List of Corruption articles
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Wynn Resorts Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn speaks at the Global Gaming Expo 2014 at The Venetian Las Vegas on September 30, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) The Chinese Have Cracked the Code for Communicating With Trump
Stephen Wynn, who has financial interests in China, seems to be doing Beijing’s bidding.
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Chongqing Communist Party Secretary Chen Miner attends the 19th Party Congress in Beijing on Oct. 19. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) Xi Jinping Has Quietly Chosen His Own Successor
Meet Chen Miner, the man who has been getting groomed to run China — without anyone in the West seeming to notice.
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Marked ballot papers sit in piles at the Twalemishe school polling station in Kamalondo district of Lubumbashi on November 29, 2011. Monitors reported widespread fraud in Democratic Republic of Congo elections and presidential rivals demanded an annulment as votes were counted Tuesday in polling marred by deadly violence. AFP PHOTO / PHIL MOORE (Photo credit should read PHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images) How Ballots Are Being Used to Delay the Congolese Election
Elections cost too much, the government says. But the years-long delay is more likely a power grab.
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Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump visits his Scottish golf course, Turnberry, with his children Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump on July 30, 2015 in Ayr, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) U.S. Losing Legitimacy as Corruption Fighter, Experts Say
Once a shining beacon, the United States now offers an excuse for behaving badly.
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The parliament building is pictured on October 29, 2016 in Reykjavik during the snap general election. Icelanders voted in a snap election that could see the anti-establishment Pirate Party form the next government in the wake of the Panama Papers tax-dodging scandal and lingering anger over the 2008 financial meltdown. / AFP / Halldor KOLBEINS (Photo credit should read HALLDOR KOLBEINS/AFP/Getty Images) Icelandic Government Collapses Amid Pedophilia Scandal
The Icelandic prime minister’s links to a convicted rapist have once again put the democracy’s accountability to the test.
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NEWARK, NJ - SEPTEMBER 06: U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) (L) exits federal court on the first day of his trial on corruption charges on September 6, 2017 in Newark, New Jersey. Menendez is accused of accepting bribes in regard to his relationship with campaign donor Salomon Melgen, a Florida-based ophthalmologist. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images) Senator’s Corruption Trial Reveals State Department Favors
Menendez stands accused of using his oversight role to guarantee visas and business transactions for friend.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani reacts to a standing ovation at the conclusion of his address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress March 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. Ghani told members of Congress his country owed the United States a 'profound debt' for the more than 2,300 U.S. soldiers who have died to 'advance the cause of freedom'. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) In Afghanistan, Reform Can’t Come Fast Enough
The Ghani government is embarking on an ambitious plan to combat corruption and incompetence. It’s going to need America’s help.
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netanyahu Netanyahu’s Inner Circle Is Fleeing Like Rats on the Titanic
Faced with mounting scandal, the Israeli prime minister is lashing out at "fake news" and alleging a witch hunt. But can the Trump defense save him?
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Parliamentary officials prepare the chamber for voting prior to an unsuccessful vote of no-confidence against President Jacob Zuma on August 8, 2017 in the South African National Assembly in Cape Town. South Africa President Jacob Zuma on August 8 survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence, as ruling ANC party lawmakers stuck by their leader despite growing divisions and fierce criticism of his rule. Baleka Mbete, the Speaker of parliament, announced that the motion had been defeated, with 177 votes supporting and 198 votes against it. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / MARK WESSELS (Photo credit should read MARK WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images) South African President Survives Sixth No-Confidence Vote
The opposition comes as close as it ever has to removing Jacob Zuma from office.
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South Korea's president-elect Park Geun-Hye waves to supporters as she arrives to deliver a victory speech on a stage in the centre of Seoul on December 19, 2012. South Korea elected its first female president on December 19, handing a slim but historic victory to conservative ruling party candidate Park Geun-Hye, daughter of the country's former military ruler. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) South Korean Spy Agency Admits to Meddling in 2012 Election
The presidency may never have been meant for Park Geun-hye after all.
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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 22: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrives at the White House October 22, 2015 in Washington, DC. The Prime Minister participated in a bi-lateral meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) The Downfall of Nawaz Sharif and the Triumph of Stupidity
Pakistan’s democracy is stronger with the removal of the prime minister on corruption charges. But the primacy of the armed forces remains intact.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 19: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller testifies during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee June 19, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Mueller confirmed that the FBI uses drones for domestic surveillance during the hearing on FBI oversight. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) How Will Trump’s Attack Dogs Affect Mueller’s Russia Investigation?
The special counsel has a mammoth job, and the president has just warned him of what he long suspected: He may not have much time.
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GettyImages-157872419crop The Magnitsky Affair and Russia’s Original Sin
Sergei Magnitsky's death at the hand of the state exposed the rot at the heart of Moscow. Its ripple effects have shaped Russian foreign and domestic policy ever since.
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US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) The Seven Circles of Donald Trump’s Russia Inferno
We now know that the president wasn’t ignorant of his campaign’s contacts with Moscow’s intelligence agents. But, on a scale, how complicit was he?
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Republican nominee Donald Trump (R) stands with his son Donald Trump Jr. after the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York on September 26, 2016. / AFP / Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images) What Did Trump Know About His Son’s Meeting, and When Did He Know It?
The administration has resorted to slippery statements and obfuscations, but the truth is closing in around it.
