
MyFoxAtlanta reports that Leon Nathan Davis, a 37-year-old resident of Augusta, Georgia, has pleaded guilty in federal court on charges of “helping and attempting to join the ISIS terrorist organization.” Prosecutors say he could be looking at up to “15 years in prison, a lifetime of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.”
by John Hayward28 May 2015, 9:32 AM PST0

Russia’s Chechnya becomes biggest contributor of jihadists to ISIS; Chechen youth from Georgia’s Pansiki Gorge joining ISIS in droves
by John J. Xenakis18 Apr 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

An emotional Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation Thursday that immediately legalizes the use of medical marijuana in Georgia to treat eight serious medical conditions.
by Breitbart News16 Apr 2015, 1:52 PM PST0

The Georgia House Rules Committee has failed to advance a highly popular resolution that would have the state’s congressional delegation urge a competitive market for Advanced Placement tests, the federal subsidies for which go entirely to the College Board.
by Dr. Susan Berry10 Apr 2015, 6:50 PM PST0

Although Republicans hold a supermajority in the Georgia State Senate, the body recently voted down an amendment that would have barred illegal immigrants from obtaining driver’s licenses.
by Caroline May7 Apr 2015, 1:49 PM PST0

A report surfacing after Russia’s celebration of the one-year annexation of Crimea claims Russian officials warned that any Western attempt to reclaim Crimea “would trigger a Russian response, possibly involving nuclear force.”
by Mary Chastain2 Apr 2015, 6:58 PM PST0

According to an Atlanta Journal Constitution report, Georgia lawmakers supporting “religious liberty” efforts at the state Capitol doubled-down Wednesday by introducing a second bill to prevent government intrusion on faith-based beliefs.
by Dan Riehl21 Mar 2015, 12:48 PM PST0

When the Republican-controlled Congress promoted welfare reform as one of its top priorities in 1995, opponents accused them of being unsympathetic to the plight of impoverished Americans and insisted the proposed policies would end up harming true reforms.
by Logan Pike & Justin Haskins20 Mar 2015, 12:49 PM PST0

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with South Ossetia, a breakaway region of Georgia, that allows Russia to fully control the region. The pact with South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov, a former KGB agent, came on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
by Mary Chastain19 Mar 2015, 10:50 AM PST0

Is it time to remove Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill? Liberal advocacy groups and and columnists are making a hard push to have Old Hickory’s image removed from American currency, primarily citing the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the Trail of Tears, and his “genocide” of Cherokee Indians.
by Jarrett Stepman14 Mar 2015, 1:44 PM PST0

Greece threatens to confiscate German property as war reparations; South Ossetia discourages trips to Georgia for medical care; Karachi Pakistan fears ‘nuclear nightmare’ over planned nuclear reactors
by John J. Xenakis13 Mar 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

In a move that some are describing as purely symbolic, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened a preliminary investigation into war crimes committed by Israel during the summer 2014 Gaza war.
by John J. Xenakis17 Jan 2015, 6:59 PM PST0

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a treaty with South Ossetia, a breakaway region of Georgia, that will effectively annex the region to Russia early next week. The Treaty of Alliance and Integration allows Moscow to control its foreign policy, border, and security.
by Mary Chastain17 Jan 2015, 1:07 PM PST0

Belgium police raided ten locations where it was suspected that home-grown jihadists returning from Syria were planning terror acts. One location was in the town of Verviers, where two suspected terrorists were killed after a shootout, and the others were spread across the capital city Brussels, which is also the capital city of the European Union.
by John J. Xenakis16 Jan 2015, 6:41 AM PST0

ISIS urged Muslims in Western countries to kill “in any manner” those involved in a coalition fighting ISIS, singling out the French.
by John J. Xenakis23 Dec 2014, 8:28 PM PST0