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Graphika finds China-linked Spamouflage accounts posing as US voters on X
WASHINGTON (AP) — The long-running influence campaign known as Spamouflage is active ahead of the midterm elections, with accounts likely linked to China posing as U.S. voters and posting divisive content about U.S. politics, social issues and the elections, analysts say. In a blog posted on Friday, Graphika, a New York-based firm that tracks online […]
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Rival US and Russia resolutions on disputed Western Sahara are defeated in UN Security Council
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution Friday that would have supported Morocco’s demand for sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara and ended the U.N.’s 35-year peacekeeping mission, which was charged with helping to prepare a referendum on the future of the mineral-rich territory. The U.N. Security Council then defeated a Russian-drafted resolution […]
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In Alaska race, Trump targets a long, sometimes sordid political tradition of ‘spoiler’ candidates
By investigating an Alaska Democratic Senate hopeful over her campaign’s reported involvement in recruiting a candidate with the same name as the Republican incumbent, President Donald Trump’s administration is targeting a political trick that has been used in American politics for decades. The practice goes back at least to 1946, when a four-term Boston city […]
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US approves a proposed $2.1 billion sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine after alleged holdup
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday that it has approved a proposed $2.1 billion sale of Patriot air defense interceptors for Ukraine after Kyiv had accused the Pentagon of delaying delivery of the vital munition needed to stop Russian ballistic missiles. The State Department said 500 Patriot missiles are being purchased for Ukraine […]
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Top federal prosecutor in Alaska says criminal probe underway over would-be spoiler Senate candidate
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirmed Friday the existence of a criminal investigation related to an alleged scheme to confuse voters by putting a Senate candidate on the ballot with the same name as the Republican incumbent. The investigation has been ongoing for several months, but revelations this week from […]
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Judge orders 3 taxpayer-funded Trump administration ads to be pulled from TV and social media
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government must pull three taxpayer-funded Trump administration ads from television and social media sites that appear to have been made for political or propaganda purposes, including one that trumpets the president’s claim that every American will get $5,000 if Republicans keep control of the House and Senate in the […]
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