Ryan Lovelace

Advocacy groups push for Congressional reforms to surveillance, war declaration policies

Advocacy groups across the political divide are joining to push Congress to change national security policy involving the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and decisions about how to wage war.

February 26, 2020

Nikki Haley rallies CPAC for Donald Trump ahead of South Carolina primary

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said Wednesday that the Democratic presidential debate in South Carolina revealed that President Trump was more than ready to face any progressive challenger in 2020.

February 26, 2020

Southern Republican attorneys general back Trump, call Democratic candidates socialists

Three Southern Republican state attorneys general rallied Tuesday against the Democratic presidential candidates in Charleston, South Carolina, saying they are socialists with a philosophy akin to Nazis who want to turn Americans into communists and eliminate American freedoms.

February 25, 2020

Centrist ‘dark money’ group attacks Bernie Sanders in South Carolina

A nonprofit group that is boosting moderate Democrats is waging an assault to stop Sen. Bernard Sanders' march to the party's presidential nomination.

February 24, 2020

Cyber-hooligans are exploiting Giuliani’s gaffes on Twitter — and his followers face the risk

Rudolph W. Giuliani's digital typos are creating cybersecurity threats for his hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter. Cybercriminals are hijacking the incorrect website domain names that President Trump's personal lawyer shares to redirect visitors to web pages with malware.

February 22, 2020

Deaf advocacy groups launch campaign to amplify their voices in 2020 election

A deaf advocacy group is gearing up for the 2020 election with a voter mobilization campaign aimed at millions of hearing-impaired voters.

February 21, 2020

‘Typosquatters’ target Rudy Giuliani Twitter feed

Rudolph W. Giuliani's digital typos are creating cybersecurity threats for his hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter.

February 20, 2020

UltraViolet, women’s progressive group, wants Mike Bloomberg off Democratic debate stage

The progressive women's advocacy group UltraViolet is attacking former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and boosting Sen. Elizabeth Warren ahead of Wednesday's Democratic presidential primary debate.

February 19, 2020

American Conservative Union, Internet Accountability Project file briefs attacking Google in lawsuit

Conservative advocacy groups are jumping into a battle between two Silicon Valley tech giants that is heading to the Supreme Court, siding with Oracle in its copyright infringement suit against Google.

February 18, 2020

LinkedIn looms as China security threat, U.S. officials warn

U.S. officials are increasingly sounding the alarm about LinkedIn as a tool of foreign influence in American affairs.

February 18, 2020

Moderate Democrats and Never Trumpers unite: To take out Bernie Sanders

A new centrist "dark money" group is working to sabotage Sen. Bernard Sanders by using a targeted digital ad campaign to stoke fears that his socialist politics would help reelect President Trump.

February 15, 2020

Woodson Center fights New York Times’ ‘1619 Project’ advocacy effort

The Woodson Center, a community development organization, is creating a "1776" assembly with black leaders to rebut the assertions made in the New York Times' "1619 Project," which aimed to reframe the United States' origin story to focus on slavery and oppression.

February 14, 2020

Bernie Sanders accused of stealing libertarian advocacy group’s branding strategy

Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) is alleging Sen. Bernard Sanders' presidential campaign has stolen its grassroots door-knocking strategy and branding.

February 13, 2020

Experts sound alarm on foreign influence on U.S. think tanks

Russian meddling in U.S. politics has dominated the political conversation since the 2016 elections, but far less attention has been paid to the large sums of money sent to Washington's expert class in search of sway with lawmakers and other elected leaders.

February 12, 2020

Clarence Thomas confronts proposed ban on judges’ Federalist Society membership

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas challenged a proposed ban on judges belonging to the right-leaning Federalist Society or the left-leaning American Constitution Society.

February 12, 2020

Centrist ‘dark money’ group works to thwart Bernie Sanders efforts in New Hampshire race

A new centrist "dark money" group worked to sabotage Sen. Bernard Sanders in Tuesday's New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary election, using a targeted digital ad campaign to stoke fears that his socialist politics would help reelect President Trump.

February 11, 2020

William Evanina, cointel chief: Iowa caucus chaos may fuel enemies’ election interference agenda

The chaos surrounding last week's Iowa caucus could fuel enemies' election interference agenda this November, the head of U.S. counterintelligence said Monday.

February 10, 2020

New U.S. counterintel strategy seeks private sector response to attacks

The U.S. government's new counterintelligence strategy is prioritizing areas of society under attack instead of focusing on the top nation-state adversaries threatening America, said the head of U.S. counterintelligence, who labeled it a "paradigm shift" for the intelligence community.

February 10, 2020

MoveOn pledges to spend $20 million to oust Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers

The progressive advocacy group MoveOn recently said it will spend $20 million in the 2020 election cycle to defeat President Trump and put progressives in charge of the U.S. Senate.

February 10, 2020

MoveOn starts 2020 campaign attacking Susan Collins, Cory Gardner and Martha McSally

Progressive advocacy group MoveOn's "opening salvo" in 2020 election-year politics aims to leverage the Senate's vote to acquit President Trump against three GOP lawmakers running for reelection.

February 6, 2020