Eliyohu Mintz

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CNN hires BuzzFeed’s ‘K-File’ investigative team

October 3, 2016

CNN has poached BuzzFeed’s entire investigative political research team led by reporter Andrew Kaczynski. BuzzFeed News’s “K-File” team, which includes Kaczynski, BuzzFeed News deputy politics editor Kyle Blaine, and BuzzFeed News reporters Nate McDermott and Christopher Massie, will begin working at CNN Tuesday, the cable channel told The Huffington Post, which first reported the hires. […]


Trump Foundation ordered to cease fundraising in New York

October 3, 2016

New York’s attorney general has ordered the Trump Foundation to stop fundraising in New York state because it is not properly registered to do so. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office sent the Trump Foundation a “Notice of Violation” dated Friday and released publicly Monday, instructing the organization to “immediately cease soliciting contributions or engaging in […]


Poll: Clinton has double-digit lead in Colorado

October 3, 2016

A new poll gives Hillary Clinton a double-digit lead over Donald Trump, just as the GOP presidential nominee is traveling to Colorado for two events on Monday. The Monmouth University poll shows Clinton leading Trump, 49 percent to 38 percent, with Libertarian Gary Johnson at 7 percent and Green Party nominee Jill Stein at 3 […]


Trump appears to suggest veterans with PTSD are not ‘strong’

October 3, 2016

Donald Trump on Monday seemed to imply that military veterans battling post-traumatic stress disorder are not strong because they “can’t handle” the “horror stories” they’ve seen in combat. Trump delivered a brief address to veterans in Herndon, Virginia, before participating in a Q-and-A session, during which the Republican presidential nominee was asked whether he would […]


Reporter Jason Rezaian sues Iranian government

October 3, 2016

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and his family filed suit against the Iranian government Monday for treatment to which he and his wife were subjected during their imprisonment in Iran. The suit, which was brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, alleges that Rezaian and his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, were subjected to “unlawful acts of […]


Trump accuses Clinton of having ’empowered’ the Islamic State

October 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s pledge not to deploy U.S. combat troops to fight Islamic State militants in the Middle East makes her “a fool,” Donald Trump said Monday morning, because “she’s empowered the enemy.” During a question-and-answer session with military veterans in Herndon, Virginia, Trump was asked what his strategy would be to combat the militant group. […]


Clinton camp responds to Trump’s cheating claims: ‘No limit to the shameless lows’

October 3, 2016

Donald Trump’s baseless accusation that Hillary Clinton is unfaithful to her husband and his impersonation of the Democratic presidential nominee’s near-swoon are evidence of how low the real estate mogul is willing to sink, Clinton’s campaign said Monday. At a rally this past weekend in Manheim, Pennsylvania, Trump asserted that “Clinton’s only loyalty is to […]