2016 election

Lawyer Keith Davidson, who represented former Playboy model Karen McDougal, testifies Tuesday in Manhattan state court during Donald Trump's criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records.

Politics & Government

Who is Keith Davidson, the lawyer who negotiated hush money payments from Trump?

4:52pm May 02, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

Attorney Keith Davidson, a key witness who represented Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, is back on the stand to continue testifying against Trump in New York.

Former President Donald Trump looks on at Manhattan criminal court Monday, during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs.

Politics & Government

First day of Trump's hush money trial kicks off with opening statements and a witness

3:36pm April 22, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

The prosecution is arguing that Donald Trump wanted to keep information out of the public fearing that it would turn off voters in 2016. The defense argues Trump did nothing illegal.

Ryan Fournier, pictured here speaking at a rally in Sugar Hill, Georgia in 2021, has been charged with assaulting a woman with a firearm.

Co-founder of Students for Trump charged with assaulting a woman with a firearm

10:22am November 29, 2023

by Emily Olson

Ryan Fournier faces two misdemeanor charges, according to documents filed in a North Carolina court. The young conservative was credited with driving thousands of students to the polls in 2016.

Politics & Government

Postcards From Americans: What Motivates People To Vote

10:18am October 29, 2020

Photographer Katie Hayes Luke wanted to look at the issues the drive people to cast their ballots.

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., (left) and Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., released a new report on how Russians used social media targeting to meddle with the 2016 election.

Politics & Government

Senate Report: Russians Used Social Media Mostly To Target Race In 2016

5:24pm October 08, 2019

by Tim Mak

The Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 elections focused on African American audiences, according to a new bipartisan report.

In 2016, Donald Trump captured 68 percent of the vote in West Virginia, a state hit hard by opioid overdoses.

Health & Safety

Analysis Finds Geographic Overlap In Opioid Use And Trump Support In 2016

8:02am June 23, 2018

by Paul Chisholm

Counties with higher rates of opioid use skewed heavily Republican in the 2016 election. What role did the opioid epidemic play in President Trump's victory?

Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on April 10.

Politics & Government

6 Facts About Fake News In The 2016 Election

11:31am April 11, 2018

by Danielle Kurtzleben

One lesson: Social media plays a bigger role in bringing people to fake news sites than it does in bringing them to real news sites.

Stormy Daniels' suit alleges President Trump "purposely did not sign the agreement so he could later, if need be, publicly disavow any knowledge of the 'Hush Agreement.' "

Stormy Daniels Files Suit, Claims NDA Invalid Because Trump Didn't Sign At The XXX

5:42pm March 07, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The former adult film actress alleges the "hush agreement" signed days before 2016 election is "null and void" without the president's signature. She says the supposed affair started in 2006.

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster spoke at the Munich Security Conference Saturday and said the U.S. "will expose and act against those who use cyberspace" to spread disinformation.

McMaster Says Evidence of Russia Interference 'Incontrovertible'

6:02pm February 17, 2018

by Amy Held

The national security adviser broke with what has been President Trump's script about the F.B.I. investigation into Russian interference in the election.

Pennsylvania is one of the states that mostly rely on antiquated voting machines that store votes electronically, without printed ballots or other paper-based backups that could be used to double-check the balloting. There's almost no way to know if they'

5 Ways Election Interference Could (And Probably Will) Worsen In 2018 And Beyond

7:00am January 27, 2018

by Miles Parks

Voting infrastructure is old. Social media companies are befuddled on how to react. One expert warns if the U.S. does nothing, future attacks will "make 2016 look quaint by comparison."