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Facebook Busts Israel-Based Campaign to Disrupt Elections

JERUSALEM — Facebook said Thursday it banned an Israeli company that ran an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has canceled dozens of accounts engaged in spreading disinformation. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's head of...
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Buttigieg Scrambles to Turn 2020 Buzz Into Momentum

MANCHESTER, N.H. — There are no policy positions on his website. He has virtually no paid presence in the states that matter most. And his campaign manager is a high school friend with no experience in presiden...
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What You Won’t See in the Mueller Report

WASHINGTON — The special counsel's Trump-Russia report will be out on Thursday for all to see. But not all of it. The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler, has said he is p...

‘Mayor Pete’ Joins 2020 Dem Race as Face of New Generation

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Pete Buttigieg, the little-known Indiana mayor who has risen to prominence in the early stages of the 2020 Democratic presidential race, made his official campaign entrance Sunday by claiming the mantle of a youthful generation ready to resh...
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Kamala Harris Backs Idea to Unionize Child Care Workers

Democratic presidential contender Kamala Harris was just about to take the stage Monday night at Sacramento’s Sheraton Grand Hotel ballroom when she spotted and ran over to a group of women sporting yellow t-shirts sitting on the right side of the auditorium. ...
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Mueller Finds No Trump Collusion, Leaves Obstruction Open

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence President Donald Trump's campaign "conspired or coordinated" with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election but reached no conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice. That brought a ...