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Byline: Lisa Rein The Social Security Administration's recently departed inspector general abused her authority and undermined the integrity of her office while under investigation for misconduct, a report from a [...]

Byline: Jacqueline Alemany The House Ethics Committee is still investigating allegations against Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), including that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct and illegal drug use, and [...]

The committee voted unanimously to scrutinize the Texas Democrat's conduct after his indictment this month on federal bribery and corruption charges. The House Ethics Committee has launched an investigation into [...]

RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES We read the news, cut through the noise and provide you the notes. Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman's Government Relations & Regulation [...]

Kyle Parker says he delivered sniper gear as part of his unabashed support for Ukraine. Investigators say there may be ''counterintelligence issues.'' A senior Capitol Hill staff member who is [...]

Byline: BILL CURRY; Staff OTTAWA -- Liberal, Bloc Québécois and NDP MPs suddenly suspended parliamentary hearings related to ArriveCan and contracting misconduct allegations Wednesday after reading what one Liberal described [...]

Byline: Mariana Alfaro and Maegan Vazquez House investigators found 'substantial evidence' that Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) knowingly violated ethics guidelines, House rules and criminal laws, according to a report released [...]

Byline: BILL CURRY; Staff OTTAWA -- Opposition MPs say they will push to hold new public hearings on federal outsourcing after The Globe and Mail reported that both the RCMP [...]

Byline: Matias Grez and Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — FC Barcelona President Joan Laporta is officially being investigated as a 'suspect' in the ongoing alleged improper payment scandal, [...]

Byline: Matias Grez and Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — FC Barcelona President Joan Laporta is officially being investigated as a 'suspect' in an ongoing alleged improper payment scandal, [...]

Byline: Jacqueline Alemany and Amy B Wang WASHINGTON -House Republicans are holding their first hearing Thursday as part of an inquiry into whether to impeach President Biden, which House Oversight [...]

Byline: Mariana Alfaro The House Oversight Committee plans to hold its first hearing next week on a Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Committee spokeswoman Jessica Collins said Tuesday that [...]

Byline: Rex Huppke, USA TODAY After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden - presumably on the grounds of being Hunter-Biden-laptop adjacent - I [...]

Byline: Lisa Rein A top Senate Democrat is demanding answers from Social Security's embattled watchdog about allegations of low productivity, poor morale and retaliation against whistleblowers in her office. In [...]

Byline: Meagan Flynn and Michael Brice-Saddler A majority of D.C. Council members Tuesday called for a broader, independent investigation of allegations of sexual harassment against John Falcicchio, the former top [...]

Byline: PAUL WALDIE; Staff LONDON -- The latest chapter of Boris Johnson's colourful political career came to a humiliating close on Monday after British MPs voted overwhelmingly to sanction the [...]

Afoundational principle of the rule of law in a democracy is transparency. The doors of a court are open, for the most part. Evidence almost always is weighed in public. [...]

Byline: ALANNA SMITH; Staff CALGARY -- Alberta's New Democratic Party is calling for a special prosecutor to investigate Premier Danielle Smith's interference in the justice system, resurfacing a major controversy [...]

Byline: CARLY WEEKS; Staff Canada's drug regulator repeatedly asked to meet with Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos to brief him on proposed drug price reforms last fall, but the requests went [...]

Byline: Timothy Bella In the eight years since he was indicted on charges of securities fraud, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has overcome a mountain of legal troubles and accusations [...]

Byline: Molly Hennessy-Fiske The Texas House impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday over allegations of bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust, a stunning rebuke of the [...]

Byline: Molly Hennessy-Fiske The Texas House plans to vote Saturday on whether to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, presaging a potential state Senate trial that could lead to the ouster [...]

Byline: Molly Hennessy-Fiske The Texas House plans to vote on the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton at 1 p.m. on Saturday, according to a memo released Friday by House [...]

The Republican-led House committee said Ken Paxton's abuses of office rose to the level of possible crimes that warranted an impeachment vote. A Republican-led committee of the Texas House of [...]

A Republican-led investigation on Wednesday accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of committing multiple crimes in office including felonies during an extraordinary public airing of scandal and alleged lawbreaking that [...]

Byline: Azi Paybarah and Molly Hennessy-Fiske A bipartisan, Republican-led committee in the Texas House of Representatives voted Thursday to recommend impeaching embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton, setting the stage for [...]

Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the Republican House speaker of being intoxicated, as he suggested that lawmakers were preparing to impeach him over corruption allegations. The Texas Capitol was unexpectedly [...]

Byline: Azi Paybarah Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday called for the resignation of the top lawmaker in the state House of Representatives, accusing fellow Republican Dade Phelan of [...]

Byline: Mariana Alfaro WASHINGTON - The House Ethics Committee closed its investigation into allegations that Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) had ties to a Chinese intelligence operative. In a letter sent [...]

As Republicans and right-wing news outlets try to paint the bureau as politically biased, powerful members of Congress have trained their sights on a little-known former F.B.I. agent. Over 25 [...]

Rachael S. Rollins, who plans to resign from her office in Boston, tried to aid a political ally, lied under oath and violated the Hatch Act, a pair of government [...]

Byline: WILLOW FIDDLER; Staff THUNDER BAY -- The former grand chief of Northern Ontario's largest Indigenous political group harassed and discriminated against two women staff members, violating code of conduct [...]

Byline: WILLOW FIDDLER; Staff THUNDER BAY -- The Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Northern Ontario's largest Indigenous political organization, was removed from office Thursday after its chiefs-in-assembly reviewed [...]

Byline: Kyle Melnick The Texas House of Representatives will vote this week on whether to expel Rep. Bryan Slaton (R) after a committee unanimously recommended his dismissal over sexual misconduct [...]