Masood Farivar is a Senior Analyst in VOA’s South and Central Asia Division.
Law enforcement agencies report 7,120 bias-motivated offenses to FBI in 2018, down from 7,175 in 2017
Lawmakers' strongest tool is the subpoena — a legal order to appear before a congressional committee
US State Department is mobilizing global partners to combat extremist organizations
FBI overall is investigating nearly 5,000 cases of domestic and international terrorism
Many Americans wonder exactly what federal investigators are looking into months after special counsel Robert Mueller concluded his inquiry into Russian interference in 2016 US election
New probe grew out of an internal Justice Department review of the origins of former special counsel's Russia election-meddling investigation that concluded in March
Lawmakers writing articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump must decide between narrow and broad strategy
Impeachment critics say Constitution gives the president nearly unrestrained power over foreign policy
Number of people charged with hate crimes annually has dropped by 38% in recent years
A Florida man wanted in a campaign finance case involving associates of President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is in federal custody
South Korean operator of Welcome to Video is now serving 18-month prison sentence
Two Florida-based businessmen, Ukrainian-born Lev Parnas and Belarus-born Igor Fruman, made hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions to pro-Trump Republican campaigns
The two men allegedly helped Giuliani investigate corruption allegations against former vice president Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden
Government system designed to protect employees who expose wrongdoing
Abortion case challenges Louisiana law that requires abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at local hospitals
For months, President Trump has sought to undermine Joe Biden’s front-running candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination with broadsides, suggesting unfounded corrupt practices by both father and son
Agreement is first of its kind under CLOUD Act, law passed by Congress last year that has been severely criticized by some European countries for threatening privacy rights
Critics say abuse has trickled down through US immigration system where authorities often treat Red Notices as arrest warrants to target asylum seekers
There were an estimated 369 violent crimes per 100,000 residents in 2018, a decline of 3.9 percent from 2017 and a decline of nearly 15 percent from 2009
Attorney general is mentioned several times in both a copy of the complaint and a rough White House memorandum of a July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in which Trump urged Zelenskiy to talk to Barr and Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, about investigating Joe Biden and his son
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