2016 Us Election

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Donald Trump defiant despite Robert Mueller's warning shot on Russia meddling

Donald Trump's silence has some experts worried that he and his administration aren't taking the threat from Russia to this year's elections seriously enough

5 min read20 Feb 2018
News

George W. Bush says Russia meddled in 2016 US election

Former US President George W. Bush said that 'there's pretty clear evidence that the Russians meddled' in the 2016 US presidential election

1 min read8 Feb 2018
News

Facebook, Twitter testimony shows widespread Russian meddling

Google and Twitter plan to highlight steps they've taken since the election to fight similar meddling in the future, such as identifying and shutting down fake accounts

3 min read1 Nov 2017
Companies

Facebook beefing up team to thwart election manipulation

Facebook has said it will hire more than 1,000 people to thwart deceptive ads crafted to knock elections off course

2 min read3 Oct 2017
Technology

Facebook to give Russia-linked ads to US Congress today

Facebook plans to turn over to the US Congress copies of some 3,000 ads that were bought on social media likely by people in Russia in the months before and after the 2016 US election

1 min read2 Oct 2017
News

G20 summit: Trump raises US election meddling in first meeting with Putin

Disagreement between US and Russia over how forcefully Trump pressed issue during the leaders' more than two-hour meeting at G20 summit in Germany

3 min read8 Jul 2017
News

Trump's son-in-law Kushner under FBI scrutiny in Russia probe: reports

The report s say Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser, is under scrutiny by the FBI in the Russia probe

1 min read26 May 2017
News

Donald Trump's Russia troubles deepen as James Comey plans senate testimony

James Comey agrees to testify before the Senate about the FBI's probe into Russian meddling with the 2016 US presidential election

5 min read20 May 2017
News

Hinting at secret tapes, Trump tells ousted FBI chief James Comey not to talk to media

Donald Trump's veiled threat of secret tapes to James Comey prompts fresh charges that he is trying to silence the ex-FBI chief who led a probe into alleged Russian meddling in 2016 US election

5 min read13 May 2017