Bernie Sanders raises $18.2m for White House run, takes fundraising lead
By John Whitesides Presidential contender Bernie Sanders raised $18.2 million in the first three months of the year for his 2020 White House bid, his
US election
U.S. disrupted Russian trolls on day of November election -report
The U.S. military disrupted the internet access of a Russian troll farm accused of trying to influence American voters on Nov. 6, 2018, the day
Lawsuit accuses Trump of kissing campaign worker without her consent
By Letitia Stein A woman who worked on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign sued the president on Monday, accusing him of kissing her without consent before
Seven takeaways from the U.S. congressional elections
By James Oliphant Tuesday’s U.S. congressional elections ended with what might be called a split decision. Democrats gained more than enough seats to take control
Democrats seize U.S. House control, Trump under pressure
Democrats rode a wave of dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, giving them the opportunity
US elections, a battle to protect a leader under siege?
For many Americans, Tuesday’s congressional midterm elections are a referendum on Republican President Donald Trump’s divisive persona, hard-line policies and pugnacious politics. But on the
Trump says Putin summit ‘even better’ than Nato meeting
President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning cast his Monday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a glowing light and attempted to discredit the widely
Shock as Trump backs Putin on election meddling at summit
By Jeff Mason and Denis Pinchuk US President Donald Trump said after meeting Vladimir Putin on Monday he saw no reason to believe his own
Russia ran US election interference, no Trump collusion
Russia ran an information warfare campaign to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but there is no evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with
Trump’s lead lawyer for federal Russia probe resigns
US President Donald Trump‘s lead lawyer for the federal special counsel probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election resigned on Thursday, the New York
Cambridge Analytica CEO claims influence on U.S. election, Facebook questioned
The suspended chief executive of Cambridge Analytica said in a secretly recorded video broadcast on Tuesday that his UK-based political consultancy’s online campaign played a
Trump consultants harvested data from 50 million Facebook users -reports
Data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook users in developing techniques to support President Donald Trump’s 2016 election
Facebook says 126 mln Americans may have seen Russia-linked political posts
Facebook Inc said on Monday that Russia-based operatives published about 80,000 posts on the social network over a two-year period in an effort to sway
Facebook says likely Russian-based operation funded U.S. ads
Facebook Inc said it had found that an operation likely based in Russia spent $100,000 on thousands of U.S. ads promoting divisive social and political
Grand jury issues subpoenas in connection with 2016 US election
A grand jury has issued subpoenas in connection with a June 2016 meeting that included President Donald Trump’s son, his son-in-law and a Russian lawyer,
Trump’s son met Russian lawyer for damaging Clinton information
President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., agreed to meet with a Kremlin-linked lawyer during the 2016 election campaign after being promised damaging information about
Trump lawyer: President not under investigation in Russia probe
By Sarah N. Lynch and Howard Schneider President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer said on Sunday that Trump is not under investigation in the probe
Putin: hackers could have framed Russia
American hackers could have planted false evidence that Russia interfered in the U.S. presidential election, President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying by NBC News
FBI’s Comey says no evidence of Trump wiretap claim, confirms probe
The head of the FBI publicly challenged US President Donald Trump on Monday, denying the Republican’s claim that former president Barack Obama wiretapped his 2016
Under fire, Trump’s attorney general removes himself from campaign probes
By Julia Edwards Ainsley and Richard Cowan U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Thursday he would stay out of any probe into alleged Russian