Tag: Sexual Harassment

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., confers with his communications aide Matt House as he speaks to reporters following a closed-door strategy session.

‘Inappropriate encounters’ with junior staff led to Schumer aide ouster

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · February 2, 2019 6:10 am

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 5th, 2018, to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the fiscal 2019 budget for the Education Department.

Department of Education receives more than 100,000 public comments on Title IX overhaul

Diana Stancy Correll · February 1, 2019 12:39 am

In this Nov. 7, 2012, file photo, Kevin O'Brien, former deputy chief of staff for Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, gives an interview after Bullock won the election in Helena, Mont. O'Brien, a former New York City mayoral aide who was quietly forced out of his job over sexual harassment allegations was fired previously for similar reasons. The Democratic Governors Association in Washington tells the New York Times that it fired O'Brien in December 2015. A spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio says the Democrat only learned about the prior situation because of the Times' reporting.

Bill de Blasio aide ousted over sexual harassment allegations had been fired before for similar reasons

Caitlin Yilek · January 30, 2019 6:44 pm

Bryan Singer at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug."

Beltway Confidential

Who’s protecting Bryan Singer?

Tiana Lowe Doescher · January 30, 2019 4:40 am

Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 in Washington. Her attorney's Debra Katz and Michael Bromwich watch.

California congresswoman nominates Kavanaugh accuser for Profile in Courage Award

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · January 30, 2019 1:40 am

In this Dec. 7, 2018 file photo, hip-hop recording artist Cardi B performs at Z100's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in New York.

Beltway Confidential

On sex, women have great power, and with great power comes great responsibility

Nicole Russell · January 24, 2019 4:50 pm

A reflective sign marks the entrance to Gillette's World Shaving Headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts Friday, January 27, 2006. Quarterly profit for Procter & Gamble Co. was higher than expected, driven by strong integration progress with Gillette.

Gillette #MeToo ad boosts brand awareness but not necessarily incentive to buy company’s products

Katelyn Caralle · January 18, 2019 3:29 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., reacts after questioning Andrew Wheeler as he testifies at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019.

Bernie Sanders meets with former female staffers to address 2016 campaign harassment claims

Caitlin Yilek · January 17, 2019 6:05 pm

Bernie Sanders

‘It’s a problem for him for sure’: Sexual harassment allegations plague Sanders as he readies 2020 bid

Al Weaver · January 16, 2019 6:59 pm

Kicking off her book tour, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at George Washington University in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Kamala Harris publishes new book, promotes pervert

Philip Wegmann · January 10, 2019 7:39 pm

John Legend attends the WSJ Magazine 2018 Innovator Awards at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Beltway Confidential

John Legend is wrong about everything but this

Nicole Russell · January 9, 2019 11:07 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, speaks in the spin room after the Brown & Black Forum, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Jeff Weaver won’t run Bernie Sanders’ campaign if he runs in 2020

Anna Giaritelli · January 9, 2019 7:56 pm