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Senate intelligence committee chairman Richard Burr warned about complacency over ongoing Russian attacks on the U.S. political system, at a hearing on Wednesday.

This Is 'Not Fine': New Evidence Of Russian Interference Meets Inaction, Frustration

4:07pm August 02, 2018

by Tim Mak

The past week has been filled with news of Russian efforts to hack U.S. political offices and sow chaos through social media. But there has been little action in Washington to address the threat.

Facebook says it is still in early stages of an investigation and is sharing information with U.S. law enforcement and Congress.

Facebook Says It Removed Pages Involved In Deceptive Political Influence Campaign

9:56pm July 31, 2018

by Tim Mak

The activity on Facebook and Instagram included organizing counterprotests for a white nationalist rally in Washington. There's evidence of links to previous Russian disinformation efforts.

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump greets British politician Nigel Farage during a campaign rally in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. 24, 2016. Journalist Carole Cadwalladr says "there are so many overlaps" between Russia, the Trump campaign and the Brex

Reporter Shows The Links Between The Men Behind Brexit And The Trump Campaign

12:48pm July 20, 2018

by Terry Gross

Carole Cadwalladr's investigation into Cambridge Analytica's role in Brexit led her to Russian connections and the Trump campaign. She says British investigators are working "closely with the FBI."

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Newly discovered aspects of Russia's active measures apparently reveal an effort to exploit Americans' greater trust in local news than in national news organizations.

Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans' Trust In Local News

4:27pm July 17, 2018

Russian influence-mongers appear to have created a number of fake local news Twitter accounts — and spent years posting real headlines.

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Democrats are experiencing a surge in fundraising as they seek to capture the U.S. House in this fall's midterm elections.

Politics & Government

Money Surges Toward House Democratic Hopefuls

10:39am July 17, 2018

by Peter Overby

Congressional seats continue to lean further in the direction of Democratic candidates, as donors give unusual support to challengers.

A resident walks in to cast her vote at a polling station in Maine on June 12, in the state's primary elections. Maine is one of 17 states that has yet to apply for election security money allocated this year by congress.

Politics & Government

Bureaucracy And Politics Slow Election Security Funding To States

8:15am June 18, 2018

by Miles Parks

Congress is giving states $380 million to bolster the security of the 2018 elections. But getting that money out to local election officials has been a slow and laborious process.

Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump watch as Fox News projects him the winner in Florida on Nov. 8, 2016. Fox is joining the Associated Press in a new experiment to measure voter preferences, that will be key to their projections on

Politics & Government

Election Night Shakeup: Here Come The New 'Exit' Polls

11:53am May 21, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

Fox News and the Associated Press are upending a quarter century of how elections are measured — and races called — launching a new approach for this fall's midterm elections.

Travis County Clerk Dana Debeauvoir speaks to the media at the Early Voting Mega Center at Austin in October 2016. Debeauvoir has spent a decade trying to create a more secure electronic touchscreen voting system.

Many Electronic Voting Machines Are Insecure. One County Is Trying To Fix That

8:34am May 13, 2018

by Ashley Lopez

Most electronic voting machines don't create a paper trail but voting officials in Austin are trying to marry the convenience of electronic machines with a paper trail that can be audited.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens faces a felony invasion of privacy charge for allegedly taking a semi-nude photo of a woman without her consent. On Tuesday, his cellphone and email were examined as part of the trial.

Court Examines Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' Cellphone In Criminal Case

8:03pm May 09, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The prosecutors said there may have been efforts to delete a photo. A woman alleges — and Greitens denies — that he took a partially nude picture of her without her consent.

Despite improvements since Russia's attack on the 2016 presidential race, the U.S. elections infrastructure is vulnerable — and will remain so in November.

U.S. Voting System Remains Vulnerable 6 Months Before Election Day. What Now?

11:56am May 08, 2018

by Miles Parks

Officials have their eyes open to the threats in a way they didn't in 2016, but they are limited by a lack of time and resources.

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