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With Threats to Midterms, States Say Trump Isn’t Helping

October 4, 2026 · 6:17 am ET · Leave a Comment

“U.S. intelligence agencies are monitoring schemes by Russia and other adversaries to meddle in the midterm elections, but countering those threats has been complicated by the Trump administration’s slashing of the federal government’s election security infrastructure,” the Washington Post reports.

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