Georgia's state senators are backing an expensive push by Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones to create a child tax credit.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kelly Loeffler, a Georgia businesswoman and former senator, to lead the Small Business Administration, returning a stalwart supporter of President Donald Trump to Washington.

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock joined several of his Senate colleagues in a media conference to express their opposition to a Republican proposal to cut nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.

The University of Georgia School of Medicine has reached a major milestone, earning candidate status from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the accrediting body for medical education programs.

The move is necessary to address a teacher shortage as a generation of teachers nears retirement.

Today's release is the first time Hamas has handed over the bodies of hostages during the war, although several have been recovered by Israeli forces in Gaza and returned to Israel.

The migrants refused to be repatriated to their countries. They will be held in a migration facility near the Darien Gap along the Colombian border until third countries can be found to take them.

The cuts would be as drastic as sequestration in 2013, the law passed by Congress that forced the armed services to cut $56 billion in a matter of months.

Orders to deploy medical personnel suggest the Trump administration is contemplating an extended stay for people at the U.S. base in Cuba.