Dec 20 Sanders software breach spotlights campaign reliance on voter data By Zachary Green Political campaigns have always had a vested interest in gathering as much information about voters as possible. The data breach between the Clinton and Sanders teams proves just how valuable that information is. Continue reading
Dec 20 Sanders campaign suspends two more staffers over data breach By Associated Press Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign has suspended two more staffers after it was accused of exploiting a breach in a voter database to access files kept by Hillary Clinton's campaign. Continue reading
Dec 20 ‘We should move on,’ Clinton says at debate over Sanders data breach By Julie Pace, Lisa Lerer, Associated Press Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton moved past the rancor over a breach of her campaign's valuable voter data, shifting Saturday night's debate into a pointed but polite discussion of national security, Americans' heightened terrorism fears and the… Continue reading
Dec 19 Sanders expected to face tough questions in third debate By Michael D. Regan and Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas, Associated Press Revelations that campaign workers for Sanders improperly accessed voter data compiled by the Clinton campaign have thrown a wild card into the primary season's third debate. Continue reading
Dec 19 Clinton faces questions over how to address data breach ahead of debate By Lisa Lerer, Associated Press Friday's revelations that four members of Sanders' campaign staff improperly accessed voter information compiled by Clinton's campaign shook up what had been a relatively civil race. It is a development that has the potential to transform a sleepy Saturday night… Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 12:54 Shields and Brooks on Obama’s year-end assessment, candidates’ tough talk on terror By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including President Obama’s year-end news conference, how presidential candidates of both parties are fielding issues of national security and the breach… Continue watching
Dec 18 Sanders files suit to regain access to Democratic voter database By Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas, Associated Press The presidential campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to regain access to a Democratic National Committee voter database. Continue reading
Dec 17 Sanders wins key endorsement for presidential campaign By Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is trying to demonstrate fresh momentum heading into the upcoming Democratic debate, announcing Thursday the largest labor endorsement of his presidential campaign. Continue reading
Dec 12 Bernie Sanders’ Iowa supporters try to get new people out to caucus By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press For Bernie Sanders, victory in Iowa's kickoff presidential caucuses hinges on a simple proposition: that his message of political revolution will inspire people who typically stay home on that deep-winter night. Continue reading
Dec 06 What did the candidates think of Obama’s national security address? By Julie Percha, Rachel Wellford Following President Barack Obama’s address to the nation Sunday, the candidates jockeying to have his job in more than a year reacted to the president’s strategy for defeating ISIS and terror threats at home. Continue reading