Reid Wilson

Democratic governors and some Republican governors who attended a meeting with President Donald Trump on Nov 27 were excluded from the traditional bipartisan press conference outside the West Wing. The nation's governors, in town for an annual conference that by tradition includes an audience with the president, visited the White House the morning of Nov 27. President Trump told governors his administration would streamline regulations, repeal the Affordable Care Act and increase spending on defense and infrastructure. After the event, Republican governors, including Gov Matt Bevin (R-KY) and Mary Fallin (R-OK), met reporters outside the White House. No Democrats were present.

Jared Leopold, a spokesman for the Democratic Governors Association, said that Democratic governors who tried to meet reporters at the "Pebble Beach" media area outside the White House were sent elsewhere. "Some of our gov's planned to go to Pebble Beach to talk to reporters and were not able to," Leopold said.

Comcast has blocked versions of an advertisement backing a hike in Oregon’s corporate tax, which the cable giant opposes, from appearing on its video-on-demand service.

The versions that raised red flags specifically mention Comcast as one of the out-of-state corporations that would have to pay higher taxes as a result of Measure 97, which would raise income taxes on corporations across the state. New versions of all three advertisements initially flagged by Comcast are back on air and do not mention the cable giant, but the initial decision has rankled supporters of the tax. “It’s ridiculous. I’ve never experienced anything like this. It’s very unusual,” said John Coghlan, the consultant who bought ads for the measure. Coghland received an email from Comcast that the ads wouldn’t be allowed after he made the purchase on Comcast’s video-on-demand service. “The spot was flagged on our end and placed on HOLD while we escalate it for review for compliance with our guidelines,” the Comcast representative told Coghlan. Coghlan said the guidelines were never made available to the campaign. Comcast has donated $465,000 to the campaign against Measure 97.

Tens of millions of Americans are tuning into the Republican National Convention to hear from Donald Trump and the party’s rising stars from across the nation. But when television networks cut to commercial, viewers will see a different story — one dominated entirely by Democrats and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

The presumptive Democratic nominee’s campaign is spending $4.9 million on television advertisements this week across 32 media markets in nine swing states. The Trump campaign has not aired a television advertisement for months; two pro-Trump groups are spending just $105,000 on TV ads boosting the GOP nominee this week. Clinton’s campaign is spending most heavily in Florida, where it has committed $1.1 million on broadcast and cable television commercials in eight media markets throughout the state. She’ll appear in the Sunshine State on July 22 and 23 for events. The campaign is spending $922,000 this week in Ohio — including $250,000 on broadcast and cable television in the Cleveland market, where Republicans are holding their convention. By contrast, Trump’s supporters are virtually ceding the airwaves during the convention: The National Rifle Association is spending just $34,000 on cable television advertisements in four Iowa markets. Rebuilding America PAC, a pro-Trump outside group, is spending $71,000 on national cable television ads.