Ex-Security Chief's Lawsuit over Alabama Governor's Alleged Affair Exposes Corruption of Government
Government corrupts.
Freedom of the press, government accountability and transparency, and economic freedom have all been trending down, while corruption is trending up.
Progress in spite of government not because of it.
The weekend reactions are both a reminder and a preview of how Clinton handles a scandal.
80 percent of Chicago aldermen blew off the annual ethics board hearing after it ruled they had to buy tickets on the open market like everybody else.
Peacefully, at the polls-not with swords and cannons and Johnny Depp.
Resigned after being convicted.
Officers also say they were retaliated against for speaking up about the situation.
The Democratic nominee continues to minimize her email "mistake" and misrepresents what she said about the disadvantages of truth in politics.
Three U.S. police units facing new, multi-officer sexual-misconduct allegations
Courage House received about $9,100 in government support per month per girl it took in.
Oakland aims to shame "johns" with an anonymous online reporting system that triggers police warning letters.
"If we don't have a witness," said Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, "we can't prosecute these cases."
Four Oakland police officers have been fired and seven others suspended without pay.
Celeste Guap claims she was flown to Florida for drug treatment by California police. Now she's in jail on a $300,000 bond.
Former city commissioner gets 10 years for taking $2 million bribe, while Chicago made $285 million from red light cams last year.
Dozens paid lots of money and got meetings.
Clinton campaign says foundation will stop taking foreign donations, only if she wins.
Like paying "LeBron James' free agent salary and getting me," says state auditor
Both Bill and Hillary Clinton continue to thrive despite their remarkable record of sleazy dealings.
The deputy, who is also a city councilman, owns a private ambulance company currently engaged in a lawsuit with the employer of the driver he detained.
"Buying a teen for sex is child abuse," warned Oakland city billboards as its police force passed around a teenager for sex.
The city has spent nearly $2 million on leave pay plus legal costs.
Alleged misconduct ranges from paying for sex to forcible rape, extorting sex through threats of arrest, and sex with underage girls.
A Brooklyn man is arrested for paying cops to "expedite" pistol permit applications, a business created by arbitrary regulations.
Lower house votes to impeach Brazilian president over massive corruption scandal.
Reports of negligent civilian authorities in military sexual-assault cases were overblown or unverifiable.
Feds say he committed fraud to make citizens pay for a ballpark they overwhelmingly voted to not publicly finance.
Governments will seek to focus on general tax evasion charges to distract from evidence of corruption by public officials.
While cracking down on prostitution in Michigan, Stuart Dunnings III was routinely shelling out money for sexual services, authorities say.
A federal investigation could still yield him and others in government.
The secretary of state turned 2016 presidential candidate is smart, shrewd, and experienced enough to recognize a state secret when she sees one.
Lawmakers could get immunity from crimes if they ask for "informal opinions" first.
There's been a relentless barrage of bad legal news for Clinton lately.
Politically, Clinton has lost the final argument in her public arsenal-that she did not recognize top-secret data unless it was marked as top secret.
NYRoB article details the power couple's dirty-Davos-style fundraising machinery
Legislators want civil fines as option if agency provides bad information
One powerful man's corruption and brutality
The failure to safeguard state secrets is an area of the law in which the federal government has been aggressive to the point of being merciless.
A viral outrage story from last month wasn't all it claimed, but the truth is still disturbing.
Despite unsubstantiated claims that police planted evidence on black men, credible accusations of systemic racism and police malfeasance remain.
While we've been fixated on Trump, federal prosecutors continue to examine Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
Who watches the watchmen? Whoever is doing deals with them, off the books.
Nearly 1,000 officers were fired for sex crimes or sexual misconduct from 2009 through 2014, and a third of the incidents involved children.