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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 26, 2018
It was adopted in response to a U.S. intelligence community finding that Putin had ordered a clandestine campaign to influence the U.S. presidential election to benefit Trump. The European Union has so far sanctioned 150 separatists and Russian officials, as well as 38 entities for Russia's aggression inÃâà...
EURACTIV
April 26, 2018
Gabriel and Julian King, the Commissioner in charge of the EU security union, referred to the spread of fake information on social media ahead of the 2016 US presidential election during a news conference in Brussels. Facebook revealed last autumn that it had accepted payments from a Kremlin-linkedÃâà...
Clemson Newsstand
April 26, 2018
CLEMSON, South Carolina — New research exploring media coverage of a Russian doping scandal reveals how extensive reporting might have motivated cyberattacks aimed at affecting the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The research, published in Communication and Sport, examines journalistic andÃâà...
Science News for Students
April 25, 2018
But the 2016 U.S. presidential election triggered a new level of negative emotions in some teens and young adults. ... Such reactions were most common before the election, when 86 percent of the respondents shared these feelings. After the ... The minimum age for voting in U.S. federal elections is 18.
Science Daily
April 12, 2018
"What we find in the 2016 presidential election is charisma appears to counterbalance the negative effects of a narcissistic personality in people's perceptions of a leader and going ahead and voting for that person," said Ethlyn Williams, Ph.D., associate professor of management in FAU's College ofÃâà...
Vox
April 3, 2018
Russian hackers tried to tamper with voting systems in 21 states during the 2016 US presidential election, and the American intelligence community expects Moscow will try again in November. But states from Virginia to Rhode Island aren't focused on new cybersecurity software. Instead, they're looking toÃâà...
CBS News
March 23, 2018
Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Committee, believes President Trump's lawyers are not doing him any favors by "allowing" the investigation into Russian influence on the 2016 U.S. presidential election "to be framed as an investigation into collusion, and collusion only.".
TheChronicleHerald.ca
March 23, 2018
A Facebook ad linked to a Russian effort to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election is shown in this February 2018 photo. ... and SCL Group, not for their long-known practice of amassing personal data from social media and crafting micro-targeted messages to manipulate elections, but for breakingÃâà...
The Strategist (blog)
March 23, 2018
... information about how the information space around elections is manipulated. For example, there's been the public indictment of Russian nationals and the Internet Research Agency (IRA) from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.
KIIITV.com
March 23, 2018
Special counsel Robert Mueller wants Cambridge Analytica to turn over its internal documents as part of his investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election. Britain's Parliament is investigating the firm's involvement in "Brexit," the nation's 2016 referendum to leave the European Union.
PBS NewsHour
March 21, 2018
“An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections,” said McCain, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee and has pressed the Trump administration to respond aggressively to Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential election.
Macleans.ca
March 21, 2018
Some of the Facebook and Instagram ads linked to a Russian effort to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. ... Social media propaganda generated by Russian operatives in key swing states during the 2016 presidential election in the United States generated 30 to 40 per cent of election-relatedÃâà...
Business Insider
March 21, 2018
Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who testified at the hearing with current DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, suggested that Rubio's scenario was not just a hypothetical, but a reality, mirroring what took place in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election. But Rubio'sÃâà...
Emerging Europe
March 21, 2018
Facebook is facing investigations on multiple fronts after revelations that data on 50 million users were improperly harvested by Cambridge Analytica and used by Donald Trump's campaign in the 2017 US presidential election. Cambridge Analytica has said that it deleted the data when it realised it hadÃâà...
iPolitics.ca
March 21, 2018
... 40 per cent of election-related tweets, according to a U.S. congressional study. Advertisers can sow information that is duplicitous, inflammatory or false, the report also found. A Facebook ad linked to a Russian effort to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election is shown in this February 2018 photo.
Stars and Stripes
March 21, 2018
Philip Breedlove told the House Armed Services Committee that Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election was deeply troubling, though it's not ... “An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections,” said McCain, who has been homeÃâà...
PolitiFact
March 21, 2018
"An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections," McCain said in a March 20 statement. ... and multiple congressional committees investigate Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as ties between Trump's campaignÃâà...
Roll Call
March 20, 2018
(Adam Berry/Getty Images) ... Notably, Trump did not mention Russia's meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election nor an ongoing cyber attack on the American energy sector that senior ... “An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections.
The Conversation CA
March 20, 2018
... 40 per cent of election-related tweets, according to a U.S. congressional study. Advertisers can sow information that is duplicitous, inflammatory or false, the report also found. A Facebook ad linked to a Russian effort to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election is shown in this February 2018 photo.
New York Times
March 20, 2018
NAIROBI — A data analytics firm at the center of a controversy over its acquisition and use of personal Facebook data in the 2016 United States presidential election is under new scrutiny for its role in Kenya's presidential election last year. Senior officials of Cambridge Analytica, whose parent company isÃâà...
LatestLY
March 11, 2018
Moon Township, March 11 (AFP): It's barely 2018, but US President Donald Trump is gearing up for a 2020 re-election campaign, with a familiar sounding new slogan: "Keep America Great!" Addressing a rally in a Pittsburgh suburb, Trump endorsed a Republican candidate in a closely-watched upcomingÃâà...
goskagit.com
March 11, 2018
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he doesn't care about alleged Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election because the ... In the interview, Putin claimed that the United States interferes in Russian elections "all the time" but that it was "impossible for us" to do the same.
Voice of America
March 11, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he "couldn't care less" if Russian citizens sought to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, insisting that the ... chiefs said Russian attempts to meddle in U.S. politics are continuing unabated and pose a threat to midterm congressional elections in November.
Kuwait News Agency
March 11, 2018
As for accusations of Russia's meddling in the elections, he wondered, "Could anyone really believe that Russia, thousands of miles away -- influenced the outcome of the election? Doesn't that sound ridiculous even to you? It's not our goal to interfere. We do not see what goal we would accomplish byÃâà...
Firstpost
March 11, 2018
Mumbai: Describing the 2016 presidential polls in the United States as the "first reality TV elections", former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has alleged Russian interference in the American elections was "unprecedented and more than alarming". Clinton, who was the Democratic Party candidate forÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 11, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin once again dismissed allegations that his country interfered in the U.S. presidential election, and in a new interview also ... and three Russian-owned businesses on allegations of illegal meddling and dispensing false information to affect the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Slate Magazine
March 10, 2018
Throughout the interview, Putin puts forward a mocking tone and even questions the whole premise that someone could remotely affect another country's elections. “Could anyone really believe that Russia, thousands of miles away … influenced the outcome of the election? Doesn't that sound ridiculousÃâà...
India Today
March 10, 2018
Speaking at the final session of India Today Conclave 2018 in Mumbai, Hillary Clinton repeatedly said that there was Russian interference in the US presidential election of 2016. Terming the alleged Russian interference in the US presidential election as more than alarming, Hillary Clinton said RussianÃâà...
Hindustan Times
March 10, 2018
President Vladimir Putin suggested in a US television interview that Ukrainians, Tatars or “Jews,” could have meddled in the 2016 US presidential election -- but not the Kremlin. “Why have you decided the Russian authorities, myself included, gave anybody permission to do this?” Putin asked in theÃâà...
The Merkle
March 10, 2018
In the end, a specially trained agent will be able to quickly verify a client's identity, attest to the condition of a property or vehicle, confirm the completion of a transaction with a specified deadline, or certify the validity of an election. “No election has ever been held without doubts being raised about itsÃâà...
Yahoo News
March 10, 2018
The leading US intelligence agencies concluded last year that Putin personally directed an intelligence effort to influence the 2016 US presidential election ... said Russia still seeks to meddle in US politics, posing a threat to mid-term congressional elections in November, and the 2020 presidential election.
ABC Online
March 10, 2018
Vladimir Putin says he does not care about alleged Russian interference in the US presidential election, because the actions were not connected to his Government. In an interview with US TV network NBC, the Russian President was asked if he condoned the interference by 13 Russian nationals andÃâà...
South China Morning Post
March 10, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview released on Friday that he “couldn't care less” if fellow Russian citizens sought to meddle in the 2016 US presidential election, insisting such efforts could not be tied to the Kremlin. “Why have you decided the Russian authorities, myself included, gaveÃâà...
CNNMoney
March 8, 2018
Russians created an anti-Hillary Clinton video game called "Hilltendo" and tried to make it go viral in the weeks before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, CNN has determined through a review of internet records and computer code. It's one of the strangest ways yet discovered that Russians tried toÃâà...
Atlantic Council (blog)
March 2, 2018
If Italians allow these fears to inform their votes and determine the outcome of the election, the forces of national retrenchment will have significant short ... It is also important to take stock of several recent votes that have surprised publics and pollsters alike—from the 2016 US presidential elections to theÃâà...
Ars Technica
March 2, 2018
In the run-up to the 2016 US presidential elections, a scuffle broke out about the election forecasts. While FiveThirtyEight predicted a one-in-three chance of a Trump win, other forecasts suggested a near-certain Clinton victory. “[T]he most popular and widely quoted website out there, fivethirtyeight.com, hasÃâà...
Digiday
March 2, 2018
Alas, Facebook's strategy for explaining to marketers the part it played in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is simple: Deflect, deflect, deflect. Facebook is ... According to buyers, Facebook did spend time before the election pitching that the company's ads are effective — and perfect for elections. So for it toÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
March 2, 2018
A poll worker places a mail in ballot into a voting box as voters drop off their ballot in the U.S. presidential primary election in San Diego, California, United ... The NBC News report is the latest snapshot to paint a picture of how Russians attempted to meddle in the 2016 elections and how federal officialsÃâà...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
March 1, 2018
The issue has reached new prominence in recent months as federal investigations continue into allegations that Russia interfered with the U.S. presidential elections in 2016 to aid President Donald Trump. "The recent elections have brought to our attention the serious need to re-evaluate how weÃâà...
Vox
March 1, 2018
... directed the campaign to disrupt the last US presidential election — has yet to see any serious repercussions for his country's actions. Worse, there are almost no substantive measures in place to prevent Russia from meddling in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections. The problem, according to Rogers,Ãâà...
The Sun
February 28, 2018
The next US presidential election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2020. In America, election votes take place every four years, and this will be the 59th election since the first in 1788. As always, it will be a drawn-out affair, with the primaries and caucuses set to stretch over the first half of the year.
VICE News
February 28, 2018
U.S. intelligence officials knew that seven states had been hacked by Russia-backed operatives before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but declined to actually inform any of them, NBC News reported Tuesday. An intelligence report ordered by then-President Obama found that seven states — Alaska,Ãâà...
The Hill
February 27, 2018
CNN's Chris Cuomo appeared to be in disbelief on Tuesday after Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser, suggested that the U.S. government interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election more than Moscow did. In an interview on CNN's "New Day," Page said that "all the evidence" he has seenÃâà...
Vox
February 27, 2018
From Chile to Serbia, the US has also aimed to tilt elections in favor of candidates with more pro-American values, Treverton said. ... In any case, Putin might say — and maybe even believe — that some things that Russia did during the 2016 US presidential election were not offensive, they were effectivelyÃâà...
Sputnik International
December 31, 1999
Even though the next presidential election is still a couple of years away, John Delaney, a Democratic Maryland congressman, has already established a campaign office in Des Moines, hired staff and spent over $1 million on TV advertising in Iowa, in preparation for the 2020 US presidential election.
NPR
December 31, 1999
Updated at 6:46 p.m. EDT. The Democratic National Committee filed an attention-grabbing lawsuit against the Russian government, WikiLeaks and Donald Trump's presidential campaign that says they conspired to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The suit — which faces legal obstaclesÃâà...
