Masood Farivar is a Senior Analyst in VOA’s South and Central Asia Division.
Justice Department set up task force in April to combat ransomware
Mayorkas also announces new intelligence unit on domestic extremism
China spent nearly $64 million on propaganda, lobbying in US last year
Washington, DC, Virginia and Connecticut consulted Cynthia Lee’s model statute before crafting new legislation
Chauvin, former Minneapolis police officer, also charged in 2017 violent arrest of a teenager
Senior US Justice Department official says the number of arrests continues to grow
The surge follows a similar spike in major US cities last year
But the tally of 2,024 incidents is the third highest on record
Justice Department announces federal probe of policing practices in Louisville, Kentucky
Bill would create Department of Justice position to hurry review of pandemic-related hate crimes against Asians
Vote was 94-1; Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri was only lawmaker to vote against bill
Investigation announced after former Officer Derek Chauvin is found guilty in George Floyd's death
Jurors deliberated for little more than 10 hours over course of two days before convicting former police officer of murdering George Floyd
Juries are reluctant to second-guess the split-second decisions of police officers in potentially violent street encounters
Christopher Wray tells congressional hearing on global terror threats that a fully unclassified version of the federal assessment will be released 'shortly'
Stewart Rhodes has not been charged in the January 6 riots, but as prosecutors have homed in on him, he has sought to distance himself from what he has cast as an operation gone wrong
Six more Oath Keepers investigated for involvement
Former Army paratrooper and Yale Law School graduate Stewart Rhodes predicts he might land behind bars because of his role in January 6 riot at US Capitol
Yet the overall number of anti-Jewish attacks decreased elsewhere around the globe
Anti-Defamation League report comes amid growing concern about right-wing extremism in US
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