Oct 28 Watch 5:29 How the anti-Trump dossier came to be By PBS News Hour The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative site based in Washington, D.C., confirmed that it hired the firm Fusion GPS to unearth damaging information about President Donald Trump in the run-up to the election. GOP donor and billionaire Paul Singer is… Continue watching
Oct 25 AP report: Clinton camp helped fund Trump dossier research By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund political research into President Donald Trump that ultimately produced a dossier of allegations about his ties to Russia, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday night. Continue reading
Oct 24 Twitter to disclose info on political ads amid scrutiny By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Twitter says it will require ads that refer to a candidate or party to be clearly identified as election ads. Continue reading
Oct 22 AP report: Trump plans to help pay aides' legal costs for Russia probes By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Trump intends to spend at least $430,000 of his own money on legal bills of White House staff and campaign aides related to the investigations into Russian election meddling in the 2016 election, a White House official said Saturday. Continue reading
Oct 18 Top Facebook executive says company will release data on Russia-linked ads, but doesn't offer more details By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Previously, Facebook declined to make the ads public. While Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, now favors the release, she didn't say Thursday when the company would do so. Continue reading
Oct 11 Facebook's Sandberg meets with lawmakers about Russia probe By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Wednesday's meetings are ahead of a Nov. 1 House Intelligence Committee hearing at which Facebook, Twitter and Google are expected to testify. Continue reading
Oct 10 Political research firm behind Trump-Russia dossier subpoenaed by House intelligence committee By Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The firm's lawyer said the subpoenas were a "blatant attempt to undermine" the credibility of the dossier and came even as the firm was cooperating with the committee. Continue reading
Oct 09 Russia warns some U.S.-funded media outlets of possible restrictions By Associated Press The move follows the Kremlin's warning that Moscow could respond if Washington restricts the operations of Russian state-funded RT television network and Sputnik news agency in the U.S. Continue reading
Oct 09 Google uncovers ads bought by Russian operatives, report says By Associated Press Russian operatives spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads across Google products, including YouTube and Google search, according to reports. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 4:42 Report: Russia hacked NSA documents with aid from antivirus software By PBS News Hour The Wall Street Journal reported that Russia obtained classified information about how the U.S. military protects its computer networks and conducts electronic spying. The breach occurred when data was stolen by an NSA contractor, then hacked by Russia. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching