Sentences with phrase «broke during the election»

That the story broke during the election season might explain his stance, but it doesn't excuse it, given that the welfare of the most vulnerable of the vulnerable is at stake.

More enthusiastic times: campaign workers take a tea break during elections in Brisbane in 1939.

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The notes, which were photographed as one of his aides closed the binder during a short break from testifying, were extensive and covered issues of data scraping, data safety, and matters surrounding disturbing content on the platform, as well as broader issues of diversity, competition, Facebook's business model, Apple's business model, and «Election Integrity (Russia).»

«Unfriending someone entirely may feel a bit too harsh,» she says, but if people in your social circles are regularly posting negative content (especially during election season), you could get a much - needed mental break by engaging with them less frequently.

The team of investigative reporters has broken a number of stories during the current election campaign, including one that dug up Trump's previous statements about his support for the Iraq War, as well as a piece that provided proof that Sen. Rand Paul (R - KY) plagiarized some of his speeches.

The hashtag #DeleteFacebook is trending since the news broke out that data of 50 million users were harvested by the data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica during 2016 US presidential elections in a bid to manipulate votes.

No matter who ends up being elected, it is great to see so many barriers in regards to race and gender, finally being broken down during this election.

Asantehene wondered why periods proceeding, during and after general elections since 1992 has been characterized by violence or fear of a possible break - out of violence though there the police service is mandated to maintain law and order.

The state's highest court in a ruling on Tuesday found that a special prosecutor can continue an investigation into whether the labor - backed Working Families Party broke election laws during a 2009 Staten Island city council race.

However, throughout the past several election cycles Republicans have unsuccessfully pumped significant financing into campaigns hoping to win control of the seat, including a race between Latimer and GOP candidate Bob Cohen during a 2012 election that broke a record for most money spent — $ 4.5 million in total — during a New York political race at the time.

The Electoral Commission announced this morning that is launching an investigation into whether Ukip broke election funding laws by using money from a European parliament group to fund Farage's failed attempt to win a seat and during the Brexit referendum.

The request came in response to a controversial vote last week by the Republicans, who hold a narrow, 32 - 30, majority, to prohibit Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy from casting a tie - breaking vote to pick a new majority leader if the Democrats win any special elections during the next two years, thereby producing a 31 - 31 split.

The Tooting MP was found by parliament's standards commissioner John Lyon to have broken the rules governing the use of Commons resources during elections.

During the election season, Obama frequently campaigned against what he called Bush's «failed policies» and promised a «clean break» from the past eight years.

While Mr Cameron promised before the election to implement the tax break, the issue was been kicked into the long grass during coalition negotiations because it is considered paternalistic and hectoring by Liberal Democrats.

But he told Ukip activists that too many election pledges had been broken during the course of the parliament.

The news broke during another crisis, Facebook's role in the 2016 election.

During his campaign and following his election, Donald Trump has repeatedly declared his plans to break up NAFTA, build a border wall and «make Mexico pay for it», and implement sizeable tariffs on Mexican imports.

Two persons were killed in West Bengals North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday when a clash broke out during a rally organized by the Trinamool Congress to celebrate the partys uncontested victory in some seats in the upcoming gram panchayat elections.