U.S. intel chief warns of increasing threats to 2024 election

WASHINGTON — The 2024 U.S. election is under threat from a growing number of foreign actors using ever more sophisticated methods to conduct interference, the country's top intelligence official warned Wednesday.

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines singled out Russia, China and Iran as the worst offenders — but added the federal government had never been better prepared to protect American democracy from foreign influence.