Dismantling of federal efforts to monitor election interference creates opening for foreign meddling

NEW YORK (AP) — When a suspicious video of ballots being ripped up in Pennsylvania gained attention on social media last October, federal agencies responded quickly and called it out as Russian disinformation. On Election Day in November, bomb threats to polling places in numerous states caused relatively few disruptions to voting. It’s one of the many scenarios covered by the nation’s cybersecurity agency in its outreach to state and local officials. The future of that assistance is now uncertain. Ali Swenson and Christina A. Cassidy, The Associated Press. 

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