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FBI: Biden Campaign Staffers Were Sent Hacked Trump Info

Unsolicited emails were sent by Iranian hackers, federal agencies say

(Newser) - Donald Trump's campaign said Wednesday that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris should "come clean" about information Iranian hackers stole from it. Federal agencies said Wednesday that the hackers sent information to people associated with the Biden campaign in June and July. The FBI, the Office of...

Amid Mideast Tensions, a New Claim by Iran

Nation says it launched satellite into space on rocket built by Iranian paramilitary group

(Newser) - Iran launched a satellite into space on Saturday with a rocket built by the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, state-run media reported, the latest for a program the West fears helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program. Iran described the launch as a success, which would be the second such...

'I Looked at the Window and Saw a Ball of Fire'

Woman dies after Ukraine launches what's said to be largest drone strike on Moscow since war began

(Newser) - Ukraine has reportedly launched its biggest drone attack on the Russian capital since war erupted between the countries two and a half years ago. Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday that 144 Ukrainian drones were shot down around the country amid a wave of overnight attacks. "Half were in...

Critic Tweets a Period to Iran Leader, Gets 12 Years

Lawyer argues Hossein Shanbehzadeh's sentence stems from false allegations

(Newser) - Iranian blogger Hossein Shanbehzadeh is no stranger to incarceration. A longtime critic of Iran's leadership, he was jailed in 2019 for online comments insulting supreme leader Ali Khamenei. But he's now been hit with a 12-year sentence "for doing next to nothing," Vice reports. According to...

Investigators: No Foul Play in May Death of Iran Leader

Official report blames weather for causing fatal helicopter crash in May that killed president

(Newser) - An official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has concluded that it was caused by the weather, not foul play. "The main reason for the helicopter crash was complicated weather conditions in the region," the final report concluded, per Reuters . Among...

Iran's Supreme Leader OKs Talking to 'Enemy' US on Nukes

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says there'd be 'no harm' in talking to US about Tehran's nuclear program

(Newser) - Iran's supreme leader opened the door Tuesday to renewed negotiations with the United States over his country's rapidly advancing nuclear program, telling its civilian government there was "no harm" in engaging with its "enemy." Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's remarks set clear red lines for any...

FBI, Intelligence Agencies Blame Campaign Hacks on Iran

Goals are to affect presidential election and undermine democracy, US officials say

(Newser) - Intelligence agencies and the FBI on Monday announced the conclusion reached in their investigation of attempts to hack US presidential campaigns: Iran did it. The agencies are "confident that the Iranians have through social engineering and other efforts sought access to individuals with direct access to the Presidential campaigns...

Iran Could 'Declare Itself a Nuclear Weapons State' Soon: Intel Committee Chair

Rep. Mike Turner makes the declaration, says it's Biden's fault

(Newser) - The chair of the House Intelligence Committee says Iran could soon declare a very big, and very unwelcome, escalation. Speaking Sunday on Face the Nation , Republican Mike Turner was decrying Biden administration policies regarding Iran. "What we see now with this administration, [Iran] might declare themselves a nuclear weapons...

Iranian Group Used ChatGPT to Create Divisive Articles

OpenAI says group was creating content to spread misinformation online

(Newser) - An Iranian group used ChatGPT to create content that was intended to influence the US presidential election and spread misinformation online, OpenAI said Friday. The company, which said the offending accounts have been banned, said its investigation showed the group, which it dubbed Storm-2035, used ChatGPT to create longform articles...

Iranian-Backed Hackers Attack Presidential Campaigns: Google

Company says it detected the efforts against Harris, Trump operations, which continue

(Newser) - Hackers linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard are mounting cyberattacks on the US presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Google said Wednesday. In a research report , the company's Threat Analysis Group said that it detected the efforts in May and June and that they'...

FBI Probing Trump Campaign Claim That It Was Hacked by Iran

Bureau says little other than acknowledging the investigation

(Newser) - The FBI said Monday it is investigating allegations that sensitive documents from Donald Trump's presidential campaign were stolen in a cyber intrusion days after the campaign declared it had been hacked by Iran , the AP reports. The FBI released a brief statement reading, "We can confirm the FBI...

Trump Campaign Sees Iran Behind Hack of Vance File

News outlets have received internal files from 'Robert'

(Newser) - Donald Trump's campaign says it didn't send confidential vetting files on Sen. JD Vance to news outlets. Politico reports it began receiving emails with the dossier from an AOL account attributed to "Robert" on July 22. "These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to...

Feds: Man With Ties to Iran Plotted US Assassination

Sources tell CNN that Trump was the target

(Newser) - A Pakistani man with alleged close ties to Iran has been charged in connection with what FBI Director Christopher Wray says is an assassination plot "straight out of the Iranian playbook."
  • Asif Merchant, 46, has been charged with "murder-for-hire as part of a scheme to assassinate a
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How Bad Will It Get in Israel? We May Know on Monday

World braces for retaliatory attacks by Iran and Hezbollah amid fears of a wider war

(Newser) - The world may get an answer soon—perhaps as early as Monday—on whether a wider war in the Mideast is upon us.
  • Retaliation: Secretary of State Blinken warned his counterparts from allied nations that Iran and Hezbollah are expected to launch attacks against Israel in the next day or
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US Deploys Fighter Jets, Ships to Middle East to Prepare

Iran, Hezbollah have promised retaliation for killings

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered more troops, warships, and fighter jets to the Middle East and Europe to prepare for a multifaceted attack on Israel by Iran and its proxies. The Pentagon said Friday that the deployment also is intended to protect Americans in the region, Politico reports. Along...

One Mystery Solved About Hamas Leader's Killing

It wasn't an airstrike, it was a bomb smuggled into Iranian guesthouse of Ismail Haniyeh

(Newser) - When leading Hamas figure Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran this week, one question that lingered was how his killers managed to pull it off. Now, both the New York Times and CNN report they have the answer: Somebody smuggled a bomb weeks ago into the Tehran guesthouse where he'...

What This Assassination Could Mean for the Middle East

Iran vows revenge, Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations are thrown into doubt

(Newser) - Questions are swirling after the apparent assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, where he had traveled to attend Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday. The details of how he was killed are slowly filtering in, with NBC News citing Iranian state media as reporting the...

Iran Trying to Undermine Trump Ahead of Election

US spy agencies suggest Iran thinks a Trump win would be worse for US-Iran relations

(Newser) - Iran is using a covert influence campaign in an attempt to undermine Donald Trump's candidacy ahead of the US presidential election in November, according to intel from US spy agencies. Tehran reportedly believes a Trump win would be worse for US-Iran relations than the alternative, the Wall Street Journal...

Prior to Shooting, US Detected Separate Threat on Trump's Life

Threat from Iran was unrelated to Saturday's attack, but did prompt additional security

(Newser) - A threat on Donald Trump's life from Iran prompted additional security in the days before Saturday's campaign rally, but it was unrelated to the assassination attempt on the Republican presidential nominee, two US officials said Tuesday, as law enforcement warned of the potential for more violence inspired by...

Houthis Are Firing Iranian Missiles: US

DIA report says that Iran armed the December attack in the Red Sea

(Newser) - Yemen's Houthi rebels likely fired an Iranian-made anti-ship cruise missile at a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea in December, providing a public, evidence-based link between the ongoing rebel campaign against shipping and Tehran, the US military says. A report by the US Defense Intelligence Agency released Wednesday linked...

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