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Year: 2021

Fact check: Trump-backed candidate for Georgia elections chief begins campaign with false claims about 2020 election

Rep. Jody Hice, a Republican, announced last week that he is running for Georgia secretary of state, the state’s top elections job. His 2022 campaign was immediately endorsed by former President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly launched dishonest attacks against the Republican currently in the post, Brad Raffensperger. And then Hice went on television and

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Don’t throw away your masks yet

The US is entering a confusing time in the pandemic with vaccine distribution numbers soaring to new heights at the same time infection rates tick up nationwide. An influential coronavirus model from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington projects that daily deaths and infections will trend down in the

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Alleged Capitol rioter called for public lynching of a Black police officer, prosecutors say

A man charged with storming the Capitol and later threatening Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also allegedly posted racist messages online advocating for the public execution of a Black police officer that he believed killed a pro-Trump protester, federal prosecutors said Monday. Prosecutors said that in the days after the January 6 attack, Garret Miller became obsessed

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Victim shot, seriously wounded in Socorro

SOCORRO, Texas — A victim was shot and seriously wounded in Socorro on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The gunfire happened about 2 p.m. in the 11600 block of Datsun Road. Socorro police detectives were at the scene investigating throughout the afternoon. The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital in serious condition. Police did not

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Lawyer for House candidate pushes for panel to ‘count every vote,’ as Democrats grow skeptical of overturning election

Iowa Democratic candidate Rita Hart’s legal counsel urged Congress on Monday to “count every vote” amid increasing pressure by Republicans to dismiss her case and growing skepticism by House Democrats of overturning the incredibly close 2020 race. Iowa’s bipartisan canvassing board certified in November that Hart lost to Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks by six votes out

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