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• US to demand bonds of up to $15,000 for visa applications from 12 more countries

  March 18, 2026 11:23 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it is adding 12 countries to an expanding list of nations whose citizens must post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for U.S. visas. Effective April 2, passport holders from Cambodia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Grenada, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Papua New... more »

• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress

  November 22, 2025 1:08 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a loyal supporter-turned-critic of President Donald Trump who faced his political retribution if she sought reelection, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in January. Greene, in a more than 10-minute video posted online, explained her decision and said she... more »

• Progressive groups launch $1.4 million campaign to win back Latino voters from Trump

  October 21, 2025 11:39 AM

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Progressive groups looking to reconnect with Latino voters are emphasizing economic hardship and highlighting President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda in an effort to regain support in places where the Republican leader made inroads. The $1.4 million digital ad and field campaign is led... more »

• Where immigrants went during an unprecedented influx at the US border, by the numbers

  October 1, 2025 10:57 AM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Salt Lake City, Utah; Denver; and Fort Myers, Florida, were hot places to settle. California lost some of its appeal. The Associated Press obtained U.S. Customs and Border Protection data by state and metropolitan area on self-reported destinations of nearly 2.5 million people who crossed... more »

• Plans in the works for Korean workers detained in raid to go home while fear lingers for residents

  September 9, 2025 7:23 PM

  POOLER, Ga. (AP) — After more than 300 South Korean workers were taken into custody during a raid on an electric battery plant in Georgia, the country's foreign minister traveled to the U.S. this week in hopes of bringing them home. Law enforcement agents detained some 475 workers during... more »

• Michigan judge tosses case against 15 accused fake electors for President Donald Trump in 2020

  September 9, 2025 10:04 AM

  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge dismissed criminal charges Tuesday against a group of people who were accused of attempting to falsely certify President Donald Trump as the winner of the 2020 election in the battleground state, a major blow to prosecutors as similar cases in four other states... more »

• Noem says roundup of Koreans at Hyundai plant in Georgia won't deter investment in the US

  September 8, 2025 9:36 AM

  LONDON (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday she doesn't think the detention of hundreds of South Koreans in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will deter investment in the United States because such tough actions mean there is no uncertainty about the Trump... more »

• Police say a suspect is dead and a police officer has been injured near the CDC and Emory University

  August 8, 2025 6:48 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) — A suspected shooter near the campuses of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University is dead and one law enforcement officer is injured after police responded to reports of an active shooter Friday, authorities said. Police did not specify whether other people... more »

• Army sergeant shot 5 fellow soldiers at Fort Stewart, official says

  August 6, 2025 11:16 AM

  FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — An Army sergeant opened fire at Fort Stewart on Wednesday, shooting five soldiers and prompting a brief lockdown at one the country's largest Army bases, officials said. Few details were immediately available about what led to the gunfire, but the suspect is an Army... more »

• The 2026 Senate map is tough for Democrats, but Republicans have their own headaches

  July 20, 2025 12:16 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are encountering early headaches in Senate races viewed as pivotal to maintaining the party's majority in next year's midterm elections, with recruitment failures, open primaries, infighting and a president who has been sitting on the sidelines. Democrats still face an uphill battle. They need to... more »

• Baby delivered from brain-dead woman on life support in Georgia

  June 18, 2025 3:33 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) — The baby of a woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead and has been on life support since February was delivered early Friday morning, her mother said. April Newkirk told WXIA-TV that 31-year-old Adriana Smith's baby was born prematurely by an emergency cesarean section early... more »

• Prisionero de Georgia extraditado al condado Starr Play Video

  January 10, 2020 9:56 PM

  RIO GRANDE CITY - Un recluso de Georgia ahora enfrenta cargos. Juan Garcia fue arrestado en el 2011 y luego condenado por importar extranjeros para prostitución, conspiración para albergar y albergar extranjeros. Ya finalizó su sentencia federal y será devuelto al condado Starr para enfrentar tres cargos de... more »

• Georgia Inmate Extradited to Starr County Play Video

  January 10, 2020 8:35 PM

  RIO GRANDE CITY – A Georgia inmate is facing charges in the Rio Grande Valley. Juan Garay-Garcia Jr. was arrested in 2011 and later convicted on charges of importing aliens for prostitution, conspiracy to harbor, and harboring aliens. He just finished his federal sentence and was arrested by the... more »