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Foreign threats to the 2020 election looked a lot like Y2K: With high levels of alarm and preparation, the system held off foreign disinformation and cyberattacks. Hiroshi Watanabe/Getty Images hide caption
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Mitch McConnell was elected Jefferson County judge-executive in 1977 and was reelected in 1981. Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption
Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, a former Army Green Beret, has pleaded guilty to passing secret information to Russian intelligence. Alexandria, Va., Sheriff's Office via AP hide caption
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