Corruption
Tracking the scourge of corruption and croneyism in government.
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Saudi-backed lobbyist paid for 500 rooms at Trump's D.C. hotel just after 2016 election
Lobbyists representing the Saudi government reserved blocks of rooms at President Donald Trump's D.C. hotel within a month of Trump's election in 2016.
Lobbyists representing the Saudi government reserved blocks of rooms at President Donald Trump's D.C. hotel within a month of Trump's el…
American taxpayers paid over $90 billion more under Trump tax law
Despite the majority of Americans receiving a tax cut, the IRS pulled in an additional $93 billion for 2018 from taxpayers on individual income taxes than it did for 2017, according to new data from the IRS. This is in part thanks to the Treasury Department processing 1.5% more individual return…
Robert Mueller submits Russia report: Live updates
Special counsel Robert Mueller has finished his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Mueller's confidential report has been delivered to Attorney General William Barr, the Justice Department announced Friday. Follow here for the latest.
Trump 2020 budget: Which department budgets would be cut
The Trump administration released its 2020 budget request on Monday, proposing major cuts to federal government spending. While the cuts are unlikely to become reality — Congress has rejected many of Trump’s previous requests — the budget is an important signal of the administration’s priorities…
Amazon’s Retreat on New York City Headquarters Followed Unexpected Backlash
Amazon on Thursday canceled its plans to build an expansive corporate campus in New York City after facing an unexpectedly fierce backlash from lawmakers, progressive activists and union leaders, who contended that a tech giant did not deserve nearly $3 billion in government incentives.
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House Republicans Warn That Bill Combating Big Money in Politics “Resembles Russian Government Policy”
Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform denounced a major new initiative by Democrats to clean up elections and expand voter participation as a power grab that will corrupt the political process and infringe on the rights of free speech and association.
In …
Lyft sues to block NYC's driver minimum wage law
New York (CNN)Lyft is suing the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission over its first-of-a-kind driver minimum wage law, claiming its implementation would hurt its business.
The agency voted on a minimum pay formula in December to protect ridehailing drivers from being underpaid by co…
UN court judge quits The Hague citing political interference
A senior judge has resigned from one of the UN’s international courts in The Hague citing “shocking” political interference from the White House and Turkey.
Christoph Flügge, a German judge, claimed the US had threatened judges after moves were made to examine the conduct of US soldiers …
Shutdown continues: Senate blocks bills to fund government amid fight over Trump border wall
There is no clear path to ending the partial government shutdown, the longest funding lapse in U.S. history.
The Senate blocked dueling bills to fund the government on Thursday, leaving no clear path to ending the longest government shutdown ever.
Both a Republican-backed proposa…
Donald Trump has to rig every game he plays, president's biographer tells CNN's Don Lemon
One of Donald Trump’s biographers has said he is not surprised the president has been implicated in opinion poll tampering, suggesting Trump cheats at every available opportunity.
According to a Wall Street Journal report Thursday, Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen said he paid an IT w…
Witch hunt or mole hunt? Times bombshell blows up all theories
The latest news about the president could prove to be the greatest example of cognitive bias in history.
The New York Times has published another bombshell with a story that President Trump was named as a possible national security threat in a counterintelligence operation that was launc…
Transcripts detail how FBI debated whether Trump was 'following directions' of Russia
Transcripts of two FBI officials closed-door congressional interviews reveal agency officials were looking into President Trump's relationship with Russia.
In the chaotic aftermath at the FBI following Director James Comey's firing, a half-dozen senior FBI officials huddled to set in mot…
Michael Cohen, former Trump attorney, gets 3 years in prison for tax fraud, campaign finance violations, lying
Michael Cohen, the president’s former fixer who once famously claimed he was willing to "take a bullet" for Donald Trump before later turning against his boss, was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday by a federal judge in New York after pleading guilty to numerous crimes while cooperati…
Mueller news: Michael Flynn sentencing memo expected Tuesday
It’s been a long year since Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn agreed to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation — and in that time, we’ve gotten no confirmation of what that cooperation entailed.
But on Tuesday, Mueller’s office is due to file a…
Mueller says Manafort lied after pleading guilty, should be sentenced immediately
The reversal exposes Manafort, 69, to more than a decade in prison and potentially sets back the Russia probe.
Prosecutors with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III said Monday that Paul Manafort breached his plea agreement, accusing President Trump’s former campaign chairman of lying r…
Texas voters casting early ballots claim voting machines are switching their ballot choices
Some Texas voters are complaining that machines flipped their straight-ticket selections to the other party in key races during early voting, especially the much-watched Senate battle between Republican incumbent Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O'Rourke.
The Texas secretary of state's office …
Trump 2020 budget: Which department budgets would be cut

House Republicans Warn That Bill Combating Big Money in Politics “Resembles Russian Government Policy”
Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform denounced a major new initiative by Democrats to clean up elections and expand …

Republicans are stripping power from incoming Democrats in Wisconsin and Michigan
Democrats won upset gubernatorial elections in Wisconsin and Michigan last month, while Republicans managed to hold on to control of both chambers of…
Report: Saudi royals turn on king's favourite son after killing

Saudi Arabia prosecutor seeks death for 5 accused in Jamal Khashoggi killing
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor is recommending the death penalty for five suspects charged with ordering and carrying o…

Possible motive? Khashoggi was to disclose Saudi use of chemical arms’
Jamal Khashoggi was to disclose use of chemical weapons by the Saudi regime in Yemen, a source says. British Sunday Express weekly reported that a…