Andrew Clyde

Your daily jolt of news and analysis from the AJC politics team.

U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., is seen inside the House of Representatives ahead of the 2024 State of The Union in Washington. (Nathan Posner for the AJC)

Today’s newsletter highlights

Test your knowledge with our weekly news quiz.

How last week’s rain affected Georgia’s drought.

Nikema Williams weighs in on the Trump administration’s MARTA safety probe.

Judicial scandal

The exterior of the U.S. Courthouse for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. (Mike Stewart/AP 2019)

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Friday news quiz

U.S. Sen Raphael Warnock (left) and then-Democratic candidate for governor Stacey Abrams listen to President Barack Obama speak in Atlanta in 2022. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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A) Falsifying a campaign finance disclosure to make it look like she has raised more money.

B) Posting content on her social media account that uses a racial slur.

C) Claiming endorsements from elected officials who had not endorsed her.

D) Falsely accusing Porcher of violating a state ethics law.

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A) Declining to extend a suspension of the state gas tax amid rising prices because of the war with Iran.

B) Deploying state troopers to MARTA trains to combat what he called a violent crime wave.

C) Refusing to let Georgia lawmakers debate a state Earned Income Tax Credit during the special session.

D) Opting out of a federal after school program.

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A) Gov. Brian Kemp.

B) U.S. Sen. Rick Scott

C) Attorney General Chris Carr

D) U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville.

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B) Insurance commissioner

C) Secretary of state

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Drought update

A map from the U.S. Drought Monitor showing the extent of the drought in Georgia. (Screenshot)

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Listen up

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Hint of skepticism

U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Atlanta, speaks at her event Hustle & Grow, a small business resource fair, at the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs in Atlanta last month. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Today in Washington

U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Marietta. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

President Donald Trump will participate in a roundtable on agriculture in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

The House and Senate are done for the week.

U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Marietta, will hold a hearing on gun violence prevention alongside Democratic members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime.

Reconciliation bill

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., pauses for questions from reporters before voting on the immigration enforcement funding package at the Capitol in Washington, on Thursday. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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Shoutouts

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Before you go

A driver fills up at a gas station on Powers Ferry Road in Marietta in March. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)

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B) Posting content on her social media account that uses a racial slur. Sanchez posted a photo with the song “Let’s Go” from rapper Key Glock, which includes the n-word. Sanchez said she does not use that word herself. She said the song is her campaign theme song.

A) Declining to extend a suspension of the state gas tax. The suspension, which saved taxpayers about $200 million per month, expired on Tuesday at 11:59 p.m.

B) U.S. Sen. Rick Scott from Florida. Like Jackson, Scott was a healthcare executive with no prior political experience when he was elected governor of Florida in 2010.

C) Secretary of State. Abrams is backing Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett. Warnock is backing Penny Brown Reynolds, a reality TV star and former judge.

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