In just a few days, Donald Trump appeared to lay waste to decades-long American efforts to crack down on public and private corruption within the U.S. and abroad with a series of actions that experts ...

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. This week, Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy spoke with ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a pardon from President Isaac Herzog for a series of long running ...

Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez applauds at the start of the investiture debate at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) (CN) — It’s ...

On Monday, President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice dropped fraud charges against New York City Mayor Eric ...

In 1905, George Washington Plunkitt made arguably the most famous defense of political graft in American history. “Everybody is talkin’ these days about Tammany men growin’ rich on graft,” the New ...

Governments must now choose: keep political money largely hidden, or adopt the basic transparency needed to sustain public ...

The so-called “Gilded Age” in America was noted for the flourishing of corruption. At his inauguration, President Trump declared America was entering a “Golden Age” under his leadership. Judging from ...

(INSIDE CALIFORNIA POLITICS) — Reactions are pouring in after former Health and Human Services Secretary and Candidate for governor, Xavier Becerra, sat down for an exclusive one-on-one interview with ...

Governor Newsom's former chief of staff facing charges in *** federal investigation, one of the most powerful people in California's political system accused of fraud, conspiracy, obstruction of ...

Residents, advocates and business leaders shared mixed views on the federal charges against Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins, ranging from bewilderment at the alleged corruption to doubts on the ...

Beset by scandal at home and under U.S. pressure to reach a deal to end the Russian invasion, Volodymyr Zelensky is facing one of the most hazardous moments of his presidency.