Andrew Blake

Kanye West shares Forbes editor’s phone number with rapper’s 30 million Twitter followers

Kanye West ran afoul of Twitter's rules when the rapper and fringe presidential candidate shared on the social media service Wednesday what he claimed to be the phone number for a Forbes editor.

September 17, 2020

Holocaust survey finds lack of knowledge of atrocity among millennials, Gen Z

Holocaust remembrance groups raised concerns over the "disturbing" results of a survey released Wednesday that showed a lack of understanding of the atrocity among Americans younger than 40.

September 16, 2020

Trump tells Jim Cramer not to pander after CNBC host apologizes to Pelosi for ‘Crazy Nancy’ remark

President Trump on Wednesday admonished CNBC's Jim Cramer after the "Squawk on the Street" host apologized for calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "crazy" during a live interview the day before.

September 16, 2020

Trump attacks Biden for not imposing national mask mandate; Biden: ‘I am not currently president’

President Trump faulted Joseph R. Biden for not requiring Americans to wear face masks in public -- a mandate his Democratic rival cannot impose on account of not currently holding public office.

September 16, 2020

Marijuana shops set new monthly sales record in Colorado; $226 million in revenue reported in July

Marijuana sales in Colorado, the first state in the nation to legalize commercial pot, generated more than $200 million in monthly revenue for the first time ever, officials announced recently.

September 16, 2020

Michael Flynn boosts theory alleging China created COVID-19; experts disagree

Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, touted a report Wednesday that alleges the Chinese government created COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

September 16, 2020

Josh Hawley, GOP senator, urges Mark Zuckerberg to reconsider Facebook’s new election policies

Mr. Trump suggested in both posts that voting by mail is unreliable. Facebook applied identical labels to each one assuring users otherwise and linking to a page containing further information.

September 15, 2020

Democrats demand Michael Caputo step down as HHS spokesman over Facebook video

Michael Caputo faced mounting pressure to resign from his role in the Department of Health and Human Services as more Democrats denounced him Tuesday for recently spreading conspiracy theories.

September 15, 2020

Trump says he plans to make weekly appearances on ‘Fox & Friends’

President Trump plans to make weekly appearances on "Fox & Friends," he said on the Fox News program Tuesday. Co-host Steve Doocy said the show has not committed to that, however.

September 15, 2020

Roger Stone sentencing under probe by DOJ internal watchdog: Reports

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the prison sentence the government sought for Roger Stone, President Trump's longtime friend, several outlets reported Monday.

September 15, 2020

Pence drops Montana fundraiser hosted by QAnon supporters

Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday pulled out of an upcoming fundraiser being hosted by a Montana couple associated with the controversial, far-right QAnon conspiracy theory movement.

September 12, 2020

Bill Maher tears into Trump: ‘The only thing he has in common with FDR is he has difficulty walking’

Bill Maher zinged President Trump late Friday by likening his ambulatory skills to those of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his only predecessor in office to be paralyzed.

September 12, 2020

Trump, without evidence, again suggests Biden ‘possibly’ used drugs before debates

President Trump continued to boost an unsubstantiated claim about Joseph R. Biden in an interview airing Saturday, suggesting without evidence once again his Democratic challenger recently used drugs.

September 12, 2020

Democrat exits race against Marjorie Taylor Greene, QAnon supporter running for Congress

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican congressional hopeful made famous for her support of the QAnon conspiracy theory movement and skepticism about the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, is now running unopposed after her Democratic rival Kevin Van Ausdal unexpectedly exited the race Friday.

September 12, 2020

Twitter and Facebook intervene once again after Trump suggests double voting

President Trump on Saturday once again prompted Twitter and Facebook to each intervene after he posted on their platforms that people should vote by mail and then potentially again in person.

September 12, 2020

Edward Snowden ‘surprised’ by Trump weighing pardon, asks him to clear others charged with leaks

Edward J. Snowden urged President Trump late Friday to grant pardons to other people charged under the U.S. Espionage Act in light of recently learning he could potentially receive one himself.

September 12, 2020

Emmanuel Quinones, Texan arrested after bringing gun to BLM protest, pleads guilty to making threats

Emmanuel Quinones, of Lubbock, Texas, pleaded guilty Friday to a single charge stemming from having brought a loaded rifle to a Black Lives Matter protest following the death of George Floyd.

September 11, 2020

Adam Schiff expands House intel committee probe of DHS office following whistleblower complaint

Rep. Adam B. Schiff on Friday requested the U.S. Department of Homeland of Security make several additional witnesses available as part of a probe of its Office of Intelligence and Analysis.

September 11, 2020

Vinyl records outsell CDs for first time since 1980s

Vinyl albums outsold compact discs in the U.S. during the first half of the year, achieving a feat unseen since the 1980s, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reported Thursday.

September 11, 2020

Kaitlin Bennett, ‘Kent State gun girl,’ flees protesters at University of Central Florida

Kaitlin Bennett, a controversial gun rights activist and conservative provocateur, caused a commotion at the University of Central Florida and was ultimately chased off the school's campus Thursday.

September 11, 2020