Seattle is offering voters $100 in "democracy vouchers" to donate to political candidates in an effort to limit big money in politics and boost civic involvement in elections. Earlier this month, the first of the vouchers were mailed out for its inaugural run in citywide races in the fall.Source: Seattle gives residents $100 to donate to local politicians...
Although President Trump has announced that his adult sons will run his business, he remains vulnerable to conflict of interest accusations because he will continue to own the Trump Organization.Source: As Trump Takes Office, Many Conflicts of Interest Still Face His Presidency...
Speculation is swirling that Rep. Chris Stewart could be named Secretary of the Air Force in the Donald Trump administration. If that comes to pass, Stewart would have to resign his seat in Congress, leaving a vacancy. Here's where that becomes a problem.Source: Lawmakers Racing to Fix Gaping Hole in Utah Election Law...
During this crazy and bizarre week—one in which we learned that Donald Trump was briefed by intelligence chiefs that the Russian government had kompromat on him (and then later what said kompromat might comprise)—an interesting fantasy has been circulating around Silicon Valley.Source: Will Mark Zuckerberg Be Our Next President?...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An Alexandria man has been convicted of submitting bogus voter-registration forms while working for a progressive advocacy group.Source: Alexandria voter registration worker convicted of submitting fake names...
WASHINGTON — When Donald J. Trump strides onto the inaugural ballroom floor this week amid the sprawling celebration of his swearing-in, he will have corporate America and many of its titans to thank for the rapturous greeting.Source: Corporations Open the Cash Spigot for Trump’s Inauguration...
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In his farewell address as president Tuesday, Barack Obama warned of the dangers of uncontrolled partisanship.Source: The Real Story About Fake News Is Partisanship...
President-elect Donald J. Trump said Wednesday that he would place his vast business empire in a trust controlled by his two oldest sons and take other steps in an attempt to remove any suggestion of a conflict of interest with his decisions as president. But he said he would not sell his holdings.Source: Trump’s Plans on Businesses May Fall Short...
At his first press conference as president-elect, Donald Trump repeatedly slammed two of the biggest media companies in the country for publishing blockbuster articles claiming that Russia has compromising personal and financial information that it could use to blackmail him.Source: Trump's assault on CNN and BuzzFeed, explained...
