Masood Farivar is a Senior Analyst in VOA’s South and Central Asia Division.
Whistleblower's central claim is that Trump is 'using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 election'
US Constitution gives Congress power to oust president for 'treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors'
Complaint reportedly involves allegation that president, in a July 25 phone call to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, repeatedly pressed him to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter at a time Kyiv was eagerly anticipating $250 million in US military aid
The department files a lawsuit against the City of Troy, a town of 80,000 north of Detroit, under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
The FBI disclosed the name of a Saudi official believed to have helped two of the 19 hijackers who carried out the terror attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001
Yu Zhou and Li Chen were arrested in July on charges of stealing trade secrets from a research institute at the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio
Prosecutors have successfully charged dozens of IS sympathizers with providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations, but they cannot bring similar charges against white nationalists
Four-month global operation netted total of 281 arrests, including 167 in Nigeria and 74 in the United States, as well as in Turkey, Ghana, France, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia and Britain
Findings contradict Trump administration’s assertion that it has helped halt a violent crime 'epidemic'
Matthew Petersen, Republican vice chairman of the six-member Federal Election Commission, resigned from his post, leaving the body without the four members needed to carry out its key functions
While almost everyone targeted by special counsel Robert Mueller had close ties to President Donald Trump’s orbit, the prominent Washington lawyer was unlikely to get entangled
Justice Department watchdog says memo documenting Comey's conversation with Trump about the Flynn investigation was unclassified
Playboy magazine correspondent Brian Karem had his credentials pulled for 30 days after getting into shouting match with a conservative radio host
In the last 10 months, US has brought charges against Chinese nationals and entities in at least seven separate economic espionage cases, up from three during the prior 10 months
In burgeoning underworld of online fraud, LA-based Nigerian nationals Velentine Iro and Chukwudi Christogunus Igbokwe were known by pseudonyms ‘Iro Enterprises’ and ‘Chris Kudon’
Thomas Henderson, two accomplices allegedly exploited controversial government-sponsored visa program for wealthy foreigners
Many believe Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson and its aftermath have brought needed attention to problem of ballooning fees, fines from traffic stops and other minor violations
Criminal justice activists have long complained that in the United States, routine traffic violations can turn poor people into criminals. The inability to pay fines leads to more fines and penalties, often turning communities against law enforcement. In Ferguson, Missouri, the unrelated shooting death of an unarmed black man five years ago led the community and the police to reassess these practices, sparking a national conversation. Masood Farivar reports.
Five years ago, the town of Ferguson, Missouri, made international headlines when a local white officer shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, triggering waves of riots. Masood Farivar recently visited to see what has changed in a town that has become a flashpoint for America's struggles with poverty and race.
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