Washington, July 17 (IANS) President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled the most sweeping election reform agenda of his second presidency, combining the release of declassified intelligence with a series of executive actions and a renewed push for legislation that would tighten voting rules ahead of next year’s US midterm elections.In a rare prime-time address from the White House, Trump asserted that the United States faced an urgent election security crisis and outlined what he described as a c…
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Washington, July 17 (IANS) Senior Democrats swiftly rejected President Donald Trump’s claims of widespread foreign interference and election vulnerabilities after his prime-time address to the nation, accusing him of reviving false narratives about the 2020 election and laying the groundwork to influence next year’s midterm elections.The criticism came soon after Trump announced the declassification of intelligence, FBI and cybersecurity records that he said showed Chinese election activities, v…
Washington, July 17 (IANS) President Donald Trump accused China of orchestrating a wide-ranging campaign to interfere in US elections, alleging that Beijing sought to undermine his presidency, acquire millions of American voter records and conceal its activities through what he described as a cover-up inside the US intelligence community.In a nationally televised address from the White House, Trump announced what he called the immediate declassification of intelligence records relating to electi…
Washington, July 17 (IANS) Newly declassified US government records released by President Donald Trump’s administration show sharp internal disagreements within the American intelligence community over how to assess and report alleged Chinese efforts to influence the 2020 US presidential election.The documents include internal FBI emails, intelligence assessments and inter-agency correspondence that reveal officials disputed both the strength of available intelligence and how it should be presen…
Washington, July 17 (IANS) President Donald Trump has ordered the release of a sweeping collection of intelligence and law-enforcement records that he said expose Chinese acquisition of American voter data, foreign interference risks and serious weaknesses in the United States election system.“Tonight, I’m announcing the immediate declassification and release of critical intelligence, revealing shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure,” Trump said in a nationally televised a…
Washington, July 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday released newly declassified intelligence records that he said show China sought to undermine his presidency and influence the outcome of the 2018 midterm and 2020 presidential elections through a broad political and information campaign.Announcing the release from the White House, Trump said the intelligence records showed that Beijing wanted him defeated because of his administration’s policies towards China, including tariffs and…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) India on Tuesday reiterated that transnational organised crime, terrorism, drug trafficking, human trafficking, illicit arms trade and allied criminal networks remain major threats to societies. Addressing a weekly media briefing in New Delhi, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India and the United States have developed a strong and growing framework of cooperation against terrorism and transnational organised crime, with the a…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The Delhi Police’s Rohini District Special Staff arrested three shooters having purported links with “the Lawrence Bishnoi-Hari Boxer gang”, who were allegedly planning a targeted killing, police said on Sunday.According to officials, the accused had recced multiple targets in the national capital for targeted killing and were receiving information through a network based abroad, after which they were to carry out the crime.They were reportedly wanted in several inciden…
Washington, July 11 (IANS) The Khalistan movement, as an ethno-religious state project, enjoys little support in India’s Punjab, where Sikhs continue to prosper within the world’s largest democracy. Overseas, however, some of its most vocal advocates have increasingly been linked to organised crime. The Khalistan flag displayed in California’s Stockton isn’t a symbol of liberation, but the banner of criminal networks, a report has stated.”This week, the FBI’s ‘Operation Hard Ball’ deli…
Washington, July 10 (IANS) Two senior Republican lawmakers have urged the US Justice Department and FBI to investigate whether China was linked to the vandalism of a Tiananmen Square memorial museum in California.Representatives Chris Smith of New Jersey and John Moolenaar of Michigan made the request in a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Smith co-chairs the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, while Moolenaar chairs the House Select Committee on China.Unknown individuals …