A former top elections official who made a name for himself defending Georgia's 2020 presidential election tally against threats from supporters of President Donald Trump is now running to be the state's elections chief.

Laura Pena knew she had two hours to stop the children she represents from being deported home to Guatemala. She and other lawyers and advocates around the country were just starting to get word that Saturday night of Labor Day weekend that migrant children had just been woken up and were heading to the airport.

The Pentagon said late Thursday that two Venezuelan aircraft flew close to a U.S. Naval vessel in what it called a “highly provocative move.” “Today, two Maduro regime military aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters. This highly provocative move was designed to interfere with our counter narco-terror operations,” the Defense Department...