Elections. With BC-AF–Kenya-Elections-Glance.<!– Send To WebFeeds 0 || (results.AssociationResults[0].Items | associatedResultInfo:’video’).length>0″> Download Assets Copy story to clipboard Copy story to clipboard –> NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Latest on Kenya’s presidential election court challenge (all times local): 6:05 p.m. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has told supporters that the Supreme Court chief justice and “his crooks” … Continue reading
HOUSTON (AP) — A security researcher disclosed a gaping security hole at the outfit that manages Georgia’s election technology, days before the state holds a closely watched congressional runoff vote on June 20. The security failure left the state’s 6.7 million voter records and other sensitive files exposed to hackers, and may have been left unpatched for … Continue reading
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers voted by a resounding 522 to 13 on Wednesday to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s call for a snap election on June 8. The result easily surpassed the two-thirds majority of the 650 lawmakers needed to trigger an early vote. There were also a number of abstentions. May says holding … Continue reading
by Malik Glaspie & Omar Ross On Monday, April 3, the Spartan Echo spoke with Senator Warner (D-VA) via telephone conference to discuss issues in education as well as foreign relations. Sen. Warner was elected to the U.S. Senate by Virginia voters in Nov. 2008 and re-elected to a second term in 2014. The Senator … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello is apologizing for comparing President Donald Trump’s victory to the attacks in the United States on Sept. 11. Perriello said Trump’s election was “a little bit like, you know, a political and constitutional September 11” during a recent campaign stop. The comments were recorded and … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary said Wednesday that access and affordability were his goals for revamping health care, and he offered assurances that the new administration is not planning to launch a Medicare overhaul. Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions at the start … Continue reading
In this installment of the Spartan Report, Norfolk State University takes a look at election analyses, employee raises, and new digital signage on campus. Briana Hudnall, a graduating senior from mass communications, brings this report from NSU’s Office of Communications and Marketing. Continue reading
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — As Liberty University grew from a tiny Baptist college into a touchstone institution for evangelicals, it also became a hub of conservative politics, a revolving door of politicians and their surrogates courting young voters. But this year, the campus was in the spotlight for another reason: a rift caused by Donald … Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) — The raw divisions exposed by the presidential race were on full display across America on Wednesday, as protesters flooded city streets to condemn Donald Trump’s election in demonstrations that police said were mostly peaceful. From New England to heartland cities like Kansas City and along the West Coast, demonstrators carried flags and … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 71.4 million Americans watched returns electing Republican Donald Trump the next president on prime-time television Tuesday, narrowly missing a record set eight years ago on the night Democrat Barack Obama won his first term. The Nielsen company said Wednesday that 71.5 million watched election night in 2008. The Trump … Continue reading
Virginians went to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 8, with 13 electoral votes at stake in the presidential election and to decide several House seats. Here are the voices of some of those voters. ___ This election is a crossroads for mountain communities, said Doug Ratliff, a 67-year-old businessman in Richlands, an Appalachian town in rural … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A civil rights group has filed a federal lawsuit against Virginia election officials after the state’s online voter registration system crashed Monday, preventing some Virginians from signing up to vote. Local news organizations report that the lawsuit was filed Tuesday by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on behalf … Continue reading
MADRID (AP) — Spain is about to pass 300 days without a government. But guess what? Few Spaniards seem bothered by that as the country’s economy roars ahead. Spanish cities are boasting of packed cafes and restaurants, thriving fashion shops and art galleries, plenty of tourists. The overall impression is of a bustling, vibrant country. … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers are planning to hold a meeting to discuss the upcoming election with the commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections and local registrars. The joint meeting of the Privileges and Elections Committees will be held Oct. 13. Republican lawmakers say some local registrars are concerned about a backlog of … Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) — Republicans who are trying to keep their sole legislative seat in Chicago have spent more on television advertising there — $2 million — than for any other statehouse district race in the nation as they seek to loosen the Democrats’ grip on Illinois. The figures, highlighted in a report released Thursday by … Continue reading
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) â The North Carolina governor’s race is one of the nation’s most competitive and also most expensive as broadcast TV ad spending nears $20 million, according to an independent analysis released Thursday. Tens of thousands of ads have aired in North Carolina broadcast markets from Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, Democratic challenger Roy … Continue reading
With the first presidential debate complete and its spin cycle nearly over, the two understudies are getting ready to take the main stage. The vice presidential debate Tuesday will be the only time Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine will for the most part have the nation’s political attention all to themselves, away from their … Continue reading
