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ATLANTA — On the eve of high-stakes elections for control of the U.S. Senate, President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden staged dueling rallies Monday aimed directly at their most loyal supporters on the outskirts of downtown Atlanta and rocky, rural northwest Georgia. The disclosure of Trump’s extraordinary demand to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to reverse his election defeat shaped the final chaotic day of campaigning, which also included a visit to Middle Georgia by Vice President Mike Pence to rally conservative evangelicals for U.S. Sens. Kelly Lo......

ATLANTA — Republicans have lofty expectations for President Donald Trump's runoff eve rally in Dalton. U.S. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler want Trump to promote their campaigns and persuade supporters who believe his falsehoods about widespread voter fraud to cast ballots in Tuesday's runoffs for control of the U.S. Senate. But state Republicans fear he can also inflict more harm than good by continuing to claim a "rigged" election and deepening his war with state GOP officials that will threaten the sense of unity that the two incumbents are trying to project. And as Trump prepares for......

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump will return to Georgia for a runoff eve rally to campaign for the Republican U.S. Senate candidates even as he continues to fume at the state's GOP leaders for refusing to overturn the election results. The president said on Twitter late Saturday that he would stage a "big Rally" for U.S. Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue on Jan. 4, a day before twin runoffs against Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff for control of the U.S. Senate and the fate of President-elect Joe Biden's legislative agenda. It's not clear where the rally will be held, though Republ......