials said is the largest...

More than 300 South Koreans detained in Georgia immigration raid to be sent home

More than 300 South Koreans detained in Georgia immigration raid to be sent home

More than 300 South Korean nationals detained during an immigration raid at a Georgia auto manufacturing plant last week will be released and returned home, South Korea’s government announced Sunday. The deal follows negotiations between Seoul and...

Lee says US immigration raid on Korean workers could deter investments

Lee says US immigration raid on Korean workers could deter investments

President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday that the recent U.S. immigration raid on hundreds of Korean workers at a construction site in Georgia could have a “significant impact” on Korean businesses' direct investments in the United States, adding...

Georgia becomes seventh state to send its National Guard to DC

Georgia becomes seventh state to send its National Guard to DC

Georgia will send more than 300 National Guardsmen to support the wider military operation in Washington D.C., Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday. Georgia becomes the seventh state to send forces to join the District of Columbia National Guard, and...

Pamela Shodipo: Atlanta Expo Will Showcase Nigeria’s Non-Oil Exports To the World

Pamela Shodipo: Atlanta Expo Will Showcase Nigeria’s Non-Oil Exports To the World

Fidelity Bank says its forthcoming Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect (FNITCC) in Atlanta, Georgia, will project Nigeria’s non-oil exports, boost diaspora banking, and provide new opportunities for small and medium enterprises...

South Koreans feel betrayed by workforce detentions at Georgia Hyundai plant

South Koreans feel betrayed by workforce detentions at Georgia Hyundai plant

South Korea announced Sunday that the U.S. has agreed to release them and that it would bring them home on a charter flight once final administrative steps are completed. President Donald Trump said the workers “were here illegally,” and that...

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