Patricia Murphy - political columnist

The AJC's political columnist Patricia Murphy makes her predictions for what's to come in the 2025 session of the Georgia General Assembly.

Many of the accomplishments the late President Jimmy Carter was praised for this week are programs Donald Trump has promised to dismantle once he's sworn into office.

Congressional leaders honored the late President Jimmy Carter at the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday, more than 40 years after he routinely clashed with the House and Senate.

Age — and a lack of transparency — are catching up with leaders in Washington.

The AJC’s political columnist decided on a Santa-themed award -- a cookie or a lump of coal --to rank the wide array of highs and lows in Georgia politics this year.

The man who tried to break off Buckhead has been tapped as Donald Trump's Ambassador to Belgium. Europe may never be the same.

Generational change for Democrats is coming. Who emerges as a leader, and what that leader says to voters, will determine what happens next for the party in Georgia.

Former UGA football phenom Herschel Walker lost a bruising Senate race in 2022, but becoming a 62-year-old college graduate will matter more.

After two lost elections in two years, former Sen. David Perdue could be taking on his most important job yet as President-elect Donald Trump's ambassador to China.

Billionaire Elon Musk is heading up President-elect Donald Trump's goal to chop $2 trillion from the annual federal budget. That could have major implications for Georgia.