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☆ Iranian hackers sent stolen Trump campaign info to Biden campaign associates, FBI says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Michael-Kosnar-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Michael Kosnar | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Iranian hackers have continued to make attempts since late June to transmit nonpublic stolen material tied to Trump’s campaign to media organizations, according to Wednesday’s statement, which noted that the FBI is tracking the activity. In a statement Wednesday, Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Iranians wanted to help Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced Biden as the Democratic nominee, "because they know President Trump will restore his tough sanctions and stand against their reign of terror." To be known as the Iran, Iran, Iran case!" Harris campaign spokesperson Morgan Finkelstein said the campaign has cooperated with law enforcement since it learned about the hacking effort. Law enforcement agencies contacted those people and the Biden campaign to make them aware of the emails, the sources said.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Joe Biden's, Trump, Karoline Leavitt, Kamala Harris, Biden, Harris, Morgan Finkelstein, We’re, Finkelstein Organizations: Democratic, FBI, National Intelligence, Infrastructure Security Agency, NBC, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Trump, Biden, NBC News, Justice Department, United Nations Locations: Iran, Russia, China, Iranian

☆ After false pet claims, Springfield mayor says Trump visit would be 'an extreme strain' on resources
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The Republican mayor of an Ohio city that has been the target of unfounded claims from former President Donald Trump and his running mate about Haitian immigrants eating residents’ pets said Tuesday that a visit from the Republican presidential nominee would strain the city's resources. “It would be an extreme strain on our resources. So it’d be fine with me if they decided not to make that visit,” Springfield Mayor Rob Rue said during a news conference at City Hall on Tuesday. DeWine said that a campaign visit from a presidential candidate is “generally very, very welcomed,” but acknowledged that it would pose challenges. DeWine said he hasn’t spoken to Trump or Vance and hasn’t heard about the candidates potentially visiting Springfield.

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☆ Judge denies Mark Meadows' effort to move 2020 election case in Arizona to federal court
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: 1 min

A federal judge Monday rejected an effort by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Arizona indictment to federal court in a case focused on efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 electoral defeat. U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi said that Meadows missed a deadline to file his request and "has failed to show good cause that might permit the Court to excuse the untimeliness." An attorney for Meadows did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday night. In April, a state grand jury in Arizona indicted Meadows and two other former Trump aides — Rudy Giuliani and Boris Epshteyn — and several so-called “fake electors” over efforts to overturn Trump's election loss in the state in 2020. Meadows previously lost an attempt to move his Georgia indictment to federal court in a similar case.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's, John J, Tuchi, Meadows, — Rudy Giuliani, Boris Epshteyn — Organizations: White House, U.S, District, Trump Locations: Arizona, Georgia

☆ Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones won’t face charges in 2020 election interference case
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A special prosecutor announced Friday that Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones will not be charged over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s electoral defeat in the 2020 presidential election. Jones had denied wrongdoing in the case and blasted Willis in a statement Friday. Trump and more than a dozen other people were indicted in August 2023 on state felony charges in Georgia tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The case remains on hold over efforts to disqualify Willis in her role as prosecutor.

Persons: Burt Jones, Donald, Peter Skandalakis, Jones, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, ” Skandalakis, Fani Willis, Skandalakis, Willis, “, ” Jones, Trump Organizations: Gov, ’, of, Trump, College, Atlanta Judicial, Attorney’s Office, Futon, Attorney’s Locations: Georgia, of Georgia, Fulton County

☆ Biden to announce new efforts to curb gender-based violence
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden on Thursday will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act by announcing new efforts to curb gender-based violence, senior administration officials said. Klein said the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Thursday will also announce a new office targeting gender-based violence that will help survivors get secure housing and economic stability. The initial legislation, which was passed through a bipartisan crime bill in 1994, included the first National Domestic Violence Hotline. Biden's American Rescue Plan also included investments targeting gender-based violence. The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act program reported that roughly $1 billion in supplemental funding has supported 252 tribes, 1,500 domestic violence programs and 1,400 sexual assault programs.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Jennifer Klein, Klein Organizations: Council, Justice Department, The Justice Department, Department of Housing, Urban, Prevention

☆ Congress to get beefed-up security for electoral vote certification on Jan. 6
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Zoë Richards | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Michael-Kosnar-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The counting and certification of electoral votes at the Capitol in January — the first since the Jan. 6 riot in 2021 — will come with significantly increased security, the Secret Service said Wednesday. The Department of Homeland Security has designated the Jan. 6 count as a national special security event, affording it a level of security similar to events like the State of the Union address and the Super Bowl. “National Special Security Events are events of the highest national significance,” Eric Ranaghan, the special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Dignitary Protective Division, said in a statement Wednesday. The Secret Service, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, also cited reports from the former House Jan. 6 committee and the Government Accountability Office, which had asked Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to consider the enhanced security measures. The designation will unlock federal, state and local resources to be used in its security plan, the Secret Service said.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Joe Biden's, ” Eric Ranaghan, “, Muriel Bowser, Alejandro Mayorkas Organizations: Capitol, Service, Department of Homeland Security, Super, Secret, Republican, Democratic, United Nations General Assembly, Office, Homeland, Justice Department

☆ RFK Jr. must be removed from North Carolina ballots, state Supreme Court rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Monday to remove former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from state ballots ahead of the general election. The 4-3 ruling upholds an appeals court ruling Friday that said Kennedy’s name should be taken off the ballot. A lower court had previously denied Kennedy’s effort to be removed. “But that is a price the North Carolina Constitution expects us to incur to protect voters’ fundamental right to vote their conscience and have that vote count.”Justices Anita Earls, Richard Dietz and Allison Riggs dissented. A spokesperson for the North Carolina State Board of Elections did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the court's decision or the new timeline for ballots.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, “, Trey Allen, Anita Earls, Richard Dietz, Allison Riggs, Kennedy, Donald Trump, Monday's Organizations: North Carolina Supreme, State, North, Michigan’s, NBC News, North Carolina State Board, Trump Locations: North Carolina

☆ Final night of Democratic convention outpaces closing night of GOP convention
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The closing night of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday drew about 26.2 million TV viewers, narrowly outpacing the Republican National Convention's final night, according to data from the media measurement company Nielsen. The convention's final night aired across 15 television networks and drew about 820,000 more viewers than the estimated 25.4 million people who watched the final night of the Republican event, Nielsen reported. The first night of the Republican convention drew an estimated 18.13 million viewers, compared to around 20 million viewers on the DNC's opening night, according to Nielsen. The DNC's closing night exceeded viewership for the convention’s final night four years ago, when 24.6 million viewers tuned in across cable and TV for President Joe Biden’s speech. In 2016, 30 million viewers tuned in for the final night of the 2016 Democratic convention.

Persons: Nielsen, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump's, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden’s Organizations: Democratic National Convention, Republican National, Republican, Trump, DNC, RNC, Nielsen, Democratic Locations: Chicago, Milwaukee

☆ Walz defends his military record amid Republican attacks at first solo campaign event
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz defended his military record Tuesday amid attacks from Republicans led by his election rival, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, who has accused him of stolen valor. “These guys have — are even attacking me for my record of service,” Walz said. “And I just want to say I’m proud to serve my country, and I always will be.”“I firmly believe you should never denigrate another person’s service record,” he said. Vance last week asserted that Walz had misrepresented his military record in those remarks. “I’d be ashamed if I was him and I lied about my military service like he did,” Vance said at the time.

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A judge ruled Monday against independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort to appear on New York's general election ballot this fall. New York Supreme Court Justice Christina Ryba invalidated Kennedy's nominating petition and directed the Board of Elections not to place Kennedy's name on the official ballot. Supreme Court is a trial-level court in New York state. We will appeal and we will win.”A Democratic-aligned group, Clear Choice Action, sued Kennedy over the New York address he claimed as his residence on ballot access petition forms. The Democratic National Committee said after the ruling that Kennedy was a "deeply troubled, reckless, and dangerous man."

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Christina Ryba, ” Kennedy, ”, Kennedy, Cheryl Hines Organizations: . New, NBC, New, Democratic National Committee Locations: ., New York, “, York, California, Town, Bedford, Croton, Pennsylvania

☆ Trump campaign office in Virginia burglarized, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Police in a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., said Monday that they are investigating a break-in at a campaign office for former President Donald Trump. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that deputies responded after they were contacted at roughly 9 p.m. The campaign office in Ashburn, about 30 miles northwest of Washington, is being leased by the Trump campaign, and the state’s 10th District Republican Committee is also headquartered there, the sheriff's office said. A burglary suspect sought by police in a Donald Trump campaign office in Loudoun County, Ashburn, Va. Loudoun County Sheriff's Office“It is rare to have the office of any political campaign or party broken into,” Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman said in a statement. A Trump campaign spokesperson and the campaign for Mike Clancy, the Republican nominee for the House seat in the state's 10th Congressional District, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monday evening.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Mike Chapman, Mike Clancy, Harris, Roger Stone Organizations: Washington , D.C, Loudoun County Sheriff’s, Republican, Va . Loudoun County Sheriff's, Congressional, FBI, NBC News, Biden, The Washington Post Locations: Virginia, Washington ,, Loudoun County, Ashburn, Washington, Va . Loudoun County, ” Loudoun County, Iranian

Tim Walz "misspoke" in a 2018 video circulated by the Harris campaign earlier this week that included the vice presidential candidate talking about his handling of weapons "in war," a campaign spokesperson said Friday. It’s the American way," the Harris campaign spokesperson said in a statement. “We can make sure that those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place where those weapons are at,” Walz says in the clip posted by Harris’ campaign on Tuesday. “What bothers me about Tim Walz is this stolen valor garbage. In response to Julin's comments, the Harris campaign referred NBC News to statements from two men who served with Walz.

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A Virginia man has been charged with making numerous death threats against Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Frank Carillo, of Winchester, Virginia, posted a series of violent threats about Harris last month using an alias on the conservative social media site GETTR, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in the Western District of Virginia on Friday. Investigators alleged that Carillo had posted 19 times about Harris, including threats to shoot, stab and burn her alive. Investigators said a search of Carillo's home turned up two guns — a handgun that he purchased last year and an RF-15 rifle that he bought this year. Carillo also made statements about other federal officials, including President Joe Biden and FBI Director Christopher Wray, the complaint alleged.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Frank Carillo, Harris, Carillo, Donald Trump, “, ”, Joe Biden, Christopher Wray Organizations: Democratic, of, Investigators Locations: Winchester , Virginia, Western, of Virginia

☆ Justice Clarence Thomas didn't disclose additional private jet travel, Democratic senator says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The head of a Senate panel investigating Clarence Thomas said Monday that the Supreme Court justice had failed to disclose additional private jet travel. The letter, which also cited reports of Thomas’ travel to Greece, the Caribbean, Russia and the Baltics, is the latest in a string of allegations from Senate Democrats about undisclosed travel by Thomas. In a statement Monday, Crow's office accused Wyden of "abusing" his panel's power in what it called a political campaign against the Supreme Court. An attorney for Thomas and a spokesperson for the Supreme Court did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monday. The judiciary has updated its disclosure rules to make it clear that private jet travel has to be reported.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Harlan Crow, Sen, Ron Wyden, Thomas, Wyden, Crow, Thomas ’, “, Wyden’s, Elliot S, Berke, Thomas “, Joe Biden, Neil Gorsuch, Biden Organizations: Finance, Supreme, Judicial Locations: Hawaii, New Zealand, Greece, Caribbean, Russia

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