Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, in his most expansive comments about his future political plans since losing the Texas Senate race in November, indicated he is leaning toward running for president. Wall Street Journal - Published
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is “absolutely not leaving” the Cabinet even as top Republicans make a pitch for him to run for the Senate in Kansas... Seattle Times - Published
There are now at least a half-dozen democrats hoping to unseat Republican Sen. Cory Gardner. Former Colorado Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff is just the latest to enter the race.
There are now at least a half-dozen democrats hoping to unseat Republican Sen. Cory Gardner. Former Colorado Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff is just the latest to enter the race.
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On a very snowy day in Minneapolis, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar entered the 2020 presidential race on Sunday, becoming the first moderate in an increasingly crowded field of Democrats vying to challenge..
Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic former Texas congressman whose unexpectedly close but ultimately unsuccessful campaign for U.S. Senate generated buzz about a 2020 presidential bid, said on Tuesday he..
Mike Johnston, a Democrat who ran for governor in Colorado last year and lost in the primary election, wants to challenge Republican Sen. Cory Gardner for the U.S. Senate. Johnston lost out to Gov...
Democrats are doing a full-court press to draft Stacey Abrams into Georgia’s 2020 Senate race, a move that would put in play a state that hasn’t gone blue in two decades and could reshape the..
Oprah Winfrey will interview former Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke at an event in New York City. According to Business Insider, this is increasing speculation about a potential 2020 presidential run by..
Reid Hoffman has a lot to apologize for, but today he’s specifically saying that he’s sorry for funding a political experiment gone horribly awry. Last week, the New York Times revealed that a..
Alabama Senator Doug Jones told The New York Times he's "outraged" to learn of deceptive tactics used on Facebook to support him during his campaign last year. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson spoke..
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman issued an apology on Wednesday for unwittingly funding a disinformation campaign focused on the US Senate race in Alabama.
Elizabeth Warren’s presidential bid will be driven by her populist assault on big banks that helped her rise to prominence during the financial crisis and in her successful 2012 Massachusetts Senate.. Wall Street Journal - Published
Reports that a group of Democrats used online disinformation in the Alabama Senate race in 2017 raise the question of how low will the next presidential campaign go. NYTimes.com - Published
The Alabama Democrat said “deceptive tactics have no place in American politics and must be repudiated by those involved in our political system.” NYTimes.com - Published
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Republican who lost last year’s U.S. Senate race says he’s leaving politics “until and unless the Commonwealth is ready” for his views. Corey Stewart told.. Seattle Times - Published
Matt Schlapp, the Chairman of the American Conservative Union, said Saturday that he is “very seriously” considering running in the upcoming Kansas Senate race to replace outgoing Sen. Pat Roberts. FOXNews.com - Published
WASHINGTON (AP) — Martin O’Malley, the former Democratic governor of Maryland and 2016 presidential candidate, says he will not run for president in 2020 and is backing Beto O’Rourke... Seattle Times - Published
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas may be leaving Congress after his failed bid to unseat Republican Sen. Ted Cruz -- despite fawning media coverage and record campaign spending -- but at least he’s.. FOXNews.com - Published
A cybersecurity company that participated in a disinformation campaign against a Republican candidate in the Alabama Senate race reportedly penned a Senate report touted as a “bombshell” about.. FOXNews.com - Published
A Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter spoke at a private gathering organized by a group that funded the secret effort to convince voters that the Russian government was supporting Alabama.. FOXNews.com - Published
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s attorney general says his office is reviewing whether deceptive social media tactics used in last year’s U.S. Senate race might have violated the law. Attorney.. Seattle Times - Published
A Silicon Valley billionaire who co-founded LinkedIn is apologizing for accidentally funding a recently uncovered fake news operation.
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman [INS: issued a statement :INS].. Mashable - Published
One of Silicon Valley’s prominent billionaires is in hot water after funding deceptive social media campaigns with echoes of Russia’s own political playbook. Reid Hoffman, who co-founded LinkedIn.. TechCrunch - Published
Liberal Silicon Valley billionaire Reid Hoffman issued an apology on Wednesday for funding a group that falsely tried to give an impression the Russian government was supporting Alabama Republican Roy.. FOXNews.com - Published
The tech billionaire Reid Hoffman said he had no idea his money had been spent on a Russian-style social media disinformation campaign. NYTimes.com - Published
Alabama Senator Doug Jones told The New York Times he's "outraged" to learn of deceptive tactics used on Facebook to support him during his campaign last year. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson spoke.. CBS News - Published Also reported by •NYTimes.com
· Silicon Valley venture capitalist Reid Hoffman apologized Wednesday following reports that he donated $750,000 to a group which allegedly used misinformation tactics on social media during the 2017.. Business Insider - Published
A social media researcher acknowledged testing misleading online tactics during U.S. Sen. Doug Jones' campaign against Republican Roy Moore last year.
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Facebook acted in response to news reports that a group of social media experts had secretly used deceptive activity in the Alabama race in 2017. NYTimes.com - Published
Billionaire LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman put $100,000 into an experiment that adopted Russia-inspired political disinformation tactics on Facebook during last year's special Senate race in Alabama,.. bizjournals - Published
Mr. Jones called for an investigation after a report in The New York Times revealed social media fakery that was used in the race against Roy S. Moore. NYTimes.com - Published
As Russia’s online election machinations came to light last year, a group of Democratic tech experts decided to try out similarly deceptive tactics in the fiercely contested Alabama Senate race,.. Seattle Times - Published
During this year's Texas Senate race, some home-state Democrats grumbled that Beto O'Rourke wasn't softening his liberal... Deseret News - Published Also reported by •Seattle Times
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s governor has named Rep. Martha McSally to replace U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl in the U.S. Senate seat that belonged to Sen. John McCain. Republican Gov. Doug Ducey announced Tuesday.. Seattle Times - Published
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Democrat who lost a contentious U.S. Senate runoff in Mississippi this week is preparing to run again in two years. A document filed with the Federal Election Commission on.. Seattle Times - Published