A little more than a year ago, American intelligence agencies drafted a classified document reporting that the Russian government favored President Trump in the 2020…
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Russia Continues Interfering in Election to Help Trump, U.S. Intelligence Says
WASHINGTON — Russia is using a range of techniques to denigrate Joseph R. Biden Jr., American intelligence officials said Friday in their first public assessment…
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Is TikTok More of a Parenting Problem Than a Security Threat?
TikTok has long presented a parenting problem, as millions of Americans raising preteens and teenagers distracted by its viral videos can attest. But when the…
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Pompeo Warned Russia Against Bounties on U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned Russia’s foreign minister against Moscow paying bounties to Taliban-linked militants and other Afghan fighters for killing…
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U.S. Examines Whether Saudi Nuclear Program Could Lead to Bomb Effort
American intelligence agencies are scrutinizing efforts by Saudi Arabia to build up its ability to produce nuclear fuel that could put the kingdom on a…
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Homeland Security Reassigns Official Whose Office Compiled Intelligence on Journalists
WASHINGTON — The head of the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence branch was removed from his position after his office compiled reports about protesters and…
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Trump Still Defers to Putin, Even as He Dismisses U.S. Intelligence and the Allies
WASHINGTON — On the eve of accepting the Republican nomination for president four years ago, Donald J. Trump declared that he would pull out of…
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Trump Did Not Ask Putin About Russia’s Bounties on U.S. Troops
WASHINGTON — President Trump said in an interview published Wednesday that he did not bring up intelligence that Russia had covertly offered bounties to kill…
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Russian Intelligence Agencies Push Disinformation on Coronavirus Pandemic
WASHINGTON — Russian intelligence services have been spreading disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, according to newly declassified intelligence, material that demonstrates how Moscow is continuing…
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U.S. Accuses Pair of Trying to Steal Virus Vaccine Data for China
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department accused a pair of Chinese hackers on Tuesday of targeting vaccine development on behalf of the country’s intelligence service as…
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