U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces charges against three Iranian operatives for hacking Trump campaign – September 27, 2024

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• U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced today that three Iranian operatives have been charged with hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign as part of what the Justice Department says was a sweeping effort to undermine the former president and erode confidence in the U.S. electoral system.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met face-to-face with former President Donald Trump today, despite rising public tensions between the two over Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion and amid the U.S. presidential election.
• The U.S. announced an agreement with the Iraqi government to conclude the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group by next year.
• Vice President Kamala Harris is making her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, aiming to confront immigration, one of her biggest vulnerabilities ahead of the November election.
• Prisoner rights advocates sued the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, seeking to stop the agency from using a rule intended to keep ex-felons off prison grounds as a tool to suppress constitutionally protected protests and speech.

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