Masood Farivar is a Senior Analyst in VOA’s South and Central Asia Division.
States conducting or considering recounts of the 2020 election risk violating federal protections against voter intimidation and other statutes, warning says
Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says there is "general bipartisan support" for congressional action in response to the cybersecurity threat
The policy comes after revelations that the Department of Justice had obtained reporters’ phone and email records under the Trump administration
The theft included information about sensitive technologies that was 'of significant economic benefit to China's companies and commercial sectors,' say Justice Department officials; China has long denied similar allegations
In recent months, lawmakers in Republican-led states have introduced more than 100 bills that would ban school and employer vaccination mandates
Researchers say they assess with "high confidence" that the hackers support Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence collection efforts
President Joe Biden, top advisers discuss ways to rein in cybercriminals
Six conservatives occasionally found common ground with three liberals on High Court
Cybersecurity experts in Tel Aviv traced the attempt to IndigoZebra, a Chinese-speaking group
Pennsylvania woman is accused of breaching the Capitol and filming an assault on a New York Times photographer inside the building
Federal prosecutors and FBI agents are directed to prioritize identifying, investigating and prosecuting threats
President quotes from a 2000 ATF study because in 2003, Congress passed a bill preventing the agency from releasing gun trace data
US president unveils a series of initiatives designed to reduce gun violence
Experts from the two countries will be tasked to work on 'specific understandings of what's off-limits' and to follow up on cyberattacks that originate in either country
Brennan Center survey also finds one in six election officials reported receiving work-related threats
Although the US has not accused the Russian government of direct involvement, some lawmakers say Russia-based cybercriminals often work with the knowledge, if not the complicity, of the Kremlin
Plan allocates over $100 million for domestic terrorism analysts, investigators and prosecutors
Justice Department to double voting rights enforcement staff
Christopher Wray says number of suspected rioters arrested so far is approaching 500
Justice Department requests largest increase in budget for cybersecurity resources in more than a decade
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