2016 US polls

Russian agents created 129 US election events: Facebook to Congress

The social media giant said in September last year that Russians had created several promoted events.

Jan 26, 2018, 10:24 AM IST

'Donald Trump never wanted to be US President, Melania Trump cried after win'

Donald Trump did not want to be the president of the US and the First Lady Melania was in tears 'not of joy' on knowing about the surprising electoral victory last year, according to a new book by an American journalist.

Jan 04, 2018, 11:02 AM IST

Donald Trump dissolves controversial commission set up to probe 'illegal voting' in 2016 US polls

US President Donald Trump has dissolved a controversial commission he had set up to investigate illegal voting in the 2016 election, attributing the move to various states' refusal to participate in the board.

Jan 04, 2018, 10:45 AM IST

'126 mn Facebook users saw Russian ads during 2016 US election'

  As Facebook, Google and Twitter prepared to face questioning on November 1 into Russia's interference in the 2016 US presidential election, the tech giants were planning to tell the lawmakers that the Russian content on their respective platforms reached more users than reported earlier.

Oct 31, 2017, 12:08 PM IST