Masood Farivar is a Senior Analyst in VOA’s South and Central Asia Division.
Onetime Green Beret Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins signed pledge to 'serve Russia,' US prosecutors say
Under Barr's Justice Department leadership, the FBI opened nearly 2,500 China-related counter-intelligence cases
There were 7,314 hate crime incidents last year, the most reported since 2008
Michigan judge rejects Republican bid to prevent certification of election results in predominantly Democratic Detroit area, undercutting prospects of similar lawsuit filed by Trump campaign
The Trump campaign’s 105-page complaint advances an untested legal theory about voting by mail while rehashing previous arguments and offering little new evidence of fraud, experts say
While the election had its share of routine voting problems, election officials and voting rights advocates say there is little evidence that the voting and tallying activities were accompanied by rampant fraud
Nevada legal action is campaign’s fourth major lawsuit since Tuesday’s still-undecided presidential election
Legal experts say Trump could not directly petition the high court to halt vote counting in a legally constituted election, but the threat suggests the Trump campaign is bracing for a protracted legal battle
With results of presidential election still unresolved, officials remain on alert for the possibility of unrest, potential violence
Many voters have grown jittery in the wake of a spate of recent incidents pitting supporters of President Donald Trump against Democratic voters backing former Vice President Joe Biden
Balllots in some states could be subject to a recount and potential legal challenges
With more than half of US voters casting ballots early or by mail, even more absentee ballots are being tossed out in key battleground states
The defendants are accused of trying to coerce a US resident and his family to return to China
FBI says the effort was a cyber campaign by Iran to intimidate US voters
Overall, Biden campaign has raised $809 million, more than any other candidate in US history, excluding self-funding billionaire Michael Bloomberg
Anti-trust lawsuit alleges Google monopolizes online search and search advertising; Google calls suit 'deeply flawed'
Officials say the cyber campaign represented ‘the most disruptive and destructive series of computer attacks ever attributed to a single group’
Voting rights groups are concerned about harassment and intimidation
Mounting litigation underscores political stakes, foreshadows possible drawn-out post-Election Day fight if results of presidential contest are close
Militant group planned to take Gretchen Whitmer to a secluded location to be tried for ‘treason,’ criminal complaint says
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