"I am a realist about it. Joe is a realist about it,'' the California senator said during an interview with CNN's State of the Union that aired Sunday.

Intelligence officials confirmed in recent days that foreign actors are actively seeking to compromise the private communications of “U.S. political campaigns, candidates and other political targets” while working to compromise the nation’s election infrastructure

An expert called the case one of the first to publicly reveal evidence of clandestine Indian foreign influence targeted at Canadian politicians.

Some efforts included removing four networks of fake, misinformation-spreading accounts and adding a special security tool for elected officials and candidates that monitors their accounts for hacking attempts.

Amid the legal skirmishing, it was a day of verbal fireworks.

Freeland suggested the comments by the fired former Canadian ambassador to China were "inappropriate."

There are new rules out Tuesday for when Canadians will be informed of foreign interference attempts during the federal election. 

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday reversed course over whether he would report any foreign interference in a political campaign to U.S. law enforcement

FEC chair Ellen Weintraub after Donald Trump's remarks: "This is not a novel concept."

U.S. President Donald Trump pledged Monday not to use information stolen by foreign adversaries in his 2020 reelection campaign, even as he wrongly insisted he hadn't used such information to his benefit in 2016.