Six Republican members of Congress reportedly worked with former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election results. Given that those efforts culminated in an attack on the U.S. Capitol, the House Jan. 6 committee understandably has some questions for them.But the first of those members to be invited to address the committee immediately said…Continue Reading
California’s independent redistricting commission approved new voting maps on Monday that empower Latino voters, a fast-growing group that tends to vote for Democrats. The independent commission is composed of five Democrats, five Republicans and four Independents. California lost a seat in the House of Representatives this year after census data found states like Texas and Florida…Continue Reading
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va, reportedly told colleagues privately in recent months that he believes his constituents would blow cash from the enhanced child tax credit on drugs instead of providing for their children. That belief would seem to factor into his attempt to strip the provision from President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill, a…Continue Reading
Messy SEO is a column covering the nitty-gritty, unpolished tasks involved in the auditing, planning, and optimization of websites, using MarTech’s new domain as a case study. This installment of “Messy SEO” details my process of working with our marketing, content and development teams to further clean up the search engine results pages for MarTech.…Continue Reading
After more than a decade leading Microsoft Advertising, Rik van der Kooi, the platform’s corporate vice president, announced his departure on Wednesday. Rob Wilk, vice president at Microsoft Advertising, will step up to lead the platform. Why we care van der Kooi’s departure signals the end of an era of leadership at Microsoft Advertising and…Continue Reading
Duckduckgo, the privacy-focused search engine, is working on a desktop browser, the company announced Tuesday. The browser is currently in closed beta on macOS, according to The Verge, with no official launch date announced. Image: DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo’s browser will have “robust privacy protection that works by default, across search, browsing, email, and more,” according to…Continue Reading
Have you been having weird dreams lately? For many people, that’s just one of the ways the COVID-19 pandemic has altered their sleeping habits, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. From when to how much to how well we’re sleeping, this pandemic may have shaken up bedtime for good…Continue Reading
President Joe Biden after giving remarks on the administration’s coronavirus response at the White House, July 6, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) The Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments regarding the Biden administration’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for large employers and health-care workers at Medicaid- and Medicare-affiliated facilities. The Court said it will hear arguments in the…Continue Reading
News December 22, 2021 5:30 PM John Griffin (@JGriffNYC via Twitter) The mother of one of the alleged victims of disgraced CNN producer John Griffin spoke out about the sexual exploitation of her daughter for the first time on Wednesday in an interview with National Review. Griffin, who worked as lead producer for former anchor…Continue Reading
President Joe Biden meets with members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington, D.C., December 16, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) As the Omicron variant rips through areas of the United States with among the highest vaccination rates in the world, it should be abundantly clear that…Continue Reading