Us 2016 Elections
latest news & developments
Lawsuit adds to Facebook woes on data protection
The suit filed in Superior Court in Washington seeks an injunction to make sure Facebook puts in place safeguards to monitor users’ data
Ex US senators warn of ‘constitutional crisis’ under Trump
Forty-four former US Senators said the convergence of events made for highly precarious political waters
Manafort conviction and Cohen plea boost Mueller probe
The cases of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen won’t end Trump’s crusade to tar Mueller’s probe as a "witch hunt"
When will Google defend democracy?
Social media sites aren’t the only online systems that can secretly influence people’s votes
Facebook is killing democracy with its personality profiling data
The social media giant sells individual users’ data not only for advertising, but for partisan political gain.
How magazine and newspaper covers encapsulate Donald Trump’s US presidential bid
The most provocative magazine and newspaper covers from the 2016 US presidential race.
Michelle Obama’s elegant takedown of Donald Trump: ‘When they go low, we go high’
Read the full transcript of the first lady’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, in which she endorsed Hillary Clinton and slammed Trump.