The US Justice Department warned every state's chief election official that election administrators could face prosecution in certain circumstances involving noncitizen voting or voter rolls. Officials have viewed the letters as baseless intimidation reut.rs/4yYhb9t

The US Justice Department plans to deploy 1,000 federal election monitors in the midterms — its largest number ever. Reuters examines why some state officials are concerned about how far monitors could go reut.rs/4yYhb9t @specialreports

The Trump administration could pressure election officials or legislators to reject certified midterm results or delay certification based on allegations of fraud or foreign interference, election experts told Reuters reut.rs/4yYhb9t

For years, Donald Trump has cast doubt on US election results he dislikes, often alleging fraud despite failing to prove those claims in court. Election officials and experts are bracing for similar allegations during the midterms. Here's what they say reut.rs/4yYhb9t

Trump has pardoned scores of public officials charged with or convicted of crimes related to corruption. But his clemency skews right. A Reuters analysis shows the vast majority of recipients were Republicans or vocal proponents of his MAGA movement reut.rs/3TSDLBc

Iran is tracking down anti-government protesters at home and abroad. A Reuters examination points to a coordinated campaign by Iran’s security apparatus, judiciary and state broadcaster to instill a climate of fear reut.rs/4i5IRDj

In January, tens of thousands of Iranians protested against an economic collapse they blamed on the government. Nine months later, the country is witnessing its fiercest repression in decades reut.rs/4i5IRDj

On television and online in Iran, the cost of opposition plays endlessly on state media. Confessions, executions, re-enactments of crimes. Many Iranians say it’s working: People tempted to protest are paralyzed with fear reut.rs/4i5IRDj

Iran’s government has withstood months of attacks from the US and Israel. Its resilience isn’t limited to the battlefield; the repressive security and judicial apparatus is successfully hunting down dissident Iranians inside and outside the country reut.rs/4i5IRDj

Tesla is waging a pressure campaign casting European safety regulators reviewing its ‘Full Self-Driving’ technology as feckless bureaucrats. @specialreports found the automaker’s own safety research can't support its crash-reduction claims reut.rs/4AT9ItC

Tesla is running a social-media campaign blaming European traffic deaths on red tape in approving its 'Full Self-Driving' tech. Its safety claims don’t hold up, experts say, but regulators are starting to buckle reut.rs/4AT9ItC

A Reuters investigation debunked Tesla’s flawed US research that its ‘Full Self-Driving’ system is up to 10 times safer than a human driver. Now it’s submitting the same research to European regulators deciding whether to approve FSD reut.rs/4AT9ItC

Reuters found that some White House and intelligence officials believed proving the 2020 election was stolen could bolster efforts to expand federal authority over elections, a power largely reserved to the states reut.rs/4hHBkcA

The limits of Trump's pressure campaign became clear in June when US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told NATO allies that ‘some countries would fail’ the Pentagon’s six-month review of the US military presence in Europe reut.rs/4Ajl8Xh