Masood Farivar is a Senior Analyst in VOA’s South and Central Asia Division.
US president says sanctions will remain until Iran 'changes its behavior'
Bolton's testimony could be a game changer for the Democrats — or a dud
Jewish community has been most frequent target of hate crimes amid resurgence in anti-Semitism, according the report by Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism
Democrats are demanding an agreement in advance to subpoena witnesses and documents during the proceeding
As head of Supreme Court, Justice John Roberts, a Republican appointee, has taken pains in recent years to explain that the court is not a partisan bench, but a body of judicial 'umpires' calling balls and strikes
Angry at what they describe as the FBI's abuse of its authority to monitor former Trump campaign aide Carter Page during the campaign, Republicans are clamoring the loudest for reform
Report says that while FBI legitimately opened probe of suspected ties between Trump campaign and Russia with no political animus toward Trump, some lower-level investigators erred during surveillance of a onetime campaign aide
In opting for a narrow rather than a broad set of charges, Democrats sought to blunt Republican criticism that the impeachment proceeding against Trump is a reckless attempt to undo a democratically elected president, according to some experts
But the report also sharply criticized the FBI for its handling of a court-authorized surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser during its probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election
Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev are accused of having targeted American banks and businesses with malicious software tools for more than nine years
So far this year, the department has brought international corruption charges against 34 individuals and obtained a record 30 guilty pleas by individuals in similar cases
The 300-page report, released Tuesday, accuses President Donald Trump of 'misconduct' in seeking Ukrainian political interference in the 2020 presidential election and then relentlessly trying to 'obstruct' Congress *VOA is streaming the hearing LIVE
Under the US Constitution, a president can be impeached for bribery, extortion and 'other high crimes and misdemeanors'
Some Democratic presidential candidates apologize for past support of controversial crime and policing policies while President Trump boasts of signing criminal justice reform
Haroon Ullah pleaded guilty in June of receiving tens of thousands of dollars by submitting falsified invoices and by billing the government for personal trips to promote his book
Nine current and former US officials testified this week before House committees investigating President Trump for possible impeachment
The legion of top US officials well aware of President Donald Trump’s efforts this summer to get Ukraine to carry out investigations that would help Trump politically ranged from Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney
Gordon Sondland's testimony could solidify or undermine House Democrats' case against Trump
Marie Yovanovitch previously testified behind closed doors about Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and probe a discredited conspiracy theory regarding the 2016 presidential election
These diplomats have previously testified behind closed doors about Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, and probe a discredited conspiracy theory regarding the 2016 president election
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