Ryan Lovelace

Nikki Haley stumps for Joni Ernst in Iowa, calls senator ‘an independent fighter’

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley campaigned in Iowa for incumbent GOP Sen. Joni Ernst on Wednesday, saying Ms. Ernst "has always been an independent fighter."

October 21, 2020

Conservative Alaskans pressuring Lisa Murkowski to confirm Amy Coney Barrett

The conservative activists at Heritage Action for America think they can persuade Sen. Lisa Murkowski to vote for Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation and have mounted an advocacy campaign to win her vote.

October 21, 2020

Tea Party Patriots filing FEC complaint against Twitter for allegedly suppressing bad news for Biden

Tea Party Patriots Foundation said Tuesday it was filing a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Twitter, alleging the social media company violated campaign finance laws through its treatment of bad news for Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden.

October 20, 2020

Chinese firm monitored Americans’ social media profiles, harvested data

A Chinese technology company surveilled the social media profiles of tens of thousands of Americans, including information on their physical location and professional and personal relationships.

October 20, 2020

Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena Twitter, Facebook CEOs over Hunter Biden story

The Senate Judiciary Committee will act Thursday on subpoenas for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify about their companies' restrictions on news reports about Hunter Biden's emails that contradict his father's claims.

October 20, 2020

Facebook blocks 120,000 posts attempting to obstruct election, rejects 2.2 million ads

Facebook said it removed 120,000 posts on its platforms for attempting to obstruct voting and blocked 2.2 million ads for failing to complete its authorization process to target U.S. audiences.

October 19, 2020

Former NSA chief: Russia can change 2020 election outcome, unlikely to do so

The former head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command said Sunday that Russia has the ability to upend the 2020 election but is unlikely to do so.

October 18, 2020

CBS poll: Biden holds slight lead on Trump in Arizona, Wisconsin

A new CBS News poll showed Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden leading President Trump in two states the Republican incumbent won four years ago -- Arizona and Wisconsin.

October 18, 2020

Judiciary Committee Democrat calls for ‘rebalance’ of federal judiciary under Biden

Sen. Chris Coons said Sunday he is open to packing the Supreme Court with additional justices if Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden wins the White House.

October 18, 2020

Pelosi sets 48-hour deadline for stimulus talks

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that she set a 48-hour deadline to reach agreement with the Trump administration on relief negotiations that can be implemented before Election Day.

October 18, 2020

Twitter changes policies after criticism for restricting anti-Biden content

Twitter changed its "hacked materials policy" in response to mounting criticism after the policy was enforced against users sharing anti-Biden content online.

October 16, 2020

FCC to issue new guidance on Section 230 protection for social media companies

Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai said Thursday that the FCC is going to provide new guidance on the meaning of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which has protected companies such as Facebook and Twitter from legal liability for material posted by users on their platforms.

October 15, 2020

GOP senators to subpoena Big Tech exec over Twitter’s blockade of bad news about Biden

Furious congressional Republicans vowed Thursday to subpoena the head of Twitter after the social media platform blocked the Trump campaign, an official government website, and scores of other users for sharing reports about Hunter Biden's emails that contradict his father's claims.

October 15, 2020

Trump admin. overhauls national tech strategy to defeat China and Russia

The Trump administration on Thursday announced a new national strategy for critical and emerging technologies designed to maintain the United States' position as a world leader in tech and better protect American innovation from theft by China and Russia.

October 15, 2020

Trump campaign says Twitter suspended its official campaign account

Trump campaign official Mike Hahn said Thursday that Twitter suspended the Trump campaign's official Twitter account, @TeamTrump, after it posted anti-Biden content.

October 15, 2020

Nicholas Eberstadt, AEI scholar, U.S. must fix nation’s flaws post-COVID

Americans must take advantage of the problems exposed by the coronavirus pandemic and "repair" the nation's existing flaws, American Enterprise Institute scholar Nicholas Eberstadt said Wednesday.

October 14, 2020

Twitter warns users that Hunter Biden story in New York Post may be ‘unsafe’

Twitter users who click on a link to a New York Post story involving Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden's son, Hunter Biden, were redirected on Wednesday to a webpage labeling the hyperlink of the Post's story as "unsafe."

October 14, 2020

Facebook restricts distribution of Hunter Biden story that reflects poorly on Joe Biden’s campaign

Facebook is intentionally limiting the distribution of a New York Post story involving Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden's son, Hunter Biden.

October 14, 2020

Mike Pompeo warns think tanks to disclose foreign funding

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that think tanks need to disclose their foreign funding sources before engaging with his department.

October 13, 2020

Advocacy groups form coalition to urge whistleblowers to expose election interference

An organization called the Government Accountability Project says it has partnered with more than 20 advocacy groups to encourage whistleblowers reporting election interference to go public with their findings, promising to provide them pro bono legal representation in return.

October 13, 2020