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Will Putin’s Decade-Long War on US Elections Hit the Midterms?

Russia covertly assaulted the 2016 election—by hacking Democratic emails and pushing online […]

Will Putin’s Decade-Long War on US Elections Hit the Midterms?

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Russia covertly assaulted the 2016 election—by hacking Democratic emails and pushing online […]

In July 2025, Tulsi Gabbard, then–­director of national intelligence, strode into the White House briefing room to press the case that Barack Obama had mounted a "treasonous conspiracy." Days earlier, she...

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Russia covertly assaulted the 2016 election—by hacking Democratic emails and pushing online […] In July 2025, Tulsi Gabbard, then–­director of national intelligence, strode into the White House briefing room to press the case that Barack Obama had mounted a "treasonous conspiracy." Days earlier, she had brazenly misrepresented declassified documents to challenge a damning 2017 intelligence assessment:

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In July 2025, Tulsi Gabbard, then–­director of national intelligence, strode into the White House briefing room to press the case that Barack Obama had mounted a "treasonous conspiracy." Days earlier, she had brazenly misrepresented declassified documents to challenge a damning 2017 intelligence assessment:

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