Andrew Blake

Trevor Reed, former Marine, sentenced to nine years for assaulting Russian police

Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine accused of drunkenly assaulting two Russian police officers last summer, was found guilty in a Moscow court Thursday and sentenced to serve nine years in a penal colony.

July 30, 2020

Dr. Anthony Fauci on people wearing masks: ‘They just have got to do it’

Dr. Anthony Fauci stressed Wednesday people must wear masks in public to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic and said he is not opposed to making face coverings mandatory amid the ongoing public health crisis.

July 29, 2020

OkCupid bugs could have let hackers compromise dating accounts, researchers warn

OKCupid, a popular online dating service, has fixed security flaws that could have allowed hackers to compromise the personal data and private messages of its millions of users, researchers said Wednesday.

July 29, 2020

Instagram censors Madonna after singer touts video containing coronavirus misinformation

Madonna shared a video on Instagram falsely claiming a cure exists for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, prompting the social media service to intervene and censor the pop star's post Tuesday.

July 29, 2020

Donald Trump Jr. rips Big Tech on Twitter after temporary suspension from platform expires

Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, resumed posting on Twitter early Wednesday on the heels of having his privileges on the platform temporarily suspended for sharing misinformation.

July 29, 2020

Republicans cry foul after Twitter silences Arizona GOP chair for violating platform’s rules

Republicans accused Twitter of election interference Tuesday after the company temporarily muted the account of Kelli Ward, the chair of the Arizona GOP, with a week left until the state's primary election.

July 29, 2020

Musicians urge GOP, Democratic committees to receive permission before campaigning off songs

Dozens of major recording artists pressed Republican and Democratic committees on Tuesday to ask and receive permission before playing copyrighted music on the campaign trail.

July 28, 2020

Donald Trump retweets bogus claim of coronavirus cure

President Trump promoted a post on Twitter late Monday that falsely claimed a cure exists for COVID-19, the potentially deadly infectious disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

July 28, 2020

Rep. Matt Gaetz asks DOJ to investigate Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg for possibly lying to Congress

Rep. Matt Gaetz asked Attorney General William P. Barr on Monday to have the Department of Justice investigate whether Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg lied under oath to Congress.

July 28, 2020

Democrats vote against including marijuana legalization in 2020 platform

Democratic National Committee delegates voted Monday against including marijuana legalization in the party's official platform but left in place language backing decriminalization.

July 28, 2020

Regis Philbin dead at 88; ‘One of the greats in the history of television,’ reflects Donald Trump

Regis Philbin has died, relatives of the longtime television personality confirmed Saturday. The former co-host of "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" and host of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" was 88.

July 25, 2020

Sinclair Broadcast Group delays airing controversial interview with COVID-19 conspiracy theorist

UPDATED: Sinclair Broadcast Group defended itself Saturday from criticism prompted by providing a platform for a conspiracy theorist to promote misinformation about the coronavirus and Dr. Anthony Fauci. The company is delaying the airing of the segment, promising to add additional viewpoints. "We will spend the coming days bringing together other viewpoints and provide additional context," said a company statement Saturday.

July 25, 2020

Elon Musk, Tesla billionaire, says another federal stimulus ‘not in the best interests’ of Americans

Elon Musk believes it is "not in the best interest of the people" for the government to pass another stimulus package to counter the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus, he said Friday.

July 25, 2020

Tucker Carlson rips Drudge Report as ‘woke propaganda outlet’

Tucker Carlson on Friday evening unloaded on fellow conservative media personality Matt Drudge, accusing "The Drudge Report" founder of turning his influential website into a "woke propaganda outlet."

July 25, 2020

DOJ remains against early release for Reality Winner after imprisoned leaker contracts COVID-19

Reality Leigh Winner, a convicted leaker who recently contracted the novel coronavirus in federal prison, received further pushback from the U.S. government Friday in her bid to be released early.

July 25, 2020

McDonald’s to require customers wear face masks inside U.S. locations effective Aug. 1

McDonald's will require that customers at their U.S. restaurants wear a mask or other face covering beginning next month, the fast-food giant announced Friday.

July 24, 2020

Electoral process under attack from abroad nearly 100 days before Americans hit the polls

With a little more than three months until the November election, hackers are busy targeting U.S. election infrastructure and the communications of political campaigns and candidates, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence warned Friday.

July 24, 2020

Stephen Miller, Trump adviser: DHS officers in Portland should be ‘celebrated as heroes’

Stephen Miller, President Trump's senior policy adviser, said Thursday the public should praise the Department of Homeland Security agents recently deployed to Portland, Oregon.

July 24, 2020

Donald Trump open to considering pardons for 2016 campaign members: ‘I think I probably would’

President Trump signaled Thursday he may pardon former members of his election campaign, flexing his executive power while under fire for recently commuting Roger Stone's sentence.

July 24, 2020

Donald Trump mocks Ted Wheeler, Portland mayor tear gassed at protest: ‘That was the end of him’

President Trump mocked Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler on Thursday after the Democrat was tear gassed during a standoff between protesters and federal agents the night before.

July 24, 2020