Trump admin's retreat from foreign-influence fight is weakening US defenses, sources say

The Trump administration’s retreat from programs that track foreign influence operations has weakened various cross-sector relationships used to identify and confront those campaigns as midterm elections fast approach — even as artificial intelligence makes those operations easier to deploy — multiple sources told Nextgov/FCW.State officials say they are receiving fewer election-specific federal briefings than in previous cycles, while others who track foreign influen