Hillary Clinton calls fake news a 'danger'
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the final days of the congressional session (all times EST):___4:40 p.m.Hillary Clinton says fake news is an "epidemic" and "a danger that must be addressed and addressed quickly."Clinton is on Capitol Hill for a portrait unveiling in honor of retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.She says fake news and "malicious false propaganda" can have real impacts and threaten lives, and she is calling on officials in the public and private sectors to take steps to combat them.
Recount 70% complete: Hillary Clinton has cut into President-elect Trump's margin by 82 votes
MILWAUKEE -- The presidential recount in Wisconsin is 70 percent complete as of Wednesday, December 7th -- and Hillary Clinton has cut into President-elect Donald Trump's margin by 82 votes -- a tiny fraction of Trump's 22,177-vote win.
Michigan Republican Party appeals judge's order that forced immediate presidential recount
The Michigan Republican Party is appealing a judge's order that forced an immediate recount in the presidential race.Lawyers for the GOP filed a brief notice Monday, December 5th -- hours after a federal judge in Detroit told state officials to get the recount moving to meet a December 13th deadline.Two counties started by early afternoon and more will follow.The recount is being driven by Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who has no chance of winning Michigan.
Presidential recount: Counting complete in 6 counties; results have barely changed
RACINE COUNTY -- A milestone was reached Sunday, December 4th related to the presidential recount in Wisconsin -- more than a million votes have now been added up for a second time, and the results have barely changed.As of Sunday, the recount was over in six Wisconsin counties, and in those counties, the margin between President-elect Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton stayed exactly the same.
Wisconsin Elections Commission: County clerks are "heroes" in a race against the clock
MADISON -- The Wisconsin Elections Commission held a teleconference on Wednesday morning, November 30th to talk with the state's county clerks about how to handle the presidential recount of ballots.
GOP files complaint alleging Clinton, Stein coordinated in Wisconsin recount
MADISON -- The Republican Party of Wisconsin has filed a federal complaint alleging that the campaigns of Jill Stein and Hillary Clinton are illegally coordinating to force a recount of the presidential race in Wisconsin.Stein, the Green Party’s presidential candidate, has paid the required $3.5 million to trigger a recount, even though she received just 1 percent of the nearly 3 million votes cast in the presidential race in Wisconsin.President-elect Donald Trump defeated Clinton by 22,177 votes in Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin GOP alleges in its complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission that Clinton wants the recount most.
Pair of Wisconsin lawmakers raise very different concerns about electoral process in WI, nationwide
MILWAUKEE/RACINE -- A pair of Wisconsin lawmakers have raised two very different concerns about the electoral process in Wisconsin -- and nationwide.The concerns mirror what we've heard from some liberal and conservative circles -- on one hand, a desire to make sure voting machines weren't hacked on November 8th.
Hillary Clinton moves to join Wisconsin recount lawsuit
Hillary Clinton is looking to join Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein's lawsuit seeking a hand recount in Wisconsin.Stein and Independent presidential candidate Roque De La Fuente have asked for a recount.
Presidential recount: Jill Stein sues to force hand count of ballots; estimated cost $3.5M
MADISON --Wisconsin charged back into the national spotlight on Monday, November 28th as it became the first state to set out a timeline for a recount in the presidential race, although the process is now subject to a legal fight.First, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein must pay $3.5 million to the Wisconsin Elections Commission by Tuesday in order to trigger a recount.
Presidential recount: Racine County clerk preparing for staff to work 12-hour days for 12 days
RACINE -- $3.5 million is the estimated cost to recount the November 8 presidential election in Wisconsin.
Some clerks worried about meeting recount deadline if ballots must be counted by hand
MILWAUKEE COUNTY -- Jill Stein and the Green Party on Monday, November 28th asked Madison judge to order that election officials conduct a presidential recount in Wisconsin by hand -- and with the recount moving forward in Wisconsin, clerks across the state are scrambling to get their staff ready.
State board: President-elect Donald Trump wins Michigan's 16 electoral votes
LANSING, Michigan — President-elect Donald Trump has won Michigan's 16 electoral votes.The Board of State Canvassers certified President-elect Trump's 10,704-vote victory on Monday, nearly three weeks after the election.
State Green Party leader: Organizers prepared for court if hand recount of votes denied
MADISON -- A recount of presidential vote totals in Wisconsin is set to begin this week, and on Sunday, November 27th, preparations were underway to make sure the massive effort goes smoothly.
Wisconsin Elections Commission to recount presidential votes in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE -- Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has filed a request for a recount with Wisconsin election officials.State Elections Commission Administrator Mike Haas said Stein filed the request around mid-afternoon Friday, about an hour and a half ahead of a 5 p.m. CST deadline.
Jill Stein announces Wisconsin presidential election recount funded; now fundraising for MI, PA
A recount of the November 8th presidential election results is more likely to happen in Wisconsin -- after Green Party candidate Jill Stein announced enough money has been raised to fund a recount in Wisconsin ahead of a Friday, November 25th deadline.The below message was posted to Stein's website Thursday:
President-elect Trump backs away from pledge to investigate Hillary Clinton
MILWAUKEE -- President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday backed away from his campaign pledge to have former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton investigated and jailed.Mr.
Mental health patients in Madison seek help after election
MADISON — Psychiatrists and other therapists in the Madison area say their clients are feeling anxious about President-elect Donald Trump's plan based on his campaign rhetoric.The Wisconsin State Journal reports Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton beat Trump 70 percent to 23 percent in politically active Dane County, and most people didn't expect the election to turn out the way it did.Licensed clinical social worker Meagan Geurts says many of her clients have been talking about their election blues instead of their personal problems.Donal MacCoon of Madison Psychiatric Associates says women who've been sexually abused are having their experiences "re-triggered" by a man who has previously made comments that appeared to condone sexual assault.Emilie Sondel of the same practice says she's been trying to help her clients channel their frustration and anger and put it toward positive efforts.
Plane at Mitchell Airport with Hillary Clinton logo turns heads: What was it doing here?
MILWAUKEE -- Marquette University men's basketball team is using an airplane with former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's logo.The airplane -- featuring a giant "H" on the tail -- turned heads when it parked near the Signature Air Support hangar at General Mitchell International Airport on the evening of Tuesday, November 15th.
Hillary Clinton blames James Comey, FBI for presidential election loss
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton is blaming the FBI's decision to revive its examination of her email accounts for her devastating defeat in the presidential race.On a call with top campaign donors, Clinton says her campaign had been winning the race against Donald Trump until FBI director James Comey's letter to Congress.The letter sent on Oct. 28 announced that the FBI had uncovered emails possibly related to its earlier probe into Clinton's use of a private server as secretary of state.Trump's campaign and Republican supporters seized on the news, even though it was unclear whether Clinton's correspondence was tied up in the probe.While Clinton accepted some of the blame for her loss, according to donors who listened to her call, she made little mention of the other factors driving Trump's victory: A desire for change by voters, possible sexism, the difficulty of a political party winning a third White House term, her campaign's all-but-dismissal of white working class voters and flaws within her own message.Donors on the call were not authorized to discuss her comments by name and requested anonymity to describe them to The Associated Press.
Mom 'heartbroken' over election bumps into Hillary Clinton during hike
CHAPPAQUA, New York – A New York woman trying to shake off her disappointment over Trump's victory went hiking to clear her head, and ran into Hillary and Bill Clinton.Margot Gerster said she took her daughters to her favorite place in Chappaqua, New York."We were the only ones there and it was so beautiful and relaxing," Gerster wrote on Facebook. "As we were leaving, I heard a bit of rustling coming towards me and as I stepped into the clearing there she was, Hillary Clinton and Bill with their dogs doing exactly the same thing as I was."Gerster said she got to hug Hillary Clinton and told her "one of my proudest moments as a mother was taking Phoebe with me to vote for her."