Pompeo speech in Georgia this week ahead of Senate runoffs raises eyebrows

Election officials in Georgia are gearing up for the possibility that next month’s Senate runoff elections may spend weeks in litigation before a final winner is determined. The state has become closely divided in recent years and both Democrats and Republicans expect the results to be razor-thin.

The U.S. Postal Service has agreed to treat mail-in ballots in Georgia’s high stakes Jan.

The United States on Monday imposed additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses, taking further action against China in the final month of U.S. President Donald Trump’s term.

After becoming two of Hollywood's most vocal political activists during the 2020 presidential election, Eva Longoria and America Ferrera are reteaming ahead of the Georgia runoffs. On Saturday, the actresses will hold a text banking event with nonprofit VoteRiders to educate Georgia voters on the state's strict voter ID laws.

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.

The New York Film Critics Circle has unveiled its annual awards, honouring the late Chadwick Boseman with the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in the Spike Lee-directed “Da 5 Bloods”.

Almost 76,000 new voters registered in Georgia between the Nov. 3 presidential election and the state's Dec.

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.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese streaming platform iQIYI is returning to the U.S. financial markets for a twin-pronged capital injection.

Hoping to help the Democrats win back the majority in the Senate, President-elect Joe Biden’s making what’s being described as a mid-seven-figure investment in Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs, where the GOP’s control of the chamber is at stake. Biden’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) have spent roughly $5 million so far in the two Jan.

The U.S. must invest in its "nuclear renaissance" to stay ahead of global competitors like China and ensure clean energy for years to come, Rep.

The Georgia GOP is accusing Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff of "knowingly failing to disclose" compensation from Hong Kong company PCCW Media Limited, which is connected to the Chinese government, after he amended a campaign financial disclosure amid a Senate runoff election that is turning increasingly ugly. The Georgia GOP sent a "request for investigation" regarding Ossoff's July amendment to the Senate Ethics Committee on Tuesday with less than a month until Jan.

China, which recently landed a probe on the moon, is a serious competitor to the United States in space, according to Vice President Mike Pence. Speaking during a meeting of the National Space Council at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Pence highlighted China’s recent success in landing an uncrewed probe on the moon in a mission to retrieve lunar samples.

The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit Tuesday to ensure Georgia election law is “properly followed” ahead of the Jan. 5 Senate runoff elections, demanding access for GOP poll watchers and more restrictions around the use of ballot drop boxes.

In Sunday’s rare December runoff debate in Georgia, the two candidates for a U.S. Senate seat repeatedly drove home the point that the stakes could not be higher and they’re right.    Conservative Republican Sen.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday urged Georgia Republicans to "overwhelm the polls with a tidal wave of votes" in the upcoming Senate runoffs.

A number of high-profile Republicans -- including GOP Sens.Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and Tim Scott -- are expected to campaign in Georgia this month as part of a Club for Growth bus tour in support of GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler ahead of the Jan.

The much-anticipated Georgia Senate runoff races carry high stakes for both political parties, but Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., explained on “The Ingraham Angle” Thursday that he has high hopes for a GOP victory. Perdue argued some Georgia suburbanites who might not have voted for President Trump still care about core Republican issues, such as law and order.

Republican voters in Georgia must turn out for next month's Senate runoff elections, regardless of how disappointed they may be with the outcome of last month's presidential elections, House Judiciary Committee ranking member Doug Collins, R-Ga., told "The Story" Thursday.

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., criticized Democratic "dirty tricks" in Georgia's dueling runoff Senate races on Thursday, calling the notion of all-Democratic control in Washington a "scary" prospect.