Hanna Bogorowski Advisor to the president Ivanka Trump responded to the criticism she’s received for her use of a private email during her time in her father’s administration, saying there is “no equivalency” between her situation and the one that plagued Hillary Clinton. Reports surfaced earlier in November claiming Trump sent hundreds of emails in 2017 to…
Neetu Chandak A substitute teacher claimed he was not allowed back into a Missouri school after thanking students for saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Parkway School District said the teacher’s comments led to students who did not recite the pledge to feel humiliated and were later teased. The district added the decision to let go…
Jason Hopkins Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is at risk of losing her seat to state Attorney General Josh Hawley in the midterm elections. C3 PAC is running a ground operation in Missouri to boost Republican voter turnout. C3 PAC door-knockers claim they have been repeatedly stopped by police. Black Republican canvassers in Missouri say…
Chris White Democratic North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp appeared to endorse a false claim from the state’s Democratic Party suggesting that citizens would lose their out-of-state license to hunt if they vote in this year’s election. “Voting means you are a resident, it means you pay taxes here, it means that if you want a…
Say what you want about ideology, but if you don’t know about Liberty Memes, I’m assuming your online political experience is much less fun. It’s certainly less dank. They’ve been at the forefront of the meme wars since the battle began, bringing us through Harambe to Tide Pods, SJWs to NPCs, Overly Attached Girl to…
Molly Prince Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign invited House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on an all-expenses-paid trip to the state so Texans can “get a glimpse of what California-style policies” would mean. Abbott’s campaign wrote a letter to the Texas Democrats on Tuesday asking if Pelosi would campaign across the state for his challenger former Dallas County Sheriff…
Grace Carr North Dakota Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp apologized Tuesday for publishing a Sunday ad listing alleged sexual assault survivors, a number of whom said they had not given their permission to be in the ad or were not survivors of sexual assault. “I deeply regret this mistake and we are in the process of issuing…
Hanna Bogorowski California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Sunday that will require publicly traded companies with headquarters in the state to have women serving on their boards of directors. “Given all the special privileges that corporations have enjoyed for so long, it’s high time corporate boards include the people who constitute more than half…
Jason Hopkins Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton said Dianne Feinstein’s office will be investigated for the leak of Christine Blasey Ford’s letter, a message she explicitly requested be kept confidential. Speaking Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Cotton told host John Dickerson that, not only will Feinstein and her staffers be investigated for the leak…
Grace Carr Uber Technologies, Inc. has agreed to pay $148 million in a nation-wide settlement compensating for its year-long failure to report a data breach affecting roughly 57 million drivers and customers. All 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have entered into the multi-state settlement agreement with the ride-sharing company after hackers accessed…