The Latest Breaking News from Georgia

ATLANTA — Runoffs are here to stay in Georgia, at least for now, as Republican lawmakers instead focused on the priorities of election critics: restricting outside funding, banning drop boxes and enabling challenges to voters’ eligibility.

The controversial proposed law has been withdrawn for now following mass protests, writes Chris Stevenson

The Georgian government has been forced to withdraw its controversial “foreign agent” law after days of mass protests against what many saw as Russian-inspired legislation which would limit press freedom, making its chances of ever joining the European Union near impossible.

'With his polish as a run-blocker and with steady improvement as a pass-catcher, it's hard to see him making it out of the top 50.'

Critics of withdrawn ‘foreign agents’ bill feared it would undercut bid for EU membership

Nathan Millard, from Georgia, US, went missing while on a 24-hour business trip to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is seen on CCTV with a man outside a pub before he was found wrapped in a carpet

In 2022, many Republicans who embraced election denialism were re-elected and, in some cases, elevated to higher office

We would like to speak to people in Georgia about their views on the bill, and to those who attended protests against it

ATLANTA — Some politicians like to talk about their legislative proposals that were signed into law. U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff seems to delight in discussing how his bipartisan measures came about.