Atlanta's former mayor announced she resigned from her position on President Biden's Export Council on Jan. 4, one day before President Trump claimed she was fired as part of his removal of over 1,000 Biden-era appointees.

Lance Bottoms says she is leaving her time in Washington behind as she looks forward to rejoining Georgia's political world, possibly as governor.

On his first day in the White House for his second term, President Donald Trump announced he’d be removing more than 1,000 appointees from their positions, all hired under the administration of former Pres.

With his infamous “You’re Fired!” phrase, Trump terminated Lance Bottoms via social media, but the former mayor reminded him she had already resigned.

President Trump announced the firing of four high-profile presidential appointees just after midnight Tuesday, including a top envoy to Iran during his first term, Brian Hook, and retired Gen.

He began by dismissing four people: retired Gen. Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council; celebrity chef José Andrés from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition; Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars; and Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta, from the President’s Export Council.

The new commander-in-chief fired off the “official notice of dismissal” to four Biden appointees in a midnight social media post, bluntly warning that his team were hunting down even more to throw

Donald Trump's dismissal of Biden-era appointees backfired as Keisha Lance Bottoms and others revealed they had already resigned.

Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says that she may run for Governor of Georgia in 2026 following leaving the White House.

Alive's Faith Jessie sits down to talk with the former mayor about her departure from the White House and what might be next in her political career

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is considering a possible bid to become Georgia’s next Governor. Bottoms, a graduate of Douglas High School, FAMU, and Georgia State University, became a national figure in 2017 after she won the mayoral race in Atlanta.