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Georgia's U.S. Senate candidates are making last-minute efforts to maximize voter support as Tuesday's runoff elections draw closer.

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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., ripped a Republican colleague Thursday over his stated plan to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College.

Georgians stood in long lines on Thursday to vote on the last day to vote early in the state's Senate runoff elections Senate runoff elections that could determine which party gets the majority in the upper chamber. Hundreds of people were lined up on the morning of New Year's Eve to vote.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced in its end-of-year report that the illegal immigrants it arrested in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 had an average of four criminal convictions or pending criminal charges each – highlighting the work the agency does in cracking down on criminal illegal immigrants. According to ICE’s figures, it conducted 103,603 administrative arrests in FY 2020, 90% of which had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges when they were arrested.

Officials in Georgia are preparing the possibility that close vote tallies and legal challenges could keep the winners from being declared for days or weeks in the state's two U.S. Senate runoffs, set for Jan.

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has agreed to treat mail-in ballots in Georgia’s Jan.

Georgia Harrison has revealed that she's been rushed to hospital and put on a drip while on holiday in Dubai.The blonde beauty, who previously sparked romance rumours with Theo Campbell, took to Instagram to let her fans know about the situation. Lying on a hospital bed and attached to a drip, the 26 year old said: "I don't want to panic you all because I'm in a stable condition, but I've got to be kept in for three days.

Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock are expected to appear at a get-out-the-vote event in Georgia on Sunday with a panelist who last year presented controversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan with an honorary membership into his fraternity.

Nearly 1.1 million voters in Georgia have already cast their ballots in the two Senate runoffs next month that will decide which party controls the upper chamber.  Fast Facts Between mail ballots and early in-person votes, more than 1.12 million votes have been cast in the two January runoffs  Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue will face Democrats Rev.

Georgians have early-voted in unusually high numbers this runoff season, with nearly 356,000 casting their ballots in the first two days of in-person voting.  Through Tuesday, 715,048 Georgians voted ahead of the state's two U.S. Senate runoffs, set for Jan.

Jon Ossoff, a Democratic challenger in one of the two Georgia Senate runoffs next month, suggested Sunday that federal immigration authorities should enforce workplace protections for illegal immigrants. A young woman at a campaign event Sunday identified herself as a "Dreamer," a beneficiary of the controversial Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.The policy allows people who grew up in the U.S.

Early voting for the Georgia Senate runoff elections started Monday, and Tuesday will bring a visit from President-elect Joe Biden, who will campaign for the Democratic candidates just a day after the Electoral College confirmed his victory.  Biden will be backing Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev.

More than two dozen Black pastors, many of them from Georgia, sent a letter Friday to Rev. Raphael Warnock, one of Georgia's Democratic Senate candidates, urging him to reconsider his stance on abortion heading into the January runoffs.  Fast Facts More than two dozen Black pastors sent a letter to Georgia Senate runoff candidate Rev.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday urged Democrats to vote in the Senate runoffs in Georgia, telling them if they turn out in the state on Jan. 5 they can help advance objectives such as a $15 minimum wage and expanded health care.  Fast Facts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told Democrats if they turn out in Georgia they can get a $15 minimum wage, expanded health care and other objectives through the Senate. Republican Sen.

President-elect Joe Biden announced the launch of a “Flip Georgia Fund” on Thursday, urging supporters to donate to the campaigns of Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock ahead of the state’s crucial runoff vote. “The Georgia Senate runoffs are crucial – it’s why I’ll be traveling there next Tuesday,” Biden wrote on Twitter.