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U.S. Intelligence Report Says Russia Tried To Help Trump In 2020 Election

By NPR News March 16, 2021

Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a campaign to help former President Donald Trump and undermine President Biden in last year's election, according to U.S. intelligence. Putin is shown here on March 12 at a residence outside Moscow. CREDIT: Alexei Druzhinin/AP

A new report by the U.S. intelligence community on Tuesday says Russia sought to help former President Donald Trump in last year's presidential election. But the document also emphasized there was no indication Russia or any other country attempted to alter actual votes.Read More

Twitter’s New Rules Aim To Prevent Confusion Around The 2020 Vote

By NPR News September 10, 2020

Twitter says it will crack down on attempts to undermine faith in the November election or incite unrest. CREDIT: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Twitter will label or remove posts that spread misinformation. Social media companies are under pressure to curb the spread of false claims and prevent interference from foreign and domestic actors. Read More

Senate Report: Former Trump Aide Paul Manafort Shared Campaign Info With Russia

By NPR News August 18, 2020

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a joint press conference after a July 2018 meeting in Helsinki. CREDIT: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort shared information with Russian intelligence during the last presidential campaign, a bipartisan Senate report on Russian 2016 election interference shows.Read More

Report: Russian Election Trolling Becoming Subtler, Tougher To Detect

By NPR News March 18, 2020

A selection of images from Instagram posts included in professor Young Mie Kim's analysis of election disinformation. CREDIT: Screenshots by Young Mie Kim and NPR

A cache of Instagram posts has yielded what researchers call a more up-to-date look at election interference operations. Much of it is familiar but now executed with more sophistication.Read More

With An Election On The Horizon, Older Adults Get Help Spotting Fake News

By NPR News March 1, 2020

Marlene Cianci looks at a meme about the census. The workshop helps seniors parse the source of an article, fact-check a claim online and discern propaganda from reputable sources. Sam Gringlas/NPR

Middle and high schools have been adding courses about how to spot fake news. Older adults also struggle to sort disinformation online, but they have fewer resources tackling the problem. Read More

Julian Assange Extradition Hearing Begins In London

By NPR News February 24, 2020

The U.S. government wants the WikiLeaks co-founder to face 18 charges related to illegally obtaining and disclosing classified data. Assange's lawyers argue that the case is politically motivated.Read More

Roger Stone Sentenced To More Than 3 Years Amid Controversy Over President Trump And DOJ

By NPR News February 20, 2020

Roger Stone, former adviser to President Trump, arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse on Thursday in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Nydia. CREDIT: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

President Trump's political adviser was found guilty on all counts by a federal jury last year after he was charged with lying to Congress and obstructing its investigation.Read More

Russia Hacked Ukrainian Company Linked To Trump Impeachment, Security Firm Says

By NPR News January 14, 2020

Russian hackers successfully infiltrated emails of employees at Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company, according to a U.S. security firm. Here, a building is seen in Kyiv that holds the offices of a Burisma subsidiary. CREDIT: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

Days after the House formalized its impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Russian hackers reportedly started working to gain access to Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holding's email accounts.Read More

Roger Stone, Political Operative And Aide To President Trump, Guilty In False-Statements Trial

By NPR News November 15, 2019

Former Trump adviser Roger Stone leaves a Washington, D.C., courthouse Friday after being found guilty of obstructing a congressional investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election. CREDIT: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Stone faced charges that he lied to congressional investigators and obstructed an official proceeding. He pleaded not guilty and said he had done nothing wrong. Read More

Twitter Removes Thousands Of Accounts For Manipulating Their Platform

By NPR News September 22, 2019

In 2018, Twitter released an archive of thousands of accounts that the platform determined were involved in potentially state-backed information campaigns. Since then, it has continued to make announcements of its efforts to remove accounts spreading disinformation. CREDIT: Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images

Many accounts Twitter has suspended or removed have been added to a growing archive of tweets identified as part of "state-backed information operations." Read More

Will A Massive Effort To Secure The 2020 Vote End Up Superfluous Or Not Enough?

By NPR News September 8, 2019

Officials at every level say they're changing their approaches to election security as the presidential race comes into view. One challenge, though, is not knowing exactly how to prepare.Read More

What You Need To Know About Fake Video, Audio And The 2020 Election

By NPR News September 2, 2019

"Deepfakes" are digitally altered images that make incidents appear real when they are not. Such altered files could have broad implications for politics. CREDIT: Marcus Marritt for NPR

Security experts have warned about the prospect of a new era of high quality faked video or audio, which some commentators worry could have deeply corrosive effects on U.S. democracy. Here's what you need to know.Read More

Senate Intelligence Committee Unveils Election Security Report In Wake Of Mueller Hearings

By NPR News July 25, 2019

Senate intelligence committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., praised the work of state and local election officials in the past few years, but said, "There is still much work that remains to be done." J. Scott Applewhite/AP

The report appeared as the 2020 presidential race gets underway in what promises to be a bitter and divisive battle and after the former special counsel said to expect continued Russian interference.Read More

Special Counsel Robert Mueller Makes Closing Statement, Steps Down After Leading Russia Inquiry

By NPR News May 29, 2019

Special counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement about the Russia investigation on Wednesday at the Justice Department. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Special counsel Robert Mueller stepped down Wednesday after concluding Donald Trump didn't conspire with Russia's interference in the 2016 election — but also detailing what critics called a range of troubling conduct.Read More

Florida Governor Says Russian Hackers Breached 2 Counties In 2016

By NPR News May 14, 2019

South Florida voters wait in line to cast their ballots late in the day at a busy polling center in Miami on Nov. 6, 2018. Rhona Wise/AFP/Getty Images

The attack had not been publicly known until last month's release of the Mueller report. The governor said no vote tallies were affected and that no data had been manipulated. Read More

Maria Butina Says She Was ‘Building Peace.’ That’s Not How The Feds See It

By NPR News May 10, 2019

Maria Butina advocates for gun rights in Russia in 2013. Now sentenced to prison, she denies she had any intelligence assignment in the United States. CREDIT: AP

The Russian agent gave an interview to NPR from the detention center where she has been in custody since last summer. She denies being a spy or taking part in election interference.Read More

Mueller Report: Team Couldn’t Rule Out Obstruction … Or Firmly Establish It

By NPR News April 18, 2019

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the redacted version of the Mueller report as U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (right) and U.S. Acting Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Ed O'Callaghan listen at the Department of Justice Thursday before the document's release. CREDIT: Win McNamee/Getty Images

But the 448-page document, released after a nearly two-year-long inquiry, depicts a president deeply worried about the investigation and aides stopping his attempts to influence it.Read More

READ: The Mueller Report, With Redactions