Tag: campaign
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Vance and Walz bring a dose of civility to a heated campaign: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to a post-debate edition of the From the Politics Desk newsletter, breaking down all the action from tonight’s showdown between Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here. A night of Midwest nice: Vance and Walz agree to disagree in…
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Iran’s history of elaborate election interference efforts, before the Trump campaign hack
On Friday, U.S. authorities accused three Iranian men of stealing and leaking files from former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, the largest “hack and leak” election influence operation since Russia’s breach of Hillary Clinton’s campaign and Democratic organizations in 2016. Iran’s influence efforts using hacked material from the Trump campaign follow what the United States…
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Mark Robinson treated for burns after campaign event ‘incident,’ campaign confirms
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson “is currently being treated for burns,” his communications director confirmed to NBC News on Friday night. “Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is currently being treated for burns following an incident at a campaign event in Mt. Airy. He is in good spirits,” said Mike Lonergan, Robinson’s communications director. Lonergan was responding…
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U.S. indicts three Iranians in Trump campaign hack
Three Iranian nationals have been indicted for hacking into the campaign of former President Donald Trump, stealing emails and documents, and then sharing them with the news media, according to U.S. officials and a federal indictment filed in Washington on Friday. The three Iranians, identified as members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, hired “malicious…
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Ken Klippenstein publishes Iran’s hacked Trump campaign document on Substack
An American journalist who runs an independent newsletter published a document Thursday that appears to have been stolen from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign — the first public posting of a file that is believed to be part of a dossier that federal officials say is part of an Iranian effort to manipulate the U.S. election.…
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Trump campaign says it backs ‘universal’ IVF access, potentially helping gay couples
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign told NBC News on Wednesday that if the former president were re-elected, his administration would support “universal access” to in-vitro fertilization, potentially opening up the door for same-sex couples to receive coverage for the expensive fertility treatment. “President Trump has long been consistent in supporting the rights of states to make…
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Harris to meet with Zelenskyy; Trump campaign does outreach to Black voters
Share Biden announces new security assistance to Ukraine Ahead of his meeting with Zelenskyy, Biden is unrolling what he calls “a surge in security assistance for Ukraine and a series of additional actions to help Ukraine win this war.” The new steps include providing Ukraine with the Joint Standoff Weapon long-range munition, directing the Defense…
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Kamala Harris campaign office damaged by gunfire in Arizona
NBC affiliate KPNX of Phoenix previously reported the office had been damaged by gunfire.KPNX Sean McEnerney, the coordinated campaign manager for the state Democratic Party, also confirmed the incident in a statement. “Overnight, several shots were fired into our Tempe Democratic Party coordinated campaign office,” McEnerney said. No one was present or injured at the…
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California sues ExxonMobil over plastics recycling, alleging ‘campaign of deception’
The Summary California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing ExxonMobil, alleging the company misled consumers into believing that recycling was a viable solution for plastic waste. “Exxon Mobil knew that 95% of the plastic in the blue bin was going to be incinerated, go into the environment or go into a landfill,” Bonta told NBC…
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Four Mark Robinson staffers step down from embattled campaign
Four top staff members of Mark Robinson‘s campaign for North Carolina governor have stepped down, the campaign announced Sunday as the candidate faces calls from Republicans to do the same. The campaign’s comment did not link the staff departures to the bombshell CNN report alleging Robinson, a Republican, made antisemitic and racist comments years ago on a…