Rick Rojas

Mr. Jackson, who had been largely unknown to voters just months ago, beat President Trump’s choice and will face Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat, in November.

Representative Mike Collins, who was backed by President Trump, won the G.O.P. nomination to challenge Senator Jon Ossoff. But Georgia Republicans chose Rick Jackson as their nominee for governor over a Trump-backed candidate. In Oklahoma, Representative Kevin Hern won the Republican nomination for Senate.

Georgia is the latest Southern state where lawmakers have taken up redrawing congressional maps after the Supreme Court’s voting rights ruling.

The leaders of the Georgia House of Representatives said they would not redraw U.S. House districts held by Black Democrats just hours before a special session was to begin.

Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia signed legislation late Thursday delaying a major change to the state’s election system that had threatened to cause chaos in the November midterm elections.

Just hours after a New Orleans grand jury indicted Attorney General Liz Murrill on bullying charges, the court intervened, citing potential flaws in the process.

The Louisiana Supreme Court on Friday paused the prosecution of the state's Republican attorney general just hours after a grand jury in New Orleans indicted her over letters she had sent city officials threatening that they could be removed from office.

The Southern rapper paid $600,000 to two right-wing operatives. Now, they’re in a dispute over a contract the rapper believes entitles him to at least half his money back.

Prosecutors argued that Colin Gray bore responsibility for the 2024 shooting because he had given his son a gun and failed to act as the teen’s mental health deteriorated.

The country is divided. Half of America wants to address injustice, while the other half has different concerns. A fragile bond is fraying. Rampant disinformation makes it worse.