Sentences with phrase «us election efforts»

Luckey had not posted on social media or made any public statements since September, when it was revealed that he had anonymously funded a group, Nimble America, aimed at supporting then - candidate Trump's election efforts.

The scope of congressional investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential contest came into sharper focus on yesterday as lawmakers said they intended to question the former chairman of the Trump campaign and to determine whether Russian social media «trolls» were connected to Trump's election efforts.

The firm has «single - handedly» raised more than $ 2.5 million for New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo's election efforts, according to its website.

As part of the deal, Stewart - Cousins is giving up her deputy leader, Senator Mike Gianaris, though Gianaris will still head the Democrats» election efforts.

The progressive wing of the state Democratic Party pushed again for the party's backing of Democratic reunification efforts in the state Senate, though a resolution calling for party funds to be used for Senate election efforts was tabled at their fall meeting.

(CNN)- Despite a disappointing showing by Republican Senate candidates on Election Day, the man who spearheaded the GOP Senate election effort is poised to take the number two position in the party's leadership behind Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, several GOP aides told CNN.

ALBANY — The progressive wing of the state Democratic Party pushed again on Monday for the party's backing of Democratic reunification efforts in the state Senate, though a resolution calling for party funds to be used for Senate election efforts was tabled at their fall meeting.

Though the super PAC will follow 2018 election efforts, it is not involved with any of the potential 2018 Republican challengers for governor.

The committees, which Ms. Sugarman claimed functioned as «straw donors,» then pumped the funds into the candidates» election efforts.

The head of the Senate Democrats» election efforts, Senator Mike Gianaris, is encouraged by the poll.

According to Federal Election Commission filings, Republican candidate Jane Corwin loaned her campaign $ 300,000 and third - party candidate Jack Davis loaned $ 550,000 of his own money to aid his election efforts.

The general election effort to take down Trump through TV ads began today, with the main «super PAC» supporting Hillary Clinton airing its first two attack ads on broadcast television in four important swing states.

But David Laws, the former schools minister, said that Farron had done more than just undermine the party's general election efforts.

David Laws said that Farron had undermined the party's general election efforts - and propagated a «dangerous myth».

Forcing a reasonable FOIL request into the time - consuming appeal process at this point in time isn't going to help your election effort any.

The new rules would not affect Cuomo's re election efforts in 2014 or any other state races.

The former prosecutor served as de Blasio's campaign treasurer in 2013, donating more than $ 7,000 to the mayor's election effort.

And that brings us on to another Brown... If the Electoral Commission succeeds in reclaiming UKIP's money there should be new pressure on the LibDems to forfeit the # 2.4 m that Michael Brown gave to Charles Kennedy's 2005 election effort.

He also donated heavily in 2014 to the election effort of Mr. Cuomo's lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, a native of the Buffalo area.

As part of the deal, Stewart - Cousins is giving up her deputy leader, Sen. Mike Gianaris, though Gianaris will still head the Democrats» election efforts.

The prime minister yesterday appeared to slacken Conservative resolve in the forthcoming Oldham East and Saddleworth byelection, doling out generous words for the Lib Dems» election effort.

A new campaign video aims to make climate change a big part of the Democrat's presidential election effort

We launched Food & Water Action to allow us to ramp up our direct lobbying and election efforts in order to make our advocacy more effective.

There are also questions about whether Cambridge Analytica's use of foreign nationals in US election efforts violated federal election laws.

Not exact matches

One of the first things Hillary Clinton decided to address in the «What Happened» chapter on why she lost the election was one of the most common critiques of her campaign: That she didn't put forth enough effort in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, who hosted the event, said G7 ministers expressed deep concern about the «despicable» nerve agent attack in Britain and Russia's efforts to destabilize democracies by meddling in elections.

The FBI is investigating whether Donald Trump's associates coordinated with Russian officials in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election, Director James Comey said Monday in an extraordinary public confirmation of a probe the president has refused to acknowledge, dismissed as fake news and blamed on Democrats.

The former FBI director is investigating Russian's efforts to influence the 2016 election and whether President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with the Kremlin.

The move to preemptively brand «property scalpers» a problem, however, smacks of an effort to create a villain that the government can then vanquish — a useful tactic for a government headed by a leader with a record - low approval rating facing an election next year.

Targeted Facebook ads were an important tool in Russia's efforts to influence the 2016 election.

Some of these include using artificial intelligence tools to automatically identify propaganda efforts similar to those allegedly carried out by Russia - linked groups in upcoming world elections, and boosting its security and content review team to 20,000 by the end of the year.

If small business owners want to protect their interests, they and their advocates will need to work hard to combat his efforts as the midterm election cycle gets started.

And yet over a year since the election meddling took place, little has been done to counter efforts by Russia to intervene in future elections that are already underway.

Facebook took out full - page advertisements in Wednesday's issues of the New York Times and Washington Post in an effort to defend itself as the company takes fire for its role in Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was offered $ 60 million by Congress from Defense Department funds last year to fight Russian election interference efforts — but after Tillerson waited for seven months trying to decide whether he wanted to spend it or not, the offer was withdrawn, and none of the money was used, according to The New York Times.

Mueller is also expected to indict some of those responsible for hacking the Democratic National Committee before the election and publicly leaking stolen material in an effort to hurt Democrat Hillary Clinton.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Donald Trump on Friday seized on what was wasn't in special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of Russians as evidence that his campaign didn't collude in Moscow's effort to influence the 2016 election.

The Obama administration, in particular, has come under fire recently for what some lawmakers say was an inadequate response to Russia's election interference efforts during the 2016 presidential race.

U.S. intelligence agencies have previously charged that a separate Russian effort hacked Democratic Party and Clinton campaign emails and leaked them to WikiLeaks in an effort to sway the election.

The lawyer also claimed in the letter that the timing of the Times article, coming less than a month before Election Day, is evidence that the report «is nothing more than a politically - motivated effort to defeat Mr. Trump's candidacy.»

In the wake of the 2016 election and reports that Russian - linked actors hijacked Facebook's service to spread fake news and other propaganda, the company has been stepping up efforts to police content on the service.

Prior to the elections, business leaders thought immigration reform would only happen in a piecemeal fashion, so they limited their efforts to their own needs, which is for highly skilled workers.

The Conservative government's first efforts to pass it in the last parliament were frustrated by its Liberal Democrat coalition partners, but the bill has been revived in a slightly watered - down version since the Conservatives won a majority in May's general elections.

It's more reliable, faster and helps them avoid duplicating efforts during the rush of election campaigns.

Current and former U.S. officials who spoke to the Times anonymously said they found no evidence that the Trump campaign was working with the Russians on hacking or other efforts to influence the election.

The president suggested Saturday that the indictments proved he or his campaign couldn't have been involved in a Russian effort to meddle in an election because the effort began in 2014, which was at least six months before he would announce his bid for the presidency in June 2015.

He maintained, however, that his campaign in no way colluded with Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

The Facebook founder told senators the company's delay in identifying Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election is «one of [his] biggest regrets in running the company.»

During the campaign, the Democratic National Committee was hacked, and many of its emails leaked via WikiLeaks — an act that some elements within the CIA believe was part of a Russian effort to help Donald Trump win the election.

In response, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. notes that this frivolous lawsuit is a last - ditch effort to substantiate the baseless Russian collusion allegations by a nearly - bankrupt Democratic Party still trying to counter the will of the people in the 2016 presidential election.