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FBI Opens Investigation Into DNC Hack as Clinton Campaign Blames Trump-Putin "Bromance"

Brendan O'Connor · 07/25/16 12:16PM

The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on Monday that it was investigating the hack of the Democratic National Committee’s email servers. The Clinton campaign has hinted at a supposed connection between the hack and the so-called “bromance” between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. In a statement, the FBI said it was working to determine the nature and scope of the “cyber intrusion,” and that it would “continue to investigate and hold accountable those who pose a threat in cyberspace.”

Welcome to Philly

Ashley Feinberg · 07/25/16 10:20AM

PHILADELPHIA — Welcome to Day One of the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Hillary signs are sparse, the Bernie bros are in full bloom, and this Guy Fieri look-a-like is vaping up a storm.

Donald Trump Is Not Well

Ashley Feinberg · 07/24/16 07:47PM

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus probably feels pretty good about himself right now. We can’t say for sure, of course, because like any other relatively well-adjusted adult, Reince Priebus understands that it’s unseemly to revel in someone else’s misery. Donald Trump, however, does not have that problem.

BuzzFeed's President Donated $10,000 to the DNC Two Weeks Before BuzzFeed Canceled Its Ad Deal With the RNC 

Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/22/16 04:45PM

According to hacked DNC emails published by Wikileaks, BuzzFeed president Greg Coleman made a $10,000 donation to the Democratic National Committee on May 23 for an event hosted by BuzzFeed chairman Ken Lerer and attended by President Obama—just two weeks before BuzzFeed’s advertising department canceled a $1.3 million ad deal with the Republican National Committee.

This Looks Like the DNC's Hacked Trump Oppo File

Sam Biddle and Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/15/16 03:09PM

A 200+ page document that appears to be a Democratic anti-Trump playbook compiled by the Democratic National Committee has leaked online following this week’s report that the DNC was breached by Russian hackers. In it, Trump is pilloried as a “bad businessman” and “misogynist in chief.”

Russian Government Hackers "Cozy Bear" and "Fancy Bear" Broke Into DNC Database to Access Opposition Research on Donald Trump

Marina Galperina · 06/14/16 12:09PM

Hackers working for the Russian government gained access to the Democratic National Committee’s database of opposition research on Donald Trump, The Washington Post reports. Some of the hackers might have been in the network for a year, with access to all chat logs and email traffic and whatever files of dirt the DNC has collected on Trump—dirt that some analysts say would have become public at some point anyway.

The Clinton Campaign Is Keeping a Lot of That "Joint" Fundraising Money For Itself

Brendan O'Connor · 05/02/16 11:40AM

Just before launching the rather specifically-named Hillary Victory Fund, ostensibly formed to help “rebuild” the Democratic Party “from the ground up,” Hillary Clinton declared, “When our state parties are strong, we win. That’s what will happen.” According to Politico, however, less than 1 percent of the $61 million raised by the fund has remained with the state parties.

Justice Department Launches Investigation into Arizona's Democratic Primary

Jeff Ihaza · 04/04/16 10:45PM

In March, thousands of voters in Arizona reported waiting in hours-long lines to cast their vote in the state’s Democratic primary. Over 100,000 people have signed a petition demanding a revote in the state and now, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has officially opened an investigation to uncover what exactly happened during last month’s primary.

Did Bernie Sanders Supporters Chant "English Only" at Dolores Huerta?

Brendan O'Connor · 02/21/16 08:15PM

Not long after it became clear that Hillary Clinton had won Nevada’s caucus on Saturday, America Ferrera, an actress who stumps for Clinton, claimed that Bernie Sanders supporters at Harrah’s Las Vegas, a casino, had earlier in the evening chanted “English only” at Dolores Huerta, a civil rights activist and labor leader who also stumps for Clinton, to stop her from translating an explanation of the caucus process from English to Spanish.