Sep 26, 2017 - Politics & Policy

Hillary: Trump aides' email use is "the height of hypocrisy"

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a speech on her approach to defeating the Islamic State terrorist network in Syria, Iraq and across the Middle East at the Council on Foreign Relations on November 19, 2015 in New York City. Photo: Media Punch / AP

Hillary Clinton spoke with SiriusXM's Zerlina Maxwell about the news that several Trump campaign officials, including Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, had used personal emails for official business. "It's just the height of hypocrisy," she said, calling her own personal email scandal "a dumb mistake but a dumber scandal."

On Republicans' attacks on her use of a private email: "They didn't mean any of it. If they were sincere about it, I think you'd have Republican members of Congress calling for an investigation. I haven't heard that yet."

Why it matters: Trump often led his rally crowds in chants of "lock her up" during the campaign, pointing to her misuse of a private email server while Secretary of State. Hillary has blamed the investigation and former FBI Director James Comey's handling of it for her election loss.

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Rebecca Falconer

Updated 23 mins ago - Energy & Environment

In photos: Thousands evacuated as Southern California fire grows

A plane makes a retardant drop on a ridge at the Apple Fire north of Banning in Riverside County, which "doubled in size" Saturday, per KTLA. Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

A massive wildfire that prompted mandatory evacuations in Southern California over the weekend burned 26,450 acres and was 5% contained by Monday afternoon, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.

The big picture: As California remains an epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., some 15 separate fires are raging across the state. About 7,800 people were under evacuation orders from the Apple Fire, about 75 miles east of Los Angeles, as hundreds of firefighters battled the blaze. CalFire said Monday that a malfunction involving a "diesel-fueled vehicle emitting burning carbon from the exhaust system" started the Apple Fire.

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Axios

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Orion Rummler

1 hour ago - Technology

Twitter faces FTC fine of up to $250 million over alleged privacy violations

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The Federal Trade Commission has accused Twitter of using phone numbers and emails from its users to make targeted ads between 2013 and 2019, Twitter said in an SEC filing published Monday.

Why it matters: Twitter estimates that the FTC's draft complaint, which was sent a few days after its Q2 earnings report, could cost the company between $150 million and $250 million. The complaint is unrelated to the recent Twitter hack involving a bitcoin scam.

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