Iranian hackers looking to undermine confidence in next month’s U.S. elections are prowling for victims, putting a premium on anyone working for American political campaigns, according to a new warning from U.S. officials. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the government body responsible for overseeing election security, on Tuesday urged politicians […]
Washington — Violent crime in the United States is down for a second consecutive year, with law enforcement agencies reporting significant declines in murder and rapes, according to a just-released report from the FBI. The FBI Crime in the Nation report released Monday found violent crime, overall, fell by 3% from 2022 to 2023, with murder […]
U.S. President Joe Biden decried a second, apparent assassination attempt against his predecessor, condemning the political violence as un-American. “There’s no place for political violence in America. None. Zero. Never,” Biden told a conference of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) in Philadelphia. “In America, we resolve our differences peacefully at the ballot box. Not […]
Washington — Top U.S. election security officials are asking American voters to tune out the noise and reject what they describe as unfounded claims that the coming presidential election will be rigged. Instead, in the first of a series of election security briefings planned in the run-up to November’s election, they say U.S. voters should have […]