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Ryan Lovelace

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Ryan Lovelace was a national security reporter for The Washington Times.

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In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian Army on Jan. 19, 2024, a missile is launched during a military drill in southern Iran. The United States and allies are warning Iran that major Western economies will pile new sanctions on Tehran if it moves forward with an emerging plan to provide ballistic missiles to Russia for its war with Ukraine. (Iranian Army via AP)

Biden urges Israel to hold its fire after Iran attack

Iran's attack on Israel is igniting fears of a wider conflict with blowback against Americans, prompting the U.S. government to begin preparing for Israel's next steps while asking the Jewish state to refrain from escalation.

April 14, 2024
Polling officers count votes in New Taipei City, Taiwan, Jan. 13, 2024. Voters in Taiwan recently repelled a wave of disinformation seeking to undermine their democracy ahead of this month's recent election. Experts say Taiwan was able to rebuff China's efforts to meddle with their democracy by taking the challenge of disinformation seriously. In doing so, the island can offer lessons to the U.S. and other nations holding their own elections amid the threat of foreign disinformation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Taiwanese election officials detail China’s efforts to skew electoral campaign

Taiwan's government and civil society organizations say they faced a digital onslaught from China aimed at manipulating voters before the island democracy's hard-fought January elections. A coalition of government officials and independent researchers traveled to Washington this week to share their findings and lessons learned from what they say was Beijing's attempted meddling in Taiwan's elections before America votes in November.

April 8, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the annual meeting of Russian Interior Ministry Board in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia turns to AI system to hunt dissidents, investigation finds

The Kremlin is deploying an artificial intelligence-powered surveillance operation using facial recognition to identify those opposed to the government at public events, according to an analysis of leaked Russian government documents obtained by Estonian journalists.

April 4, 2024