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Trump: Taxpayer Bailout for My Hotels Is Capitalism, But Ordering Industries to Produce Medical Supplies Is Un-American Socialism

US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House on March 22, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo: Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images)

'As Corrupt as It Gets': Oil Lobbyist Turned Interior Chief Proposes Giving 'Coveted' Contract to Ex-Client

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

David Bernhardt

Critics called on Congress to open an investigation immediately.

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'The Road to Tyranny Is Paved With Corrupt Intentions': Transportation Secretary Chao Still Profiting From Asphalt-Construction Giant

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao

"For the head of the DOT to have a financial interest in an asphalt company,...

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'Trump-Proofing the Presidency': New Report Details How to Stymie the Next Deeply Unethical Person Elected to the White House

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Trump-Proofing the Presidency

"The only silver lining is that because of Trump, we now know how to strengthen...

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Confront Corruption and Demand Democracy

'Our Democracy Is Under Attack': Broad Coalition Hosts 175+ Anti-Corruption Vigils Nationwide

Ivanka, Jared

"Humble Public Servants"? While "Unpaid" by White House, Trump Advisers Jared and Ivanka Hauled in at Least $82 Million Last Year

Warren

Vowing to 'Padlock Revolving Door' in DC, Warren Teases New Anti-Corruption Legislation

Scott Pruitt, Courtside Seats, Corruption, and—Oh, Yeah—the Destruction of the Planet

Ivanka Trump at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games

Ivanka's Ethical Conflicts Under Scrutiny Again Amid New Trademarks in China

Trump bribes protest

'Shameless Self-Dealing': Report Shows President's Businesses Earned Millions From Spending by Trump Campaign

condo

Calls for Pruitt to Resign After Reports of 'Sweetheart' Rental From Energy Lobbyist's Wife

As Corruption Lawsuit Proceeds, Trump's Hotel Marked 'Crime Scene' in Latest Projected Protest

'Not Above the Law': In Historic Ruling, Federal Judge Rules Corruption Suit Against Trump Can Proceed

Jared Kushner

After Public Outcry, White House Ethics Office Probes Suspicious Loans to Kushner Companies

Trump iceberg

'Tip of the Iceberg': Watchdog Files Ethics Complaints Targeting 30 Lobbyists in Trump Administration

Ivanka

Like Father, Like Daughter: Ivanka Accused of Violating Emoluments Clause

Newswire

Patriotic Millionaires

Burr and Loeffler Insider Trading Requires "Resignation and Prosecution"...

Public Citizen

Dirty Energy Dominates Interior Department Meetings 12-to-1

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

New Report: Trump Has Accumulated 3,000 Conflicts of Interest

Democracy 21

Democracy 21 Files Complaint Against Attorney General Barr for Repeated Failures to Comply with DOJ Norms, Rules and Standards of Conduct

Western Values Project

Trump Gifts Interior Secretary Bernhardt Long-Desired Rollbacks to America’s Bedrock Environmental Law

U.S. Right to Know

Groups to CDC: Stop Falsely Claiming Not to Accept Corporate Money

Views

Erika González, Sriram Madhusoodanan

Meet the Big Polluters Sponsoring COP25

Jill Richardson

The EPA’s War on Science Continues

Alison Rose Levy

The Incredible Belief That Corporate Ownership Does Not Influence Media Content

Tom Engelhardt

On the Precipice: The Collective Asteroid of Human History

Jim Hightower

Why Would We Trust Plutocrats to Save Us From Plutocracy?

Jesse Jackson

As Climate Crisis Thrashes Planet, Never a Leader So Divorced From Reality as Trump

Ryan Cooper

Donald Trump Is Picking Your Pocket

Rob Boston

Federal Appeals Court Green Lights Discrimination Against Non-Theists

Alexander Sammon

Progressives Shouldn’t Be Interested in John Hickenlooper for Senate

John Buell

Trump Is Deregulating the Nation Toward Disaster