Alleged Chinese influence campaigns intensify worries about U.S election meddling
Recent reports of Chinese actors allegedly targeting prominent campaigns and candidates is raising concerns China is stepping up efforts to meddle in the U.S. election up and down the ballot. A Microsoft Threat Analysis Center report, released less than two weeks out from the election, revealed Chinese influence operations targeted a handful of Republican candidates and congressional members…
'Do you want us to go to war?' J.D. Vance gets sassy with host over Russia's vote meddling
Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance suggested CBS News host Margaret Brennan wanted war with Russia because she asked about stopping the country from meddling in elections in the United States. In an interview that aired on Sunday, Brennan told Vance that the U.S. "Director of National Intelligence on Friday said Russia is behind a fake video that is circulating of someone tearing up ballots in Pennsylvania." "What price should Moscow pay for trying to manipulate American voters?" she asked. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. "Well, look...
Moldova commits to join EU in marginal vote as president claims foreign interference
A little more than half of Moldovans have voted in favour of the country committing to join the European Union, winning a razor-thin majority despite concerns of election meddling. After 99.14 per cent of votes were counted in Sunday’s referendum, which asked voters to choose whether to enshrine in the country’s constitution a path toward the EU, the “Yes” vote crept over the line with 50.39 per cent of the more than 1.5 million ballots cast, against 49.61 per cent who voted “No”, according to the Central Electoral Commission.Moldova’s president Maia Sandu, who is also engaged in an election...