September 30, 2016
Harvard is so polite that its printed program for Jeb Bush’s debut speech as a fellow at the Kennedy School of Government didn’t even use the words “presidential” or “candidate.” A professor introduced Bush Thursday night as a former Florida governor, gracefully omitting his $100-million flameout in the Republican primaries. But Bush knew why the […]
September 30, 2016
Hackers have intensely probed state voter registration systems in more than 20 states, a DHS official told POLITICO on Friday. The revelation comes amid fears that the electoral system is vulnerable to digital meddling, following a series of suspected Russian hacks of Democratic organizations, party officials and state election networks. GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s […]
September 30, 2016
A website with ties to the Russian government on Friday leaked the private emails of two more people. The email dumps were posted as password-protected files on the purported anti-secrecy site DC Leaks, which security researchers believe to be a front for the Russian intelligence hackers suspected in a summer-long digital assault on the U.S. […]
September 30, 2016
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee dangerously armed with 140-character strikes, hailed Twitter as a contemporary strategy that he finds “very effective.” “Well, I think tweet — you know, well Twitter is really a modern-day form of communication,” Trump explained to WZZM 13 in an interview Friday. “It’s one way you communicate, whereas, you know, […]
September 30, 2016
September 30, 2016
Pushing back against political pundits knocking him for his flurry of tweets in the wee hours of Friday morning attacking former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, Donald Trump again turned to his social media account to write that “at least you know I will be there, awake, to answer the call!” Trump’s tweet storm, which kicked […]
September 30, 2016
In an early morning tweet storm, Donald Trump lashed out at former Miss Universe Alicia Machado Friday, calling her “disgusting” for allegedly appearing in a sex tape. Machado has starred in risqué reality TV programs and posed nude for the Mexican version of Playboy magazine, the Daily Beast and other outlets that investigated the claim […]
September 30, 2016
Donald Trump’s microphone during Monday’s presidential debate against Hillary Clinton had audio issues, the Commission on Presidential Debates said Friday, providing a measure of vindication for the Republican nominee. Trump had complained that his microphone was “defective,” suggesting that the debate may have been rigged by floating a conspiracy theory that his microphone had been […]
September 30, 2016
JERUSALEM—Optimism is not generally a word associated with the Middle East these days. Just a few hundred miles away from here, there’s the horrible civil war in Syria, where the devastating bombardment of Aleppo this week recalled the worst tragedies of World War II. And the fighting in Iraq, where a major new front is […]
September 30, 2016
CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said Donald Trump is a “coward” who won’t appear on his show. Speaking to SiriusXM host Bill Carter, Colbert said he’d have Trump on tomorrow if he could. “He’s a coward,” Colbert said. “I would ask him but it’s clear, Donald Trump is a coward because he won’t come […]