Tag: Elections

Twitter recently blocked Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., from promoting a campaign ad. Her "crime?" Being pro-life and attacking Planned Parenthood. She wasn't the first victim of liberal censorship online. (iStock)

Will Washington pressure Silicon Valley to quell free speech?

Dan Backer · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

On Thursday, former President Barack Obama also campaigned for Murphy, but reporters were allowed to cover his remarks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Hillary Clinton hits campaign trail at press-free event in New Jersey

Steven Nelson · October 22, 2017 7:43 pm

James is young, accomplished, black, determined, devout, and the kind of new conservative that the Grand Old Party needs. (AP Photo/David Eggert)

John James could be the future Republicans have been waiting for

Salena Zito · October 22, 2017 4:01 am

Twitter user "Reinhold Niebuhr" tweeted, "Good to be back in Iowa," showing what appeared to be a man in a cornfield at sunset. (Image courtesy Twitter/Reinhold Niebuhr)

‘He’s running’: James Comey’s alleged Twitter account tweets from Iowa, fueling 2020 quips

Daniel Chaitin · October 21, 2017 1:34 am

Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore failed to disclose $540,000 promissory note to the IRS when he filed his Senate candidacy. The Campaign Legal Center is asking for an investigation into Moore, according to a filed complaint obtained by the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Roy Moore failed to disclose $540,000 promissory note to IRS when he filed his Senate candidacy: Report

Katie Leach · October 21, 2017 12:57 am

On BBC's "The Graham Norton Show," former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said she and former President Bill Clinton hoped other past presidents wouldn't go to President Trump's inauguration. (Screenshot)

Hillary Clinton admits she tried to skip Trump’s inauguration

Kara Zupkus · October 20, 2017 6:26 pm

On Friday, former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke tweeted an image of Obama crying next to an image of President Trump giving a thumbs up. "OBAMA would have been found in a closet SOBBING if he had to deal with ESTABLISHMENT'S attacks. @realDonaldTrump has the metal to withstand," he captioned the graphics. (Anthony Behar/Pool via Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

David Clarke took a strange shot at Obama

Emily Jashinsky · October 20, 2017 6:13 pm

Attempting to dump senators who provide reliable votes for the Trump agenda seems like a counterproductive strategy. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Beltway Confidential

Someone tell Steve Bannon that Trump needs more Republican senators, not different ones

Ford O'Connell · October 20, 2017 5:01 pm

Is There Room for Jeff Flake in Donald Trump’s GOP?

John McCormack · October 20, 2017 7:30 am

A Fight in Virginia Over the Proper Role of a State AG.

Fred Barnes · October 20, 2017 7:30 am

White House chief of staff John Kelly explained in an emotional briefing Thursday that he advised Trump to praise a fallen soldier's bravery when calling the soldier's family (although he advised Trump against calling at all), because it was what his son's friends told him over the phone when his son died in Afghanistan in 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s counterproductive counterpunching

Washington Examiner · October 20, 2017 4:01 am

"This is not my opinion, this is the data," Obama said. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

Obama grumbles: Democrats ‘get a little sleepy’ during off-year elections

Pete Kasperowicz · October 20, 2017 12:01 am