Tag: X (Formerly Twitter)

Big Tech Is Eating the Economy

Tony Mecia · October 27, 2017 4:05 pm

Kellogg is redoing its Corn Pops cereal boxes after a complaint that the art on the back is racially insensitive. The box shows cartoon Corn Pops hanging out in a retail mall. Author Saladin Ahmed complained on Twitter that the cereal box is "teaching kids racism" because the only brown Corn Pop depicted is working as a janitor scrubbing the floor. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Beltway Confidential

Now Corn Pops are racist. Maybe. I don’t even know anymore.

Becket Adams · October 27, 2017 3:03 pm

"It is now commonly agreed, after many months of COSTLY looking, that there was NO collusion between Russia and Trump. Was collusion with HC!" (AP Photo/John Locher)

National Security

Trump: ‘Commonly agreed’ Trump campaign did not collude with Russia

Melissa Quinn · October 27, 2017 2:06 pm

The National Archives released documents relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. President Trump blocked the release of hundreds of records on the Kennedy assassination, bending to CIA and FBI appeals, while the National Archives moved to turn over some 2,800 other records. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

National Security

Trump: We will release ‘just about everything’ from JFK files

Mandy Mayfield · October 27, 2017 12:34 pm

Lee Greenwood performs at a pre-Inaugural "Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration" in January. President Trump on Friday tried to send a birthday message to Greenwood, but accidentally tweeted a random lawyer. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Trump’s birthday message for ‘God Bless the USA’ singer sent to random lawyer

Anna Giaritelli · October 27, 2017 11:56 am

President Trump's address Tuesday night surpassed 3 million tweets before its conclusion, breaking the record set by his joint address last year. (iStock by Getty Images)

Twitter didn’t tell Senate Intel Committee it pitched RT about buying ads during 2016 election

Melissa Quinn · October 27, 2017 2:59 am

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said she has known for some time that she was targeted by Russian operatives whose interests were aligned with President Trump. A Twitter handle linked to a Russian troll factory tried to interfere with a town hall in Waters' district in May 2017.

Maxine Waters says she was targeted by Russian Twitter bots in effort to oust her from office

Naomi Lim · October 26, 2017 11:08 pm

RT, which airs in the U.S., is widely believed to be a propaganda arm of the Kremlin. Sputnik is largely based online and is said to serve the same function.

Twitter bans ads from Russian media outlets RT and Sputnik

Eddie Scarry · October 26, 2017 3:21 pm

Debate over whether Confederate statues should be removed from public places escalated after white nationalist groups clashed with counter protesters in Charlottesville, Va., in August. (AP Photo/Julia Rendleman)

Trump rallies support for Republican Ed Gillespie: ‘He might even save our great statues’

Melissa Quinn · October 26, 2017 2:43 pm

Reports suggest the so-called "Trump dossier" was first funded by "a wealthy Republican donor who strongly opposed Mr. Trump," a characterization that includes a broad swath of the 2016 GOP primary candidates, among others. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Alleged ‘GOP donor’ who funded anti-Trump research remains a media mystery

Eddie Scarry · October 26, 2017 4:01 am

The Republican establishment's insurrection against President Trump may be real, but nationally, Trump has maintained his standing with GOP voters through myriad controversies and legislative failures. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump has won the civil war where it counts — with voters

David M. Drucker · October 26, 2017 4:01 am

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., called out Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., on Twitter Wednesday following a dispute over the Agricultural Guestworker Act of 2017, which would allow farmers to hire experienced foreign workers when Americans aren't available. (screenshot)

Democratic lawmaker posts video, accuses Darrell Issa of ‘mansplaining’

Mandy Mayfield · October 25, 2017 9:43 pm