Tag: Corruption

Four months after Hurricane Maria rolled across the center of Puerto Rico, power is still out for nearly 30 percent of people as the work to restore miles of transmission and distribution lines grinds on. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Energy and Environment

Puerto Rico to privatize bankrupt power utility

Josh Siegel · January 22, 2018 10:55 pm

How Did the FBI Lose Five Months of Text Messages Between Two Trump-Hating Employees?

Andrew Egger · January 22, 2018 7:27 pm

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was indicted on federal corruption charges in 2015. Now, two months after the jury failed to come to a verdict, the Justice Department wants to retry the case. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Justice Department will retry Robert Menendez

Kelly Cohen · January 19, 2018 7:54 pm

Protests erupted three weeks ago as Iranians called for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's resignation due to alleged corruption. Protesters also complained about economic hardships that they said was the result of Khamenei's leadership. (Nima Najafzadeh/Tasnim News Agency via AP)

Iran frees 440 people arrested in December protests

Anna Giaritelli · January 15, 2018 2:26 pm

From Party Hack to Reformer

Kyle Sammin · January 6, 2018 3:04 am

The Princes and the Mullahs

Elliott Abrams · January 5, 2018 9:00 am

Meet the Ex-Con Running for Governor of Connecticut

Alice B. Lloyd · January 4, 2018 9:00 pm

The Trump administration is calling on Iran's government to stop blocking Instagram and other popular social media sites as Iranians demonstrate in the streets. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Trump: Iranian protesters ‘will see great support’ from US

Anna Giaritelli · January 3, 2018 1:53 pm

A wave of protests swept into Tehran, Iran on Saturday, with college students and others chanting against the government just hours after hardliners held their own rally in support of the Islamic Republic's clerical establishment. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Some U.S. media coverage of Iran unrest as sloppy and predictable as you’d imagine

Becket Adams · January 3, 2018 12:27 am

Access is a huge part of what companies pay for when they hire lobbyists — a seat at the table. It is the coin of the realm in the swamp. So, it's certainly unseemly for a president to literally sell access to himself, as President Trump does with his private clubs like Mar-a-Lago (pictured above). And for some customers, it appears that the rewards have been real. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The corrupt pay-to-play at Trump’s private clubs

Timothy P. Carney · January 2, 2018 11:48 pm

Peruvian Parliament to Vote on Whether President Has ‘Permanent Moral Incapacity’

Adam Rubenstein · December 21, 2017 9:45 am

This 2017 photo displays the U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C. A legislative proposal passed 289-135 in the House of Representatives which will require Treasury Department officials to publish a report chronicling the financial assets of Iran's top leaders. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House votes to have Treasury Department publish Iranian leaders’ assets

Joel Gehrke · December 13, 2017 10:36 pm