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Lula has accused Meta of helping his opponent.

25 octobre 2026 à 18:13

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília. He faces a right-wing candidate in a runoff for Brazil’s presidency.

Judge Restricts D.H.S. Field Operations Aimed at Unearthing Voter Fraud

22 octobre 2026 à 08:06
The ruling largely blocked homeland security agents from carrying out field interviews in nine states, including California, as part of a sprawling effort to find noncitizens registered to vote.

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California voters casting ballots last November in a statewide special election.

A.I. Election Videos Are Flooding Brazil. Could They Sway the Vote?

21 octobre 2026 à 11:42
Brazil spent years targeting electoral lies on the internet. Now, artificial intelligence is stumping the election authorities and reshaping a high-stakes race.

Russia Appears to Step Up Efforts to Influence U.S. Voters

16 octobre 2026 à 14:24
One campaign has created social media posts focusing on U.S. support for Israel to sow discord ahead of the midterm elections.

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American officials say they have identified similar influence campaigns by Russia and others in years past, all trying to create discord over contentious topics.

Vance’s Talarico Attacks Show His Penchant for Personal Broadsides

14 octobre 2026 à 22:09
At a rally in Texas, the vice president suggested the Democratic Senate nominee is gay, a comment criticized as homophobic.

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For weeks, Vice President JD Vance has been road-testing unfounded, innuendo-based salvos against James Talarico.

Brazil’s President Lula Accuses Meta of Helping His Right-Wing Opponent

14 octobre 2026 à 19:12
With a narrow presidential election looming, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his allies claim Meta is trying to give his right-wing rival an advantage.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília on Monday. He is taking on a right-wing candidate in a runoff on Oct. 25.

James Talarico Was Targeted by False Rumor He Was in Ohio

12 octobre 2026 à 20:41
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it was debunked.

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James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, is trying to defeat Ken Paxton, the state’s Republican attorney general, in one of this year’s top races.

Russia’s Silence on Possible Plague Outbreak Stokes Fears of a Cover-Up

8 octobre 2026 à 14:22
As rumors spread about a possible plague outbreak in Siberia, the Kremlin turned to a familiar playbook: offering little information about potential bad news.

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The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. The researcher who died worked in the lab.

Rumors Are Swirling of a Plague Outbreak in Russia. Here’s What We Know.

7 octobre 2026 à 09:16
The country’s consumer watchdog has said only that “an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region” contracted pneumonia.

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An infectious-diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, Russia, on Monday. The mayor has urged residents “not to spread rumors.”
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