Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said Thursday that multiple presidential campaigns have reached out to him about potentially supporting their campaigns. Yang’s comments come following a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday that Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg’s campaign had “floated” the possibility of Yang being his vice president. A Bloomberg adviser pushed back on…… MORE
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf warned of Russia’s ongoing influence campaign ahead of Super Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primaries, but said there is no current “credible threat” to election infrastructure. “Russia has an ongoing influence campaign to sow discord or distrust in our American democracy,” Wolf told CNN on Thursday while visiting a Mecklenburg County…… MORE
If there’s one script from 2016 that Bernie Sanders wants to flip in 2020, it’s the one on how he just doesn’t resonate with a wide range of black voters as much as his rivals do. Nowhere will the senator from Vermont face a greater reckoning on this score than in South Carolina, where a…… MORE
Pedestrian deaths in the United States last year hit a 30-year high, according to data released Thursday. And the reason? SUVs, drug and alcohol use, warm weather and cellphones. That’s according to the Governors Highway Safety Association, a non-profit that works to improve roadway safety. The association released its annual report this month, detailing state…… MORE
The US Department of Education is demanding “sweeping changes” at the University of Southern California after an investigation found the school failed for years to protect students after reports alleged sexual abuse by former gynecologist George Tyndall. The department’s Office for Civil Rights’ investigation into the handling of allegations against Tyndall found USC “systemically failed”…… MORE
Hillary Clinton is getting a podcast. The former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic nominee will begin hosting an audio show to be released in late spring, a Clinton spokesman tells CNN. The medium will give her a public platform around the end of the Democratic nomination fight and general election against President Donald Trump.…… MORE
President Donald Trump expressed optimism Thursday that the novel coronavirus would eventually be contained and eliminated in the United States, even as he acknowledged it could get worse first. “It’s going to disappear. One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear,” Trump told attendees at an African American History Month reception in the White…… MORE
Pete Buttigieg held his lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders in Iowa with the most state delegate equivalents after a recount of select caucus sites, the Iowa Democratic Party reported Thursday. Neither the order of finish nor the national delegate allocation previously announced by the party changed as a result of the recount, which covered 23…… MORE
Domestic violence perpetrators and those with orders of protection against them in St. Louis County, Missouri, will be banned from carrying concealed weapons come March, following a County Council vote. St. Louis County Council members voted Tuesday along party and gender lines to adopt Bill No. 29. The council’s four women, all Democrats, voted in…… MORE
A man in Oregon was arrested after he allegedly used counterfeit money to buy a box of Girl Scout cookies outside of a Walmart, Salem police said. A mother alerted police February 16 saying her daughter, who had been selling Girl Scout cookies, was given a fake $20 bill to buy a $5 box of…… MORE
