Election interference

Trump calls 'Epstein hoax' the latest 'radical left Democrat scam'

Trump slams the "Lunatic Left" over the Epstein hoax and other fake news, claiming Democrats are failing at governing and policy.

 People walk out of the West Wing of the White House with "The Epstein Files: Phase 1" binders, February 27, 2025; illustrative.
 ‘A MONSTER’ – Members of the IRGC attend a ground forces military drill in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran in 2022.

US issues fresh Iran, Russia sanctions over election interference, Treasury Dept says

 People vote in the 2024 US presidential election on Election Day at Pasteur Elementary School in Detroit, Michigan, US, November 5, 2024

Hoax bomb threats linked to Russia target polling places in battleground states, FBI says

 People vote in the 2024 US presidential election on Election Day in Southeast Academic Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, November 5, 2024.

US schools tighten security, limit polling access on Election Day, fearing violence


USPS boosts extra trips, returns 137 mail processing machines to service

On Thursday, USPS said it had delivered more than 100 million blank or completed ballots since early September.

US election mail-in voting ballot (illustrative)

'Dumb mistake’ exposed Iranian hand behind fake US election emails

The emails included a video claimed to be from The Proud Boys, a American far-right group, but security analysts traced it back to previous Iranian hacking activity.

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Facebook suspends fake Russian accounts, warns of US election threat

"Our team watches for the threats and trends that we need to be ready for, and one that we are very aware of ... is a hack-and-leak operation, particularly in the next 6-8 weeks."

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts to the crowd as he arrives onstage at his first re-election campaign rally in several months in the midst of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S., June 20, 2020

Russian group disguised as right-wing news site to target US voters

NAEBC and its activity, which have not been previously reported, now show that Russian attempts to influence US voters ahead of the 2020 election have targeted both sides of the political divide.

Voting booths are seen during the New York primary elections at a polling station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, April 19, 2016

Russian state hackers suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm – sources

SKDK Vice Chair Hilary Rosen declined to comment. A Biden spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) is joined on stage by her running-mate, U.S Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, after she accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination during an acceptance speech delivered for the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Cen

Russia set up fake liberal network to help Trump win election - NYT

The White House has sought to control the flow of information concerning foreign threats to the election in recent weeks.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin are seen during the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018

Facebook to halt new political ads just before US election

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post announcing the changes that he was concerned about the unique challenges voters would face due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pompeo announces fresh restrictions on Chinese diplomats in US

Pompeo also said the State Department had written recently to the governing boards of US universities alerting them to threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visiting Sudan, 2020.

US state election officials say little evidence of absentee ballot fraud

President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence that a rise in mail-in voting will lead to a rise in fraud, though he has expressed more openness to absentee voting.

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Basler Flight Service in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Iranians, Russians receive text messages seeking US election hacking info

Russian media reported that Russian citizens also received similar messages on Thursday.

A display featuring missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran September 27, 2017