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

David Bernhardt

'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, that is not sending a message to employees of DOT that she is making ethics a priority."

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Confront Corruption and Demand Democracy

"R ecent self-dealing, conflicts of interest, and attacks on the rule of law...

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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

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

Warren Leads Probe into Half a Billion in Suspect Loans to Kushner Companies

Newswire

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

Western Values Project

Appointment of Anti-Public Lands Pendley to Top BLM Post is Dangerous

Food & Water Watch

As Climate Alarm Bells Ring, Trump Cheers on Polluters

Greenpeace

Greenpeace Urges Senators to Reject David Bernhardt

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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