Andrew Blake

Doug Collins urges FBI director to resign over newly declassified Russian intel about 2016 election

Rep. Doug Collins, Georgia Republican, wrote a terse letter telling FBI Director Christopher A. Wray to resign Wednesday over developments some Democrats have rejected as Russian disinformation.

September 30, 2020

Edward Snowden, NSA leaker, ordered by federal judge to forfeit profits from book sales, speeches

Edward J. Snowden was ordered Tuesday to forfeit over $5 million he made from book sales and paid speeches after the intelligence leaker recently lost a related civil suit to the U.S. government.

September 30, 2020

Schiff subpoenas DHS over whistleblower complaint into Intelligence and Analysis office

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam B. Schiff subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security as part of a probe into its Intelligence and Analysis office Tuesday.

September 30, 2020

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani pushes conspiracy theories about Joe Biden before first debate

President Trump's personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani pushed conspiracy theories about Democratic hopeful Joseph R. Biden ahead of both candidates debating for the first time Tuesday.

September 29, 2020

Biden campaign blasts Facebook for leaving in place Trump posts about double voting

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden's campaign manager slammed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a letter Tuesday for letting disinformation about the race persist on his platform.

September 29, 2020

Russia accuses Twitter of censorship after state-owned news agency vanishes from search results

Twitter prompted Russian government media regulators to seek new internet legislation Tuesday after a state-run news organization stopped appearing in search results on the social media service.

September 29, 2020

Quarter of U.S. adults get news from YouTube: Report

Roughly a quarter of U.S. adults polled said they get news from YouTube, and the majority of those believe the video-sharing platform is an important way to stay informed, a report found Monday.

September 29, 2020

Sonoma County dispels concerns about bins of old ballots as photos spread

Sensational photos purportedly showing a dumpster full of discarded mail-in voting ballots spread fast on the internet Friday despite efforts by the private and public sector to set the record straight.

September 26, 2020

Eric Berthel, Connecticut state senator, apologizes for QAnon sticker amid pressure to resign

Connecticut state Sen. Eric Berthel apologized Friday for placing a QAnon sticker on his car after a leading fellow Republican called him unfit for office for promoting the conspiracy theory movement.

September 26, 2020

TikTok poses ‘immitigable’ national security risk unless divested from Chinese owners: Trump admin

TikTok poses an "immitigable risk" to national security that necessitates the popular social media application to completely sever ties with its Chinese parent company, the U.S. government argued Friday.

September 26, 2020

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown warns of violence ahead of Proud Boys rally, sends in state police

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown declared a state of emergency in Portland as the Democrat prepared for potential violence ahead of members of the Proud Boys group holding a rally in the city this Saturday.

September 26, 2020

Google temporarily pausing political ads when polls close over likely delayed outcome

Google announced Friday it will not run advertisements on its platforms referencing November's elections, including the U.S. presidential race and its results, in the immediate aftermath of polls closing.

September 25, 2020

Bridget Hallahan, Louisville police major, leaving force amid uproar over remarks about Antifa, BLM

Bridget Hallahan, a major in the Louisville Metro Police Department in Kentucky, is stepping down after making derogatory comments about Antifa and Black Lives Matter, the head of the agency said Friday.

September 25, 2020

‘The Simpsons’ recast Carl Carlson after animated series vows to diversify voice talent

"The Simpsons" confirmed it recast the role of Carl Carlson, a Black character voiced for decades by a White actor, for the season premiere of the long-running animated sitcom airing on Fox this Sunday.

September 25, 2020

Most voters support shutting down social networking sites like Facebook during election week: Poll

Roughly half of registered voters surveyed, including most Republican and Democrats, support totally shutting down social media services during the week of the U.S. presidential election, a poll showed Friday.

September 25, 2020

Pickup truck plows into Buffalo protesters of Breonna Taylor indictments

A person drove a pickup truck through a crowd of protesters in Buffalo, New York, Wednesday night during a demonstration prompted by a grand jury declining to indict police officers for killing Breonna Taylor.

September 24, 2020

Majority of adults surveyed say social media companies should outright ban political ads: Poll

Most adults surveyed believe social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter should not permit any political advertisements to appear on their platforms, the Pew Research Center reported Thursday.

September 24, 2020

Marijuana industry projected to generate $35 billion in annual revenue if measures pass in November

Ballot measures legalizing marijuana being considered in five states this fall could generate billions of dollars in revenue within the first few years of taking effect, industry experts predicted Wednesday.

September 24, 2020

Mark Levin calls 200K COVID-19 deaths ‘biggest lie this century’; doctors disagree with Trump ally

Fox News host Mark Levin disputed the notion the novel coronavirus killed 200,000 people in the U.S., referring to the grim figure from health officials as "the biggest lie this century."

September 24, 2020

Facebook to ban political ads prematurely claiming victory in November election

Facebook will refuse to run advertisements referring to President Trump or Democratic rival Joseph R. Biden as the winner of November's election before its actual outcome is known, a spokesman said Wednesday.

September 24, 2020