US intel officials: Kremlin once again prefers Trump

U.S. intelligence officials assess that Russia remains the most active foreign influence actor targeting U.S. politics, including AI-enabled propaganda efforts, while prosecutors seized two domains tied to a Russian operation; China is proceeding cautiously and Iran is acting as a chaos agent amplifying protests, with no evidence of attempts to disrupt election infrastructure. Recent reporting by Microsoft and Meta aligns with these findings, and Chinese actors are expanding social media data collection capabilities while emulating tactics such as hack-and-leak in other elections.