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GEORGIA STATE

FBI agents arrive to execute a search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Union City, Georgia, on Jan. 28 related to the 2020 U.S. election.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2026
The FBI¡¯s Georgia ballot raid is about 2026, not 2020
The raid no doubt appealed to President Donald Trump¡¯s preoccupation with his defeat in 2020.
Members of an FBI Evidence Response Team collect equipment from an FBI vehicle as they execute a search warrant on Wednesday at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Atlanta.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2026
FBI searches Atlanta election office, chasing Trump 2020 vote fraud claims
Former U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, won Georgia and defeated Trump, a Republican who was seeking reelection in 2020.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's rift with U.S. President Donald Trump has some supporters concerned about the future of the MAGA movement.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 21, 2025
Trump¡¯s break with Marjorie Taylor Greene jolts MAGA heartland
The dispute with one of his most fervent supporters has fueled concerns that Trump¡¯s MAGA base could fracture ahead of next year¡¯s midterm elections.
An activist holds a banner as South Korean workers who were detained in a huge immigration raid in the U.S. arrive at the Incheon International Airport in South Korea on Sept.12.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2025
¡®America is not a safe place to work¡¯: South Koreans describe Georgia raid
Some of the workers arrested this month at a Hyundai-LG factory said that although they had entered the U.S. under murky circumstances, they always planned to return home.
Jose Munoz, president and CEO of Hyundai Motor
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2025
Hyundai battery plant faces startup delay after U.S. raid, CEO says
The plant, part of a $7.6 billion factory complex to make battery-powered models, was slated to come online later this year.
A chartered plane transporting South Korean workers who were detained in an immigration raid last week arrives at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2025
South Korean workers arrive home after U.S. detention
South Koreans made up the majority of the 475 people arrested at a Hyundai-LG battery factory site in the state of Georgia last week.
Detainees are made to stand against a bus during a raid by federal agents on a Hyundai facility in Ellabell, Georgia, last week.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2025
Many arrested at Hyundai¡¯s U.S. facility appear to be working legally: lawyer
¡°They just arrested everyone who wasn¡¯t a citizen or a resident and figured they would sort it out later,¡± said a lawyer representing more than a dozen workers.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents execute an enforcement operation at a Hyundai-LG electric vehicle battery plant in Ellabell, Georgia on Sept. 4.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2025
The ICE raid on the Georgia Hyundai plant makes no sense
The raid antagonized U.S. ally South Korea, a country that had signed a $350 billion trade pact with U.S. President Donald Trump just weeks earlier.
Investigators from the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations at a factory being built by South Korea's Hyundai Motor in Georgia on Friday
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Sep 10, 2025
Three Japanese nationals among those detained by ICE at Hyundai plant in Georgia
The Japanese nationals are employees of a Japanese industrial machinery manufacturer who were dispatched to the electric vehicle battery plant in Georgia.
A Homeland Security Investigations police officer watches over workers during a federal search warrant at a company in Ellabell, Georgia, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2025
U.S. migrant raid jolts South Korea and stirs investor anxiety
The raid came shortly after a White House summit between the presidents of both countries where Korean companies pledged to up U.S. investments.
U.S. Homeland Security Investigations police officers execute a federal search warrant at a Hyundai Motor factory in Ellabell, Georgia, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 7, 2025
Seoul says over 300 South Koreans detained in U.S. to be released
The announcement follows the arrest of more than 300 South Korean workers at a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the southern state of Georgia on Thursday.
U.S. Homeland Security Investigations police officers execute a federal search warrant at a Hyundai Motor factory in Ellabell, Georgia, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2025
Immigration raid on Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia rattles South Korea
The raid came at a sensitive time ?in trade relations?, unsettling South Korean businesses investing in the United States.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung meets with U.S. President Donald Trump meets at the White House in Washington on Aug. 25.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 6, 2025
South Korean president vows support to citizens arrested in U.S. immigration raid
Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said the government has set up a team to respond to Thursday¡¯s arrest of over 300 South Koreans at the facility in the southern state of Georgia.
A raid is conducted at a construction site for an electric vehicle battery plant in Ellabell, Georgia, on Thursday. Immigration authorities arrested hundreds of workers for a major South Korean battery maker at the Hyundai plant in Georgia, U.S. officials said Friday, calling it the largest ever Homeland Security enforcement operation at a single location.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 6, 2025
U.S. agents arrest 475 in raid on South Korea¡¯s Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia
The operation was the largest single site raid carried out so far as part of President Donald Trump¡¯s nationwide anti-migrant drive.
People prepare to vote at a polling station as Georgians turned out, a day after the battleground state opened early voting, in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 17, 2024
Georgia judge overturns changes to election rules by pro-Trump Republicans
The state is one of seven set to be closely contested and expected to determine the winner of the Nov. 5 presidential race.
Election workers oversee early voting at a polling station in Marietta, Georgia, on Oct. 15.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2024
Judge blocks Georgia rule to hand count 2024 election ballots
The judge sided with challengers who argued the election board risked introducing confusion and delays into the process.
People walk with water collected from a truck following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Asheville, North Carolina, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 3, 2024
Many in North Carolina still without water after Helene¡¯s destruction
The powerful storm inundated the western part of Georgia in the U.S. with catastrophic flooding, destroying pipes, damaging water plants and cutting off power.
Search and Rescue personnel patrol a canal in Keaton Beach, Florida, on Saturday.
WORLD
Sep 30, 2024
Hurricane Helene kills at least 90 in U.S. as homes are washed away
The storm has also damaged water systems, communications and critical transportation routes across the region.
Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding his private plane at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Thursday, where he turned himself in at the Fulton County Jail earlier in the evening.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 25, 2023
Trump booked at Georgia jail on election charges
Authorities said they took Trump¡¯s mug shot at Fulton County Jail ¡ª a first for the former U.S. president.
Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and attorney of former U.S. President Donald Trump, outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Wednesday after he surrendered to authorities
WORLD
Aug 24, 2023
Giuliani surrenders at jail in Georgia election case
Giuliani, whose bond was set at $150,000, arrived in Atlanta as another defendant in the sprawling case filed a motion seeking a speedy trial.

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