WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange first outlined the hypothesis nearly a decade ago: Can total transparency defeat an entrenched group of insiders? “Consider what would happen,” Assange wrote in 2006, if one of America’s two major parties had their emails, faxes, ...
Read More »Trump’s ‘nasty woman’ remark adds to woes with female voters
“Such a nasty woman.” Like many people, 23-year-old Emily DiVito was multitasking while watching last week’s presidential debate, with a little studying and a little Twitter-surfing. But when DiVito heard Donald Trump say those four words to Hillary Clinton, she ...
Read More »TD Ameritrade to buy Scottrade in $4B cash-and-stock deal
Online brokerage TD Ameritrade is buying Scottrade in a $4 billion cash-and-stock deal that would significantly expand its branch network at a time when many financial firms are expanding automated adviser programs. In the two-stage deal announced Monday, TD Bank ...
Read More »Senate control may be at stake in GOP-friendly Missouri
The clamor for change fueling Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign may help a little-known Democrat upset a powerful GOP senator in red-state Missouri on Election Day. And with just a handful of competitive races around the country, the outcome in ...
Read More »Nixon releases $8M from Volkswagen settlement with Missouri
About $8.7 million Missouri received from a settlement over Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal will go to school transportation and other programs. Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday released a matching $8.7 million in previously restricted spending for this year’s budget after ...
Read More »Kobach calls Trump’s stance on election results ‘reasonable’
Kansas’ top election official said Thursday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was justified in refusing to promise now that he’ll accept the election results, even as the state party chief and a GOP senator on the ballot urged candidates ...
Read More »History shows bitter campaigns typically end with acceptance
When Congress denied Andrew Jackson the White House even though he’d won more votes than any other candidate, he blamed it on “bare faced corruption.” When Rutherford B. Hayes won the presidency five decades later, supporters of his opponent, Samuel ...
Read More »50 years later, Black Panthers look back at party’s founding
The Black Panthers emerged from this gritty Northern California city 50 years ago, declaring to a nation in turmoil a new party dedicated to defending African-Americans against police brutality and protecting the right of a downtrodden people to determine their ...
Read More »Unemployment rates rose in 3 of 8 US swing states last month
Unemployment rates rose in three of eight U. S. swing states last month, fell in two and were unchanged in the remaining three. The Labor Department said Friday employers cut jobs in four swing states and added them in three, ...
Read More »New details emerge in case of 3 men accused in Kansas plot
An anti-Muslim militia group in Kansas calling itself “The Crusaders” first came to the government’s attention when one of its members, alarmed by the heightening talk of violence, contacted FBI agents and became a confidential source, prosecutors said. The new ...
Read More »US confirms 11th death due to Takata air bags
A 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.’s defective air bag inflators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed the woman’s death on Thursday but didn’t release ...
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