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Meta says it found WhatsApp accounts linked to Iranian hackers targeting Biden and Trump
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Meta says it found WhatsApp accounts linked to Iranian hackers targeting Biden and Trump

Meta said Friday that it blocked a “small cluster” of WhatsApp accounts linked to an Iranian hacking group that was targeting officials associated with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The company said in a blog post that the bogus WhatsApp accounts appeared to originate from the Iranian threat actor dubbed APT42, which […]

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RFK Jr. endorses Trump after weeks of back-channel courtship
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RFK Jr. endorses Trump after weeks of back-channel courtship

PHOENIX — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed former President Donald Trump Friday afternoon during a lengthy speech putting to rest his tumultuous independent presidential campaign. Kennedy’s campaign first confirmed the endorsement in a court filing in Pennsylvania before he took the stage for the speech in battleground Arizona. Trump has his own event in nearby Glendale […]

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Crypto industry accounts for almost half of corporate donations in 2024 election, report says
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Crypto industry accounts for almost half of corporate donations in 2024 election, report says

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024.  Marco Bello | Reuters As the 2024 U.S. elections reach their home stretch, crypto companies are opening their wallets to try and influence the results. Nearly half of all the corporate money flowing into […]

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Trump’s Arizona trip keeps immigration front-and-center, as Democrats sharpen border messaging
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Trump’s Arizona trip keeps immigration front-and-center, as Democrats sharpen border messaging

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from behind bulletproof glass during a campaign rally, at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro, North Carolina, U.S. August 21, 2024. Jonathan Drake | Reuters Former President Donald Trump painted a dark picture on Thursday of what the U.S.-Mexico border […]

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Harris says Trump ‘wants to be an autocrat’ and tyrants are ‘rooting’ for him
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Harris says Trump ‘wants to be an autocrat’ and tyrants are ‘rooting’ for him

Vice President Kamala Harris said Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “wants to be an autocrat,” as she accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in Chicago on Thursday night. “I will not cozy up to tyrants and dictators like Kim Jong-Un, who are rooting for Trump,” said Harris. “Because they know he is easy to manipulate with […]

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Watch DNC Live: Harris accepts nomination, vows to be a ‘common sense’ president who ‘unites us’
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Watch DNC Live: Harris accepts nomination, vows to be a ‘common sense’ president who ‘unites us’

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday officially accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, vowing to unite the country and bring a practical perspective to the presidency if she is elected in November. “I know there are people of various political views watching tonight, “Harris said in her keynote address on the final night of the Democratic National Convention […]

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Republican ex-Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Trump ‘suffocated the soul of’ the GOP
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Republican ex-Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Trump ‘suffocated the soul of’ the GOP

Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger in his Democratic National Convention speech that “Donald Trump has suffocated the soul of the Republican Party,” endorsing Democrat Kamala Harris for president. “His fundamental weakness has coursed through my party like an illness, sapping our strength, softening our spine, whipping us into a fever that has untethered us from […]

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Trump could cash out his DJT stock within weeks. Here’s what happens if he sells
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Trump could cash out his DJT stock within weeks. Here’s what happens if he sells

A smartphone displays the logo of Donald Trump’s Truth Social app on March 25, 2024. Anna Barclay | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump will soon be free to start unloading his multibillion-dollar stake in his fledgling social media startup, Trump Media. But the potential payday — Trump’s stake comprises more than half of his […]

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Josh Shapiro blasts Trump for calling him ‘overrated Jewish Governor’
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Josh Shapiro blasts Trump for calling him ‘overrated Jewish Governor’

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 21, 2024.  Mike Segar | Reuters Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday accused Donald Trump of peddling antisemitism after the Republican presidential nominee called him a “highly overrated Jewish Governor.” “I think […]

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What a Harris election victory could mean for Europe and the transatlantic relationship
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What a Harris election victory could mean for Europe and the transatlantic relationship

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) and US Vice President Kamala Harris (R) line up for the family photo at the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on November 2, 2023. Daniel Leal | Afp | Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to take the […]

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