Nov 02 Russian hackers used a digital hit list to target nations, including the U.S. By Associated Press The list provides the most detailed forensic evidence yet of the close alignment between the hackers and the Russian government, exposing an operation that stretched back years and tried to break into the inboxes of 4,700 Gmail users across the… Continue reading
Jul 09 State election officials worry about 2018 election security By Brian Slodysko, Associated Press State election officials voiced doubt Saturday that adequate security measures can be adopted before 2018 elections to safeguard against the possibility of a foreign government interfering in U.S. elections. Continue reading
Jul 06 WATCH: Trump says Russia wasn’t only nation to meddle in 2016 election By Ken Thomas and Darlene Superville, Associated Press As U.S. investigations into Russia's meddling forge ahead, Trump is under intense scrutiny for how he handles his first face-to-face session with Putin. Continue reading
Jul 06 New poll: 54% of Americans think Trump’s dealings with Russia were unethical or illegal By Laura Santhanam Nearly one in three Americans think Trump has committed ethics violations, and another 25 percent believe he has broken the law, according to a PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist College poll. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 4:11 What we still don’t know after a week dominated by Russia questions By PBS NewsHour Russia loomed over this week’s congressional hearings. What kind of investigation is needed to look into unverified reports that Russia has information on the president-elect? And why didn’t the White House do more early on to stop Russian hacking? Steve… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch 12:12 Shields and Brooks on Russian intrigue in American politics, Obama’s farewell By PBS NewsHour It was a packed week of congressional hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, with inauguration days away. Judy Woodruff speaks with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks about the Russian intrigue in U.S. politics,… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch 5:05 In heated news conference, Trump talks health care, Russia rumors By PBS NewsHour On Wednesday, the president-elect gave his first news conference in six months, from New York. During the session, he described his intention to quickly repeal and replace Obamacare, blasted reports that Russia has compromising intelligence on him and dismissed CNN… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 3:23 Top intelligence officials stop short of providing evidence of Russian hacking at Senate hearing By PBS NewsHour The nation’s top intelligence officials appeared publically before the Senate Intelligence Committee, days after the release of a report on the alleged role of Russian influence during the presidential election. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch 5:27 News Wrap: Trump son-in-law tapped for top White House role By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Monday, President-elect Donald Trump announced he has chosen his son-in-law Jared Kushner to serve as senior adviser to the president, raising concerns about nepotism and potential business conflicts of interest. Also, Russia is pushing back against… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 5:17 Russia’s election intervention is ‘new reality, new weapon’ By PBS NewsHour On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will hold a meeting about the intelligence report released this week that concludes the Russian government tried to influence the U.S. election. To break down what is in the report and… Continue watching