Senate’s top Democrat worried about Russian meddling in upcoming elections
The U.S. Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, on Tuesday expressed concern about Russian interference in the upcoming November elections, saying President Donald Trump should do more to prevent meddling and that it appears a Russian agency was behind …
U.S. homeland security secretary commends Facebook action
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen commended Facebook on Tuesday for taking action to interrupt a political influence campaign on its site and said it showed the company was taking election security seriously.
Jury in Manafort trial selected, opening arguments set to begin
The jury was selected on Tuesday in the trial of U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and opening arguments were set to begin in the afternoon.
Kelly to stay on as Trump’s White House chief of staff until 2020
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly plans to stay in his post through the presidential election until 2020, a White House official told Reuters, putting to rest months of speculation that the retired military general would be the next to leave U.S. P…
Trump blasts conservative megadonors Koch network as ‘overrated’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed the powerful Koch-led political operation as “globalist” and “a total joke,” rejecting the conservative group amid signs of a growing public fissure between the president and business over trade.
Facebook has identified ongoing political influence campaign: NYT
Facebook Inc has identified a coordinated political influence campaign through dozens of inauthentic accounts on its platform ahead of November’s U.S. midterm election, the New York Times reported separately on Tuesday.
Trump rejects ‘overrated’ conservative Koch donor network
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed the powerful Koch-led political donor network as “globalist” and “a total joke,” rejecting the conservative group amid signs of a growing public fissure between the president and business over trade and im…
Trump says collusion is not a crime as first Russia probe trial begins
President Donald Trump again attacked Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russia and the 2016 U.S. election on Tuesday, reiterating that his campaign did not collude with Moscow and saying collusion is not a crime anyway.
Trump rejects conservative Koch donor network
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed the powerful Koch-led donor network as “globalist” and “a total joke,” rejecting the conservative group amid reports that the network was shifting away from him over trade and immigration issues.
Trump calls Koch brothers ‘total joke,’ ‘overrated’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch as “globalist” and “a total joke,” saying he says did not need the powerful conservative donor brothers’ money or support.
