CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The casting of a ballot is the most fundamentally American act that any of us takes. It connects us to the Enlightenment ideals of the country’s founding – the once-radical notion that human beings should think for themselves, rather than merely obey kings and priests. “Dare to know!” Immanuel Kant wrote, […]
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Long Lines and Machine Malfunctions Plaguing American Voters
After weeks of competing claims of fraud and intimidation on Election Day, few voters who headed to the polls Tuesday morning encountered such problems, though there were some reports of machine breakdowns and long lines. The run-up to the vote was fraught, with unsupported claims by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of a rigged election […]
Trump Sues Over Nevada’s Early Latino Voter Turnout
Donald Trump’s campaign has filed a lawsuit in Nevada, alleging that polls were improperly kept open late in the Las Vegas area during early voting. The filing comes as the surge of Latinos voting early in Nevada has Hillary Clinton’s campaign expressing confidence that it will win the state, which was nearly a dead heat in […]
Benghazi Security Forces Participated in Terror Attack on Embassy
An obscure private firm hired by the State Department over internal objections to protect U.S. diplomats in Benghazi just months before the American ambassador and three others were killed was staffed with hastily recruited locals with terror ties who helped carry out the attack, multiple sources told Fox News. The explosive charge against Wales-based Blue […]
Trump to Demand Recount if He Loses
To hear Donald Trump tell it, Tuesday’s results will either save or ruin the country. Americans will emerge from Election Day ascendant with a strong new leader who heeds their cries, or they will plunge into a dystopian future of hopelessness and violence. “It’s our last chance,” Trump said in early November in Pennsylvania. But […]
Americans Rank 31st of 35 in Voter Turnout
Low voter turnout in the United States has confounded politicians, activists and academics seeking to reverse a trend that puts the country behind many of the world’s developed nations in participation at the polls. In August, the Pew Research Center ranked the U.S. 31st out of 35 countries for voter turnout based on the voting […]
Trump Campaign Suspends Donald’s Twitter Privileges
In the final days of the presidential campaign, Mr. Trump’s candidacy is a jarring split screen: the choreographed show of calm and confidence orchestrated by his staff, and the neediness and vulnerability of a once-boastful candidate now uncertain of victory. On the surface, there is the semblance of stability that is robbing Hillary Clinton of […]
Clinton Cleared of Wrongdoing by FBI Again
FBI Director James Comey said in a letter to members of Congress on Sunday that the bureau reviewed all emails to and from Hillary Clinton that were recovered on Anthony Weiner’s laptop, and found nothing in them that changes his conclusion in July that Clinton did not commit a crime. Comey rocked the presidential campaign when […]
Hillary’s Housekeeper Printed Classified Emails at Her Behest
Hillary Clinton regularly instructed her housekeeper to print government emails and documents when she was secretary of state – including classified materials, according to FBI memos. FBI memos show Marina Santos often handled sensitive information, but didn’t have the security clearance to do so, the New York Post reports. The housekeeper was paid to look […]
Hitler Comparisons Continue as Trump Runs Ad Some See as Anti-Semitic
The new ad from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump ― which warns of evil global elites and uses three Jewish people as examples ― adopts the language of anti-Semites, the head of the Anti-Defamation League said on Sunday. “Whether intentional or not, the images and rhetoric in this ad touch on subjects that anti-Semites have […]
Member of Electoral College Won’t Vote For Clinton Even if State Does
WASHINGTON ― An Electoral College voter from Washington state told the Associated Press on Friday that he would not vote for Hillary Clinton under any circumstances, even if, as is firmly expected, Clinton wins his state’s popular vote. The elector, Robert Satiacum, is a Native American who supported Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Democratic Primary […]
Courts Uphold Voters Rights Despite GOP’s Attempts To Suppress
A number of court rulings went the Democrats’ way on the Friday before Election Day. In North Carolina, a federal judge stopped the state from blocking thousands of voters from casting ballots. Keri Brown of member station WFDD reports for our newscast unit that at least three counties had removed up to 4,000 voters after […]