Augusta Times

10/20/2025

Oct 18, 2025; Augusta, Georgia, USA; People march in the No Kings 2.0 rally through downtown. Over a thousand people turned out to voice opposition to President Donald Trump.

10/18/2025

In August, four members of the Clover, South Carolina Police Department stopped at Chick-fil-A on Robert C. Daniel Junior Parkway for breakfast.

One officer, who is black, said his three white colleagues were given their food for free, while he was asked to pay. Now he is speaking out.

“When we arrived at the place, we went inside. It was only four people in line. It was myself and three other white sergeants. We were all sergeants. We were all dressed the same. We all got in the same line and we all ordered the food. I was the last one to place my order,” explained Sergeant Tracy Reid.

Sgt. Reid said he and his fellow officers were on their way to Cordell, GA to pick up several police vehicles when they stopped in Augusta to eat. He added that they were the only four people in the restaurant at the time.

He told NewsChannel 6 the other officers had their orders taken by a female cashier who was training a new employee. When it was his turn, a male team lead from the back of the house stepped in to take his order.

10/15/2025

A small Tennessee county is in mourning after an explosion at an ammunition processing plant last week is believed to have killed everyone who was inside.

The blast Friday was reported at Accurate Energetic Systems near McEwen, Tennessee, at around 7:45 a.m., leaving behind only scattered debris. Officials reported a day after the explosion that there were no survivors, adding that 16 people who were in the privately owned facility were unaccounted for.

10/14/2025

North Carolina Republican lawmakers announced plans to redraw their state's congressional map, part of a nationwide redistricting effort aimed at shoring up the party's narrow majority in the U.S. House ahead of next year's midterm elections.

• Under North Carolina's current map, Republicans control 10 House seats to Democrats' four. To give Republicans another seat, the GOP-controlled Legislature could split another Democratic-leaning city between surrounding areas.

10/13/2025

Donald Trump travels to the Middle East as Israel awaits hostage release.

Trump will first land in Israel, where he is expected to address the country’s parliament, following which he will leave for Egypt, where he will co-host the Gaza peace summit along with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Follow LIVE updates on Trump's Israel visit here
During the peace summit, several world leaders will be present to back Trump’s peace deal for ending the war in Gaza.
"The war is over. Okay? You understand that?" Trump told the media aboard Air Force One while leaving for Israel. He also said that this trip to the Middle East is “special”. "Everybody's very excited about this moment in time. This is a very special event," he said.

10/11/2025

Trump confirms shutdown firings, says they will be 'Democrat-oriented'
President Donald Trump confirmed mass firings of federal workers began Friday amid the government shutdown and said the layoffs would be "Democrat-oriented."

Earlier, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said in a social media post "The RIFs have begun," referring to reductions-in-force.

Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on Friday, Trump did not specify which agencies were laying off workers or the exact number of layoffs but said it would be "a lot."

Trump continued to lay blame for the shutdown on Democrats in Congress.

"They started this thing so it [layoffs] should be Democrat-oriented," Trump said.

09/05/2025

The order, which Trump is expected to sign in the Oval Office, won't rename the Defense Department, but it will authorize Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to use secondary titles like “secretary of war” and “Department of War” in official correspondence and public communications and during formal ceremonies, according to a White House preview of the order.

09/04/2025

All freezes and terminations of funding to Harvard made pursuant to the Freeze Orders and Termination Letters on or after April 14, 2025 are vacated and set aside,” U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs said in the order.

09/01/2025

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08/29/2025

As a proud Texan and lifelong conservative who loves our country, I’m ready to fight for the principles that make Texas strong and America exceptional,” Teixeira said in a statement announcing his bid for Texas' 21st Congressional District

08/28/2025

The archbishop of Chicago called on the government to do more to protect the safety of the public from what he called the "curse of gun violence" — and said such violence is a threat to rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

08/27/2025

WASHINGTON — When National Guard troops were deployed here earlier this month, President Donald Trump promised that they would fight crime and make the streets safe again. But in neighborhoods like Columbia Heights, the takeover has created a real sense of terror for immigrants, who say they feel like they are being racially targeted and living in a dystopian version of the city they love.