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Nov 05

Watch 7:15
How the government is guarding against 2018 election threats

Officials in every state will be watching Tuesday's voting process intensely in the face of numerous threats and prior attempts to meddle with American elections. What threats are they guarding against, and where are the threats coming from? Nick Schifrin…

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Oct 11

Watch 7:43
DHS official warns of ongoing election interference from Russia, China

As the midterm elections approach, administration officials continue to warn of attempts by foreign entities to influence their outcome. But they also assert that their preparation could yield ‘the most secure election in the modern era.' Judy Woodruff speaks with…

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Sep 30

How Australia can help the U.S. make democracy harder to hack

By Scott Shackelford, Matthew Sussex, The Conversation

In the drumbeat of reports about Russian attempts to undermine U.S. democratic institutions with trolls, Twitter bots and cyberattacks on congressional candidates, it is easy to forget that the problem of…

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Jul 18

Trump says he told Putin to end election hacking

By Zeke Miller, Ken Thomas, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

President Donald Trump says in an interview with CBS News that he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States won't tolerate election interference in the future.

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Mar 18

Illinois primary puts focus on security of state voter rolls

By Christina A. Cassidy, Sarah Zimmerman, Associated Press

Two years ago, Illinois was the lone state known to have its state election system breached in a hacking effort that ultimately targeted 21 states.

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Jan 10

Watch 10:07
‘42 states haven’t upgraded their election equipment in over a decade and Russia knows it’

By PBS NewsHour

Primary voting in the 2018 elections is set to being in just two months. Is the U.S. voting system secure in case Russia tries to interfere? Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., join Judy Woodruff to discuss…

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Jul 30

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At hacker convention, a spotlight on weaknesses in election security

By PBS NewsHour

Hackers, lawyers, security officials and government employees gather annually in Las Vegas for the Def Con security convention. This year, hackers were able to penetrate a touch screen voting machine used in a 2014 Virginia election in less than two…

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Jul 12

5 important stories that have nothing to do with Donald Trump Jr.’s emails

By Joshua Barajas, Laura Santhanam, Iman Smith, Erica R. Hendry

Take a break from the news cycle with these overlooked but important stories that are getting lost in the shuffle.

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Jul 08

Putin hails meeting, thinks Trump accepted election denials

By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he thinks Trump accepted his assurances that Russia didn't meddle in the U.S. presidential election.

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Mar 20

WATCH: House Intelligence Committee hearings on Russia and the 2016 election

By News Desk

The House intelligence committee is to begin hearings Monday into Russia's role in cybersecurity breaches at the Democratic National Committee, as well as President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that his predecessor had authorized a wiretap of Trump Tower. FBI Director…

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