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Governor Kemp makes it clear that he fully supports the Republican ticket in the race for the White House, the DUI arrest of a Georgia state lawmaker

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Plugged In: Explaining Georgia's new rule on certifying elections

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Trump reignites his feud with Kemp ahead of tight November presidential race

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Plugged In: Is the Sun Belt back in play?

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Tense Trump Q&A session at National Association of Black Journalists convention, Trump and Harris fixate on Georgia

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Kamala Harris touches down in Atlanta

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Plugged In: Georgians react as President Biden ends his bid for reelection

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Biden passes the torch to Harris, Trump campaign strategy

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Biden drops out of presidential race, VP Kamala Harris endorsed by Biden and top Democrats, GOP reactions

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Trump accepts official nomination at Republican National Convention

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Republicans re-nominate Trump days after attempted assassination

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After a violent rally in Pennsylvania, Trump selects first-term Ohio U.S. Senator J.D. Vance as running mate

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How the affects of the deadly sniper shooting at the Trump Rally in Pennsylvania trickled down in Georgia

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Plugged In: Can popular governors in Michigan and Georgia lift Biden and Trump?

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Amid an internal war in the Democratic party, some ask, why not Kamala? Plus, Project 2025 and GOP tensions ahead of the Republican National Convention

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In a letter sent to the Democratic lawmakers, Biden wrote he is “running this race to the end.” Trump and Republicans need to stay on point and capitalize on momentum ahead of the Republican National Convention

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Plugged In: Come along for a Georgia presidential history summer road trip

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Georgia Democrats weary after Monday's landmark Supreme Court ruling, presidents are now protected from prosecution for official acts

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Plugged In: Biden and Trump face off in Atlanta for first presidential debate

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Trump and Biden make debate history, set to square-off tonight in Atlanta

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Biden and Trump's last-minute push to win Georgia, the big debate in Atlanta just days away

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Plugged In: How LGBTQ voters could shape the upcoming presidential election

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Plugged In: New law could help third party, independent presidential candidates get on the GA ballot

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MARTA says its moving ahead with massive Five Points station overhaul despite Mayor Andre Dickens' concerns, Democrats want to campaign on reproductive rights ahead of November

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The aftermath of the Atlanta water crisis one-week later, antics of a GOP Congressional candidate on and off the debate stage

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Plugged In: Atlanta water woes highlight city leadership, aging infrastructure

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A self-proclaimed Democratic socialist defeats incumbent Rep. Teri Anulewicz in the race for a Smyrna-based Georgia House seat. Will Gabriel Sanchez govern, or be the perfect target for Republicans?

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What happens next now that Trump is convicted? Plus, Atlanta's water outage crisis makes national headlines

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Plugged In: What a historic conviction in New York means for Georgia

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Political Breakfast LIVE edition: Governor Brian Kemp heads to RNC this summer after skipping state GOP convention

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What do Georgia's primary results signal about the November election?

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Voter fatigue ahead of Georgia's primary election, Biden's Morehouse speech, internal divisions at GOP Convention in Columbus

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Plugged In: How the upcoming Georgia primary showcases Trump's influence on the modern GOP

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Hot take: Will Black voters resonate with Kamala Harris' outreach efforts?

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Georgia's former GOP Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan endorses Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene's tough week in Washington

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Plugged In: Trump's on the ballot this year. So are the judge and prosecutor on his Georgia case.

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A Georgia GOP congressman says he does not tolerate discrimination, backtracks praising a campus protest at the University of Mississippi where students made racist jeers

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Former Fulton special prosecutor Nathan Wade goes on national TV, talks about romantic relationship that led to him resigning from Donald Trump's election interference case

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Plugged In: An inside look at the growing campus protests

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Fulton Sheriff Pat Labat, District Attorney Fani Willis and other key races across metro Atlanta ahead of May primary

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Kamala Harris visits Atlanta, more arrests and protests against Israel-Hamas war on Atlanta college campuses

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Plugged In: On the right and left, activists and organizers prep for the campaign ahead

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Georgians watching how Donald Trump's hush-money case plays-out in New York, political precedents

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Introducing Plugged In: A WABE Politics Podcast

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Marjorie Taylor Greene says House Speaker Mike Johnson is a "lame duck" after he voted with Democrats to pass foreign aid package

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Prosecutor finally tasked with investigating Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones, for role as fake Trump elector

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The Masters wrap up, Mark Meadows' attorneys square up against Fulton DA Fani Willis

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Georgia first lady Marty Kemp says she'd write Governor Brian Kemp's name in for the GOP nominee in November

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Biden, Trump and Black Americans

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Trump set to visit Atlanta for big money luncheon, Trump versus Biden campaign momentum in Georgia

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Bills bills bills, Georgia's 2024 legislative session wrap-up

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Gold Dome Scramble: Lawmakers pass flurry of bills before last day of legislative session

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Sine Die is Thursday, Georgia lawmakers scramble to review hundreds of bills, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens delivers state of the city

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Gold Dome Scramble: Lawmakers rush to get bills through as legislative session comes to a close

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The U.S. Postal Service better have my money, package slow downs, and is the Biden campaign spending big in Georgia ahead of November?

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After judge splits Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis and Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade, both still face GOP, public scrutiny in handling of Georgia election interference case

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Gold Dome Scramble Update: Fani Willis can remain on Trump case, as Nathan Wade resigns

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Gold Dome Scramble: GA Republicans pass public subsidies for private school tuition, blindside Democrats with move to ban puberty blockers

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Voter fatigue ahead of likely November presidential match-up between Biden versus Trump creates opportunity for 3rd-party candidate, in comes Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan

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Battleground voters keep Georgia on the minds of the Biden and Trump campaigns

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Gold Dome Scramble: Haley, Trump's last Republican challenger, bows out ahead of GA primary

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Strategists Brian Robison and Tharon Johnson talk politics from the Georgia Capitol on Crossover Day

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Gold Dome Scramble: Lawmakers jostle to keep their bills alive as immigration takes center stage

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How did Georgia founder James Oglethorpe go from slave trader to abolitionist? DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond's new book uncovers gaps in our state history.

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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp refers to the murder of a nursing student on the UGA campus as a point of "inaction" by the Biden Administration when it comes to protecting the nation's borders

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Gold Dome Scramble: Haley and Trump campaigns head to SC ahead of 'First in the South' primary

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As Atlanta's population swells and wages don't keep-up wtih housing costs, state lawmakers talk rent control under the Gold Dome

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Fallout from Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis' raw testimony

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Gold Dome Scramble: Fulton DA Fani Willis fights push to remove her from Georgia election case

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Georgia Democratic Congressman David Scott challenged by Marcus Flowers, who once challenged Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Atlanta represents at the Super Bowl, Kemp says Trump versus Biden will be "a race to the bottom"

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Gold Dome Scramble: Bill awaiting Gov. Kemp's signature could keep more people in jail for longer

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'Find Me The Votes' investigative reporting into the prosecution of Donald Trump and 18 co-conspirators in Atlanta, Republican resistance to Trump and political tensions across Georgia

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The court of public opinion: Fani Willis admits she had a personal relationship with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade

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Gold Dome Scramble: Senate approves sports betting, but a last minute change could complicate things

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Antisemitism law signed, splits Georgia Dems

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The GOP and abortion, Biden kicks off his official stump in South Carolina, How Georgia Gov. Kemp landed on the national stage once again

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Gold Dome Scramble: Trump joins motion seeking to disqualify lead prosecutor from election interference case

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Grind at the Gold Dome: Medicaid expansion, abortion, sports betting, tort reform and the road map ahead for the General Assembly

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DeSantis is done, Trump and Haley frontrunners for GOP, and is age really but a number in the presidential race?

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Gold Dome Scramble: Gov. Kemp touts budget as state economist warns of recession

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis defends hiring a prosecutor in the Donald Trump election tampering case, Trump's surge in Georgia polls may indicate a shifting landscape

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Gold Dome Scramble: The legislature is back in session

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Are Georgia voters fired-up or fed-up, Collaborating across the aisle, Donald Trump and the state of the GOP

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Come back for seconds! Political Breakfast is now airing twice a week in 2024

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The Political Breakfast team takes a look at a year in politics, 2023 generated stories that continue to put Georgia on the national radar

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Rudy Giuliani must pay Atlanta election workers $148 million following defamation trial, 2024 strategies and presidential running mates

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Ex-Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani's defamation trial continues this week, intense testimony from Atlanta election workers

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Gold Dome redistricting continues in special session, Democrats outraged over GOP targeting McBath's seat

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Special session underway to redraw Georgia's political maps, Voting rights groups still cite legal issues with newly-proposed map

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Letter sent to Fulton Elections potentially laced with fentanyl, Protesters and police clash near so-called 'Cop City' site, November municipal election results, Tim Scott drops out

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NY Times polling shows Biden far down in Georgia, Trump's outbursts in court, Georgia sits on billions in unspent funds

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Georgia redistricting shakeup, GOP proposal to give teachers firearm training, 10k stipend to carry guns in schools

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A 'Stop Cop City' organizer responds to Mayor Andre Dickens' appearance on Political Breakfast, Georgia abortion ban challenge struck down, Austin Scott makes another bid for House Speaker

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GOP Georgia Republican Austin Scott and his surprise run for House Speaker; Reactions to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens' Political Breakfast sit-down

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens on so-called 'Stop Cop City' efforts, and police reform in wake of church deacon Johnny Hollman's death, Atlanta police fires officer involved

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A recent poll asks Georgians if they would support or stop 'Cop City,' Georgia's tort laws.

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Kemp hammers far-right GOP not budging on federal spending bill, Ossoff endorses Atlanta public safety training center, Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity to moderate 'red state vs. blue state debate' in Georgia

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Mayor Dickens on 'Cop City' petition signatures and transparency, Trump and 16 others will be tried separately from two defendants, Bidenomics branding, "Prime Time" Deion Sanders debut with Colorado Buffaloes

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Kemp suspends Georgia fuel tax, city of Atlanta puts hold on verifying 'Cop City' ballot petition signatures