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☆ More countries are openly flaunting their ties with Putin. They say it's just business.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Go to newsletter preferencesSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewRussian President Vladimir Putin is having a very social year as his country continues to wage war in Ukraine. So far, Putin has met top leaders from Asian countries including China, India, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Russia is the BRICS chair this year, and Putin has invited Mongolia to join the group's summit in October. Russia's push for a multipolar world order resonates with countries who desire a more equitable international order.

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☆ Ukraine's new F-16s will have a longer strike range than ATACMS if the US ends up sending this stealthy missile
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Recent reports have said that the US is deciding whether to transfer AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles, or JASSMs, to Ukraine. These high-profile weapons would give Kyiv a significantly farther strike range than any other Western munitions it has in its arsenal. As is, it still restricts the country from using its powerful US-provided tactical ballistic missiles to strike military targets inside Russia. A US Air Force F-16 before releasing a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile. With that range, JASSMs would also surpass the range of ground-launched US-provided MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile Systems, also known as ATACMS, which have the longest reach of any munition Washington has sent Kyiv so far.

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☆ Gen Z Loves Kamala More Than Biden. but It's Not an Obama 2008 Repeat.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-27 | by ( Daniel Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Back in 2008, the Obama campaign made an unprecedented effort to target young voters. In critical swing states like Pennsylvania and Nevada, young voters were more likely to report being contacted by the Obama campaign than older voters were. The issues that fire up young voters are increasingly out of step with the interests of an older, more moderate electorate. Young women have grown more liberal, and young men have become noticeably more sympathetic to the GOP. Related storiesSo to court America's young voters, Harris needs to appeal to their desire for something new.

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☆ Mark Zuckerberg says White House 'pressured' Meta to 'censor' Covid-19 content
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-27 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The letter was posted on the committee's Facebook page and on its account on the X social media platform on Monday. The Biden administration "pressured" Facebook parent Meta to "censor" content related to Covid-19, the social media giant's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg , alleged, adding that he regrets some of the decisions taken in relation to the U.S. government's requests. NBC News has reached out to the White House for comment Tuesday morning, but did not immediately receive a response. That year, the White House criticized social media firms, including Facebook, for allowing misinformation related to the coronavirus to spread across their platforms. Zuckerberg's letter underscores the ongoing debate about the extent to which social media firms should moderate content.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Biden, Meta, Jim Jordan, Chan Organizations: Meta, Committee, Tech, Biden Administration, White, Republican, Facebook, NBC News, Politico, Rep Locations: Ohio

☆ Former OpenAI researchers warn of 'catastrophic harm' after the company opposes AI safety bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"We joined OpenAI because we wanted to ensure the safety of the incredibly powerful AI systems the company is developing," the researchers, William Saunders and Daniel Kokotajlo, wrote in the letter. "But we resigned from OpenAI because we lost trust that it would safely, honestly, and responsibly develop its AI systems." AdvertisementThey continued: "Developing frontier AI models without adequate safety precautions poses foreseeable risks of catastrophic harm to the public." SB1047 "has inspired thoughtful debate," and OpenAI supports some of its safety provisions, Kwon's letter, dated a day before the researchers' letter was sent, read. "We cannot wait for Congress to act — they've explicitly said that they aren't willing to pass meaningful AI regulation," Saunders and Kokotajlo wrote.

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The campaign began earlier this year and stopped before President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race last month, a Meta spokesperson said. The WhatsApp accounts claimed to be tech support for companies like AOL, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, according to a Meta blog post. The same WhatsApp campaign also targeted users in Iran, Israel, Palestine and the United Kingdom, Meta said. However, the company would not necessarily know if a victim fell for the WhatsApp messages and gave the hackers valuable information that enabled access to their account. It’s unclear whether or how more of the hacked Trump files will surface before Election Day.

Persons: Biden, Meta, Joe Biden, ”, Donald Trump’s, Harris, Iran’s, Trump, The New York Times —, Hillary Clinton Organizations: Trump, AOL, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, United Nations, NBC, Companies, Politico, The Washington Post, The New York Times, WikiLeaks Locations: U.S, Iran, Utah, Israel, Palestine, United Kingdom

☆ Ukraine got America's top tank without the latest and greatest armor upgrades, which are 'top secret,' but it's adding its own
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewUkraine is adding more protection to its US-provided Abrams tanks as it tries to fight back against Russia. The US started sending Abrams tanks to Ukraine in fall 2023, and altogether it has sent 31 of them. But without top armor, Ukraine needs to come up with its own solutions, he said. AdvertisementA Ukrainian tank with an added cage near the Russian border in northern Ukraine in August 2024. That confirmation indicates that the armor on the Abrams tanks, among certain other things, was downgraded prior to delivery.

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☆ Mike Lynch won a dramatic 12-year legal battle over his tech company. Weeks later, he and his top lawyer are dead.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-22 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Hailed as Britain's Bill Gates, Lynch sold Autonomy, his groundbreaking data-management company, to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion. Shareholders and business commentators were puzzled about what HP, a hardware company, would do with Autonomy, a software company — and why the latter was worth $11 billion. A year after the acquisition, HP wrote down $8.8 billion of the purchase value and accused Lynch of lying about Autonomy's finances. Lynch said HP stifled Autonomy with mismanagement and bureaucracy that pushed out employees and stymied sales. "This verdict closes the book on a relentless 13-year effort to pin HP's well-documented ineptitude on Dr. Lynch," Morvillo said in a joint statement with his attorney colleague Brian Heberlig.

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The U.S. government has formally endorsed former President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran hacked his campaign. “We have observed increasingly aggressive Iranian activity during this election cycle, specifically involving influence operations targeting the American public and cyber operations targeting Presidential campaigns,” the agencies said in the statement. “This includes the recently reported activities to compromise former President Trump’s campaign, which the IC [intelligence community] attributes to Iran,” the statement continued. “The IC is confident that the Iranians have through social engineering and other efforts sought access to individuals with direct access to the Presidential campaigns of both political parties. A spokesperson for the campaign claimed the documents were part of an Iranian “hack-and-leak” operation to hurt Trump’s election chances.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump’s, Harris, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris ’, ” Iran’s, —, Trump Organizations: FBI, Infrastructure Security Agency, National Intelligence, Presidential, Google, Biden, Democratic, U.S, Politico, The New York Times, Washington, Trump Locations: Iran, U.S, Russia, United States, Islamic Republic, Iranian, Florida

☆ One of Ukraine's main goals in invading Russia appears to be working
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's invasion of the province of Kursk last week took Russia by surprise. Analysts told Business Insider that one of Ukraine's core aims in the operation is to divert Russian troops from the front line in Ukraine. Related storiesIt said that Russia could be diverting troops from units in Donetsk intended to relieve or reinforce front-line units. BI has been unable to confirm reports of the redeployments, and it is unknown exactly how many Russian troops may have been diverted to fight Ukraine's Kursk incursion. AdvertisementFor months, Ukraine's forces have been losing ground to Russia in a grinding war of attrition.

Persons: —, Dmytro Lykhoviy, Lykhoviy, Ukraine's, Volodymyr Zelesnkyy Organizations: Service, Business, POLITICO, BI Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kursk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Ukraine's, Ukrainian, US, Russian, Donetsk, Kharkiv Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Baltic, Kaliningrad, Ukraine's Kursk

☆ The shock Ukrainian invasion of Kursk has the Kremlin pulling some troops out of Ukraine to defend Russia, per reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine launched a shock counter-invasion into Russia last week. US officials told the Wall Street Journal that Russia is withdrawing troops from Ukraine in response. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementRussia is withdrawing some of its troops from Ukraine in response to Ukraine's counter-invasion into Russia that started last week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed US officials. US officials told the Journal it was still unclear how many troops Russia was pulling back from Ukraine.

Persons: — Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Service, Wall Street, Politico, Business Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, Politico Europe, Kursk

Trump’s allies are also publicly making their pitch for him to refocus his attention on the race. “You’ve always got to be assessing the state of the race, and I would like to see more offense from the Trump campaign. On a swing of battleground states last week, Harris and her new running mate were greeted by a groundswell of supporters at each stop. "This was a TRUMP idea — She has no ideas, she can only steal from me," Trump wrote on Truth Social. In an appearance on Real America’s Voice last week, Trump’s political director, James Blair, made the case that it is a state-by-state race.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Trump, ”, ” Trump's, “, Harris, Joe Biden's, Brian Kemp, Kevin McCarthy, “ You’ve, ” McCarthy, Tim Sheehy, Dan Eberhart, —, Biden, ” Trump, outpacing Harris, ” Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s, Walz, David Lee, Chris Grant, James Blair Organizations: Republican, Trump, NBC News, Fox News, Montana, Democrat, ”, Mar, Biden, ABC, Harris, Privately, CNBC, Democratic, “, Labor, MAGA Inc, Politico, Real America’s Voice Locations: Georgia, Bozeman, Asheville , North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, Las Vegas, Arizona, Michigan , Wisconsin , Nevada, North Carolina

☆ How Harris is reversing Biden’s biggest weakness in the campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Trump’s plan for blunting Harris’ momentum, some Democrats believe, could reprise elements of the 1988 presidential campaign that George H.W. “I think the Harris campaign has to be prepared for it.”The two sides are already hotly contesting the terrain of strength. Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster who conducted surveys for Biden’s 2020 campaign, said his strength deficit to Trump had become a nearly insurmountable obstacle for his 2024 campaign. The surveys have also found a huge gender gap in the assessments of whether Harris and Trump are strong. Most important, voters have reached these initial assessments of Harris’ strength before Republicans have really begun their campaign to portray her as weak.

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☆ News outlets were sent leaked Trump campaign files. They chose not to publish them
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Jon Passantino | Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The dossier included what the Trump campaign identified as Vance’s potential vulnerabilities. Instead, the first public sign of any release of private information came Saturday, when the Trump campaign went public with its announcement that it had been hacked, pointing the finger at Iranian operatives. “These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said. As long as they’re verified and newsworthy, then they’re fair game, but motive is an important part of the story, too,” Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, told CNN. The role of the media is to act independently in this situation,” Kirtley told CNN.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Robert, ”, Donald Trump’s, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Trump, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, Vance, they’d, ” “, Brad Dayspring, ” Trump, Steven Cheung, Roger Stone, Hillary Clinton’s, newsrooms, Hunter, “ I’ve, it’s, Clinton, rallygoers, Julian Assange, ” Dan Kennedy, ” Jane Kirtley, ” Kirtley, Neera, Biden, Robert ”, Matt Murray Organizations: CNN, Politico, The New York Times, Washington Post, AOL, Trump, GOP, Times, Post, Democratic, FBI, Republican, Iranian, Microsoft, Democratic National Committee, Wikileaks, New York Times, Univision, WikiLeaks, “, Northeastern University, Democratic National, University of Minnesota, ” Washington Post Locations: Florida, United States, Iran, Tehran, Russia, Afghanistan, Iraq

The FBI said Monday afternoon that it is investigating what the Trump campaign has characterized as a successful effort to hack into its campaign and steal private documents. A Trump campaign spokesperson said Saturday that it had been hacked in June. The claim from the Trump campaign adds to what had already been a deeply antagonistic relationship between Iran and the former president. The apparent hack of Trump campaign files echoes the 2016 Russian campaign against Hillary Clinton, but so far seems notably less elaborate in distributing the hacked files. There is no apparent similar distribution system for the hacked Trump files, at least so far.

Persons: Trump, Hillary, Hillary Clinton’s, Donald Trump, Chris Krebs, SentinelOne, ”, Krebs, Qassem Soleimani, Adam Schiff, ” Schiff, Schiff, Hillary Clinton, Simin Kargar Organizations: FBI, Politico, The Washington Post, The New York Times, NBC News, Microsoft, United Nations, Democratic National Committee, U.S, Republican, Infrastructure Security Agency, Biden, Iran’s, Former U.S, Rep, House Intelligence Committee, Intelligence, Democratic, Trump, WikiLeaks, Atlantic, Forensic Research Locations: Russia, China, Iran, Tehran, U.S, Romanian

A glorious farewell to the 2024 OlympicsIt’s time to say au revoir to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Mark J. Terrill / APTeam USA eked out close wins in the men's and women's basketball finals, taking gold in the final weekend of the games. The men's team, which included all-stars LeBron James and Kevin Durant, brought home the fifth straight Olympic title for the Americans. Sunday's win by the women's team was its eighth straight Olympic gold. Other Olympic highlights:Trump campaign says it was hackedFormer President Donald Trump’s campaign has said it was hacked by an Iranian group.

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Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Saturday said that it had been hacked by an Iranian group in June, “which coincides with the close timing of President Trump’s selection of a Vice Presidential nominee,” Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, told NBC News. The hack was first reported by Politico and NBC News has not independently verified that the hack took place or where it originated. Politico said that it began receiving emails from an anonymous account sharing internal documents from the Trump campaign in July. The documents included research papers on at least two of the contenders to be Trump’s running mate, including the eventual GOP vice presidential nominee: Ohio Sen. JD Vance. “The Iranians know that President Trump will stop their reign of terror just like he did in his first four years in the White House.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump’s, ” Steven Cheung, Trump, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, ” Cheung, Cheung, ”, Politico, “ Organizations: NBC News, Politico, Democratic, NBC, Microsoft, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, ” Microsoft, United Nations Locations: Iranian, “, United States, New York

"We were working on a very big project in California," Res told NBC News' Ali Vitali on MSNBC, adding, "We were working with local politicians and state politicians. During a press conference on Thursday, Trump told a story about taking a helicopter flight with Brown, telling reporters that "we were in a helicopter going to a certain location together, and there was an emergency landing." Asked whether Trump frequently confused the identity of Brown and Holden, Res said on Saturday, “I don’t remember. He was an important, impressive guy ... [Trump] wanted to be in with Willie, because Willie was an important guy. On Friday he told NBC News, "No, I have not" been on a helicopter with Donald Trump.

Persons: Barbara Res, Donald Trump's, Willie Brown, Res, Ali Vitali, Sen, Nate Holden, Trump, Brown, Willie, Kamala Harris, Harris, Holden, Donald didn’t, Nate, Donald Trump, Black, ”, Donald Organizations: Trump, San Francisco, NBC News, MSNBC, New York Times, NBC, Politico, Atlantic City, Mahal Locations: California, Atlantic, Teterboro

☆ Former California lawmaker Nate Holden says he was on the scary helicopter ride with Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Jalen Beckford | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former Los Angeles city councilman and California state Sen. Nate Holden said Friday that he was with former President Donald Trump in the helicopter ride that made an emergency landing, despite Trump saying it was former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. “Willie is the short Black guy living in San Francisco,” Holden said in an interview with Politico late Friday. Holden recalled meeting with Trump at Trump Tower before departing for Atlantic City, New Jersey, where they were planning to tour Trump’s since-closed Taj Mahal casino. Also aboard was Barbara Res, Trump’s former executive vice president of construction, who told Politico that the man on the helicopter was definitely Holden. She recalled Trump joking about Holden being scared on the flight, with Holden noting to Politico that it was Trump who was “scared sh*tless.”

Persons: Sen, Nate Holden, Donald Trump, Trump, Willie Brown, Willie, ” Holden, “, ”, Brown, “ I’ve, ” Brown, ” Trump, Steven Cheung, Holden, Barbara Res, Res Organizations: CNN, Former, San Francisco, Politico, Trump, Atlantic, Taj Locations: Former Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Lago, Florida, Atlantic City , New Jersey, New Jersey

☆ Trump campaign says it has been hacked
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Kate Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said Saturday in a statement that it had been hacked. When asked whether the Trump campaign had been in contact with law enforcement, a campaign official said it would not discuss those kinds of conversations. Politico reported it had received emails that contained internal communications from a senior Trump campaign official and a research dossier the campaign had put together on Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance. The dossier included what the Trump campaign identified as Vance’s potential vulnerabilities. In 2016, days before the Democratic National Convention, WikiLeaks published nearly 20,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee server.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, ” Trump, Steven Cheung, Cheung, “, Trump’s, Trump, Butler, ” Cheung, ”, it’s, Harris, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hillary Clinton, Sen, Bernie Sanders, Wasserman Schultz, Clinton, Kevin Liptak Organizations: CNN, Politico, Democratic, Microsoft, Iranian, U.S, United Nations, FBI, Justice Department, Secret, Biden, Harris Administration, National Security, Trump, White, GOP, Democratic National Convention, WikiLeaks, Democratic National Committee Locations: United States, Iran, Florida, Russia

There, he told a story of a helicopter ride with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown that Mr. Brown denies. “It was Willie Brown,” Mr. Trump, who spent much of the last year hoping to make gains with Black voters, posted. Ms. Res, who also spoke to Politico, recalled that Mr. Trump liked to say that Mr. Holden had “turned white” from fear, but that it was actually Mr. Trump whose face was ashen. Mr. Brown told him he had never been in a helicopter with Mr. Trump. “He was not fan of hers very much, at that point,” Mr. Trump said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Willie Brown, Brown, Donald J, Trump, Witnesses ”, ” Mr, Willie doesn’t, Mr, Nate Holden, Donald, Ivana Trump, Holden, Taj, Trump’s, Robert, Barbara Res, “, wasn’t, ”, ‘, “ Donald, Res, “ ‘, ‘ Willie, “ Willie, anybody’s, Kamala Harris’s, Carlos Avila Gonzalez, Harris Organizations: Lago, San Francisco, Black, The New York Times, The Times, Ambassador, . Credit, Politico, Taj Mahal, Mr, Atlantic City, Trump, Trump . Credit, San Francisco Chronicle, Associated Press Locations: Black California, San Francisco, California, Black, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Holden’s, Manhattan, Atlantic City, N.J, Linden , N.J, Trump ., Alameda County, Oakland

☆ The Trump campaign, citing a Microsoft threat report, says it was hacked and blames 'foreign sources'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe campaign of former President Donald Trump on Saturday said it had been hacked following Politico's receipt of internal campaign documents from an anonymous email account. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. So far, Politico has been unable to pinpoint the identity of the person behind the email account or the individual's reasoning for sending the materials to their outlet. Cheung did not disclose to Business Insider whether the campaign had contacted Microsoft or law enforcement officials. AdvertisementThe report did not identify the presidential campaign that was targeted.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Trump, Steven Cheung, Trump's, Cheung, Robert, Vance, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio Organizations: Service, Politico, Republican National Convention, Business, Democratic, Microsoft, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Trump Locations: Ohio, United States, Iranian, Florida

☆ Trump campaign says it was hacked by foreign actors
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Trump campaign on Saturday said that a foreign hacker had breached its systems and gained access to internal communications. Politico began receiving leaked campaign documents from an anonymous source on July 22, according to the news outlet's report on Saturday. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the Trump campaign had been a target of the Iranian hacking plot. Politico reported that it began receiving Trump campaign documents from an anonymous email account identifying only as "Robert." Politico did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether it was working with the Trump campaign and law enforcement to investigate the hack.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Steven Cheung, Cheung, Robert, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, Jen, that's Organizations: Politico, Democratic, CNBC, Microsoft, Officials, Trump, Federal Bureau of, Infrastructure Security Agency Locations: Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, United States, Iran, Florida

LAS VEGAS — At the largest hacker conference in the world this week, some turned out for a rare overtly partisan event: a fundraiser for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Organizers said the “Hackers for Harris” event, held late Thursday afternoon in a convention center bar at DEF CON, brought in more than $150,000 in pledged donations — a small amount compared to Harris’ recent hauls, but the largest political fundraiser in the conference’s 31-year-history. The hackers’ enthusiasm for Harris contrasts with how much a different tech sector, the cryptocurrency industry, has embraced former President Donald Trump. Some of Trump’s allies drastically misrepresented DEF CON’s findings about election cybersecurity in their failed attempts to prove he had actually won the 2020 election. Last year, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., introduced a failed amendment to stop paying the salary of a relatively unknown career CISA election cybersecurity official.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, Kemba Walden, Trump, Joe Biden’s, Jake Braun, “, Biden, ” Walden, Hillary, Donald Trump, cryptocurrency, Chris Krebs, Andy Biggs, gutting CISA, Walden, —, unapologetically, ” Organizations: VEGAS, Democratic, DEF CON, Biden, DEF, White, NBC News, POLITICO, Republican, Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S, Heritage Foundation

☆ Tim Walz VP announcement sparks huge fundraising among Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

In the three hours after Walz became the VP nominee, Dems raised $6.6 million. Walz leaned on his progressive policies and background as a teacher in his first fundraising blast. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! The news that Harris selected Walz dropped just after 9 am — Business Insider published an article at 9:22 a.m. Eastern Time — and fundraising immediately spiked. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Walz, Dems, —, Tim Walz, Kamala Harris, Harris Organizations: Service, Democratic, Politico, Business

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