Republican primary runoff voters chose US representative Mike Collins to face Ossoff in November

Republicans are pushing for swift Senate confirmation of president Donald Trump’s nominee to lead US intelligence, Jay Clayton, but Democrats said they would wait until his nomination hearing on Wednesday before deciding how to proceed.

Trump ⁠nominated Clayton, the top US ⁠attorney for Manhattan, to be Director ​of National Intelligence (DNI) less than a week ago, amid a political firestorm over the loyalist he had picked to fill the role temporarily, Reuters reported.