Tag: targets
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Israel strikes at Iran targets in retaliation for earlier attack
Share Austin spoke with Gallant, defense officials say Two Defense officials tell NBC News that U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, tonight. Share Harris briefed on Iran, White House official says Vice President Kamala Harris has been briefed on Iran, according to a White House official. She’s currently…
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Chinese influence operation targets U.S. down-ballot races, Microsoft says
An army of Chinese-controlled social media bots is attempting to influence voters in Alabama, Texas and Tennessee, while denigrating U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, according to new research published on Wednesday by Microsoft. The operation represents a coordinated interference effort against down-ballot races, experts say, in which the fake accounts are denigrating U.S. Representative…
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Harris campaign targets Gen Z voters in the final stretch of the election
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is launching an early voting push targeting students on battleground state college campuses. The effort consists of concerts, block parties and tailgates in addition to a new seven-figure targeted ad buy focused primarily on reaching students through social media platforms. The ad buy will geographically target students in battleground states…
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ISIS-K threat grows as it targets disaffected Muslims with sophisticated propaganda
The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has ramped up its recruitment efforts in the past year, American officials and analysts say, rolling out a sophisticated propaganda campaign designed to persuade disaffected Muslims to carry out terror plots in the U.S. and other Western countries. The recent arrest of an Afghan accused of plotting an Election…
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Trump’s coin sale misses early targets as crypto project’s website crashes
Donald Trump’s new crypto project is off to a rough start. World Liberty Financial, which aspires to be a sort of crypto bank, launched its token sale on Tuesday, a day after project co-founder Zachary Folkman said “well over 100,000 people” are on the whitelist to invest. But WLF’s website suffered regular and lengthy outages for much of…
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U.S. officials say Israel has narrowed down its targets for strike on Iran
U.S. officials believe Israel has narrowed down what they will target in their response to Iran’s attack, which these officials describe as Iranian military and energy infrastructure. There is no indication that Israel will target nuclear facilities or carry out assassinations, but U.S. officials stressed that the Israelis have not made a final decision about…
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From missile batteries to oil refineries to nuclear labs, Israel could hit a wide range of targets in Iran
Israel has vowed a hard-hitting response against Iran after Tehran launched a barrage of nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday. With its vastly superior air force and Iran’s relatively weak air defenses, Israel could hit a wide range of targets in Iran if it wanted to, including military and intelligence sites, senior commanders,…
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Harris targets digital ads spotlighting her words about ‘human suffering in Gaza’
Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is running new digital spots targeting voters in heavily Muslim neighborhoods in the Detroit area, emphasizing Harris’ saying she “will not be silent about human suffering in Gaza.” The ads, which began running Tuesday on Snapchat and Google, according to records made available by the companies, include clips of…