Meta said the Iranian hackers who targeted both Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns also tried to target some of the Biden and Trump administration staff. In an update on its threat disruption efforts, Meta said it found a “small cluster of likely social engineering activity” on WhatsApp that its security team blocked after receiving and...

Dr. Phil McGraw will air interviews with former President Trump and former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the coming days after Kennedy announced he was suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump. Trump’s interview with McGraw will air on Aug. 27 and Kennedy’s will air on Aug. 28. They will air on Merit...

An Alabama man who was charged with detonating an explosive device outside the state attorney general’s office pleaded guilty on Friday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale, Ala., pleaded guilty in federal court to the “malicious use” of an explosive, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a release. “This defendant built a bomb...

Senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman said former President Trump is “clearly jarred” by the momentum from Vice President Harris’s campaign following an energetic few weeks and the Democratic National Convention (DNC.) Haberman joined CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Friday to discuss Trump’s call into Fox News and Newsmax immediately following Harris’s Thursday evening speech where she...

Former President Trump on Friday complained that the Obamas were "nasty" in their Democratic convention speeches and ribbed his advisers for suggesting he stick to policy instead of personal attacks. "He was nasty to me. He was nasty. Michelle was nasty. They’re all nasty," Trump said at a rally in Arizona, referencing speeches delivered earlier...

Senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman said independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropping out of the race and endorsing former President Trump makes sense because they are “two very transactional people.” Haberman joined CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Friday to discuss the news of Kennedy withdrawing his long-shot bid and unusual endorsement of Trump. “So, Wolf,...