Atlanta Journal-Constitution Briefing

Good morning, it's Thursday, January 14th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: No Republicans from Georgia supported impeaching President Donald Trump on Wednesday, insisting that the effort was rushed, politically motivated, and not the way to heal the nation after last week’s violent and deadly riots at the US Capitol. Democrats and 10 GOP representatives from other states disagreed.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, January 13th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: The acting US attorney for Northern Georgia, who was named after his predecessor reportedly angered President Trump for not finding election fraud, told staffers in a conference call Monday that he dismissed two election fraud cases on his first day.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, January 12th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: The state on Monday officially opened vaccine eligibility to a huge new slice of Georgians —those 65 and older — and launched a vaccination locator website, touted last week as a new and critical tool. But the Georgia Department of Public Health website led to busy phone numbers, wrong numbers and crashed web forms.

Good morning, it's Monday, January 11th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: US Senator-elect Raphael Warnock returned to his famed pulpit Sunday, trying to reconcile his historic election last week with a mob’s violent assault on the US Capitol one day later.

Good morning, it's Friday, January 8th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President Donald Trump has ended his court challenges to try to reverse his loss to Joe Biden in Georgia. An attorney for Trump filed notice in court Thursday that he is voluntarily dismissing four lawsuits making unsubstantiated allegations about ineligible voters, election equipment problems and fraud.

Good morning, it's Thursday, January 7th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Democrats swept Georgia’s two US senate runoffs on Wednesday to flip control of the chamber, pulling off stunning victories that will shape President-elect Joe Biden’s administration and transform the state’s political landscape.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, January 6th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: As hospitals struggled with a record surge in hospitalizations Tuesday, Georgia announced its first confirmed case of the new coronavirus strain that has overwhelmed the medical system in the United Kingdom. The Georgia Department of Public Health said the case was discovered in an 18-year-old man with no travel history.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, January 5th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: US Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak resigned his position Monday, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.

Good morning, it's Monday, January 4th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President Donald Trump badgered and berated Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in a call Saturday, demanding that he “find” votes to reverse his election defeat in Georgia — the latest example of the extraordinary pressure he’s exerted on state Republican officials ahead of critical runoffs for control of the US Senate.

Good morning, it's Friday, January 1st. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Amid the healthcare misery of 2020, lawmakers in both the Georgia Legislature and Congress finally acted to curb surprise medical bills. As of New Year’s Day, state law will protect hundreds of thousands of insured Georgia patients from being stuck with bills after emergency room visits.

Good morning, it's Thursday, December 31st. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President Donald Trump demanded that Governor Brian Kemp resign because he refused his demand to illegally overturn election results, his harshest rebuke yet of his fellow Republican days before crucial Georgia runoff votes for control of the US Senate.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, December 30th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Georgia again climbed the national rankings in new coronavirus cases, and state officials are racing to reopen a field hospital at the Georgia World Congress Center Thursday as medical centers statewide see record numbers of COVID-19 patients.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, December 29th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Doses of coronavirus vaccine started to arrive at senior homes and other long-term care facilities in Georgia on Monday, a watershed moment amid the raging pandemic. For 10 long months, the coronavirus has ripped through long-term care facilities nationwide, leaving behind a trail of serious illness and death. No demographic has been harder hit.

Good morning, it's Monday, December 28th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: A 7-year-old girl has died days after she was struck by a stray bullet while Christmas shopping with her family in Buckhead, according to reports. Kennedy Maxie died of her injuries Saturday night, Channel 2 Action News reported.

Good morning, it's Friday, December 25th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Superior Court Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams’ ruling allows voters to continue using drop boxes 24 hours a day under video surveillance until polls close for the U.S. Senate runoffs on Jan. 5. She rejected the case after an online court hearing.

Good morning, it's Thursday, December 24th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Atlanta police have identified the 7-year-old girl struck by a stray bullet Monday evening while Christmas shopping with her family in Buckhead. Kennedy Maxie remained at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite in critical condition Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, December 23rd. I’m Natalie Gray and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: As Georgia on Tuesday set another daily record of new COVID-19 cases and many hospitals were running out of beds, state officials were racing to keep ahead. Health officials said they hope to quickly get additional COVID-19 vaccine shipments distributed throughout the state, avoiding issues that delayed deliveries last week.

Good morning. It's Tuesday, December 22nd. I’m Natalie Gray, and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: With the number of coronavirus infections surging and some hospitals overwhelmed, a second COVID-19 vaccination is due to arrive in Georgia by Wednesday. The state will receive 174,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine over the coming days, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Good morning. It's Monday, December 21st. I’m Lucas Dixon, and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President Donald Trump will return to Georgia for a runoff eve rally to campaign for the Republican U.S. Senate candidates even as he continues to fume at the state’s GOP leaders for refusing to overturn the election results. The president said on Twitter late Saturday that he would stage a “big Rally” for U.S. Sens.

Good morning, it's Friday, December 18th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Coca-Cola is cutting about 500 jobs in metro Atlanta — nearly 10% of its local workforce — and eliminating others around the world, the company said Thursday. The Atlanta-based beverage giant is letting go of about 2,200 employees around the globe, 1,200 of them among its US workforce of 10,400 people.

Good morning, it's Thursday, December 17th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Metro Atlanta on Wednesday saw the area’s first vaccinations to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, as a pharmacist, a nurse, public health managers, and a worker who greets coronavirus test patients all sat down for their shots before a bank of TV cameras in Gwinnett County.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, December 16th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President-elect Joe Biden appealed to Georgians Tuesday to back Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, urging them to “turn out the vote so it’s not even close” to win runoffs that will dictate the success of his legislative agenda.

Good morning. It's Tuesday, December 15th. I’m Kristie McIntyre, and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story is: President-elect Joe Biden surpassed 270 Electoral College votes Monday afternoon, when California put him over the top. Biden declared that “not even an abuse of power” can stop a peaceful transition of power in the U.S.

Good morning, it's Monday, December 14th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected an appeal of a lawsuit by President Donald Trump that seeks to overturn the state’s election results. The president filed the lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court December 4th. But on Friday he appealed the case directly to the Supreme Court.

Good morning, it's Friday, December 11th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to visit Georgia next week to campaign for Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock is a sharp reminder of a seismic shift in the state’s Democratic politics. Not long ago, state Democrats ran screaming from national figures. Now, they’re embracing them.

Good morning, it's Thursday, December 10th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President Donald Trump warned Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr not to rally other Republican officials against a long-shot Texas lawsuit seeking to toss out the state’s election results, according to several people with direct knowledge of the conversation.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, December 9th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Amid a post-Thanksgiving surge, Georgia reported the highest weekly total of confirmed and probable coronavirus cases last week than at any point in the pandemic. And President Donald Trump’s virus task force urged states to sound the alarm ahead of Christmas, Hanukkah, and other year-end holidays.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, December 8th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn Georgia’s election results have met a wall of opposition from an unlikely source: Republican state officials and GOP-appointed judges who have loudly rejected his calls to undo Joe Biden’s narrow victory in the state.

Good morning, it's Monday, December 7th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: More than 100 parents and students rallied at Piedmont Park on Sunday and urged Atlanta and DeKalb County to reopen schools and resume in-person classes.

Good morning, it's Friday, December 4th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Georgia Republican senators said after what happened in the 2020 election they will seek to make changes in state voting laws during the upcoming legislative session. Democratic nominee Joe Biden beat Republican President Donald Trump in Georgia.

Good morning, it's Thursday, December 3rd. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to drop unproven allegations of voting fraud in Georgia. At a press conference at the Georgia Capitol, Raffensperger decried Trump’s continued insistence that voter fraud cost him the election in Georgia and elsewhere.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, December 2nd. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: A top Georgia election official Tuesday said President Donald Trump and the state’s two US senators are complicit in threats against election workers and urged them to speak out against the behavior of some of the president’s most irate supporters.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, December 1st. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Governor Brian Kemp’s office responded Monday to President Donald Trump’s demands to help him overturn Georgia’s election results with a reminder that state law “prohibits the governor from interfering in the election.

Good morning, it's Monday, November 30th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Mounting political strain between Governor Brian Kemp and Donald Trump reached a new phase on Sunday when the president said he was “ashamed” that he endorsed the fellow Republican in a tight race for governor in 2018.

Good morning, it's Thursday, November 26th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Supporters of Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the results of the presidential election in Georgia say they have filed a federal lawsuit that accuses top state officials of abetting voter fraud.

Good morning, it's Thursday, November 26th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: A Gwinnett County executive with an online gambling company has acquired Underground Atlanta and plans to redevelop the long-neglected downtown property. Shaneel Lalani, CEO of two local companies, bought the retail and entertainment site on an undisclosed date, according to a press release Wednesday.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, November 25th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force this week warned Georgia is “in the early stages of full resurgence” of the virus and urged state leaders to take aggressive new steps to mitigate spread of the epidemic.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, November 24th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: President Donald Trump’s administration is ready to begin the formal transition process for President-elect Joe Biden, according to multiple news sources. Administrator Emily Murphy of the General Services Administration sent Biden a letter Monday afternoon, CNN reported.

Good morning, it's Monday, November 23rd. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Georgia is preparing to tally about 5 million votes in the presidential election for a third time as the FBI and GBI investigate threats against some state election officials.

Good morning, it's Friday, November 20th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: A manual recount of nearly 5 million ballots cast in Georgia showed Thursday that Joe Biden won the presidential election, validating initial results. The recount found that Biden received 12,284 more votes than President Donald Trump.

Good morning, it's Thursday, November 19th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Election officials corrected vote counting mistakes and explained an allegation by the Republican Party about miscounted DeKalb County ballots on Wednesday, the final day of Georgia’s manual recount.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, November 18th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Nearly every state in the nation is now in the red zone for new coronavirus cases, as COVID-19 surges from coast-to-coast, according to the latest report from President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, November 17th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Georgia’s top elections official forcefully debunked conspiracy theories furthered by President Donald Trump, delivering his sharpest rebuke yet to fellow Republicans leveling unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud.

Good morning, it's Monday, November 16th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Several metro Atlanta counties finished or nearly completed their manual vote recounts Sunday and reported no significant problems, despite continued allegations without evidence by President Donald Trump that the state’s count was rigged.

Good morning, it's Friday, November 13th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: The first statewide manual recount of paper ballots in Georgia history begins Friday, a major effort to validate the accuracy of an election that showed Joe Biden with a 14,000-vote lead over Donald Trump. One ballot at a time, election workers will eyeball choices for president and sort ballots into piles for each candidate.

Good morning, it's Thursday, November 12th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: As Georgia braces for a cold-weather coronavirus surge that could collide with the flu and send patients flooding into hospitals, facilities across the state are worried they don’t have enough nurses to treat their sickest patients. Employment ads show hospitals from Albany to Savannah, Augusta to Rome, trying to hire nurses to meet the wave.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, November 11th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Georgia has reentered the coronavirus red zone. Citing an increase in cases, President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force moved the state back into the most severe category for the spread of the virus for the first time since mid-September.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, November 10th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: Georgia’s two US senators called on the state’s top elections official, a fellow Republican, to resign Monday in a shocking attempt to appease President Donald Trump and his supporters ahead of January 5th runoffs for likely control of the US Senate.

Good morning, it's Monday, November 9th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: The presidential race is over, but in Georgia, the campaigning is just beginning for twin runoffs that will almost certainly decide the fate of the US Senate. The consequential January 5th showdowns will test anew the suddenly-swing status of Georgia, which is on the cusp of delivering its 16 electoral votes to Joe Biden.

Good morning, it's Friday, November 6th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here are today's headlines from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Our top story: As the race for the White House hung in the balance, Joe Biden pulled within striking distance of President Donald Trump in Georgia as election workers tallied some of the last remaining absentee ballots and anxious voters pored over every update of the count.