A court has found Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced the former French president to three years in prison with two of them suspended. France’s president from 2007 to 2012 was accused of forging a “corruption pact” with his lawyer and a senior magistrate. Judges said there was “serious evidence” of collaboration between the three men to break the law.

A grand jury in California's Santa Clara County has indicted Thomas Moyer, Apple's head of global security, for bribery. Moyer is accused of offering 200 iPads to the Santa County Sheriff's office in exchange for concealed carry permits for four Apple employees.

How Big Oil and Big Soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades

The email went out from senior Environmental Protection Agency officials to Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, responding to questions she had about a funding matter. But the acknowledgment email the EPA got back a few hours later wasn’t from the ambassador. By Ellen Knickmeyer.

Thanks to the diligence of one assistant state attorney, 119 cases were thrown out and the officer is under state investigation. By Katie Rose Quandt.

The planes have had several previously unreported ‘category 1’ flaws—military parlance for issues that can prevent a pilot from accomplishing their mission. By David Axe.

The FBI, Department of Homeland Security and other agencies have known for years that Saudi diplomats were helping Saudi fugitives. But Washington avoided even raising the problem out of concern that it might hurt Saudi cooperation in the fight against terrorism. By Sebastian Rotella, Tim Golden, Shane Dixon Kavanaugh.

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel took advantage of his elite privilege and joined The Atlantic, a major media publication, as a contributing editor. By Kevin Gosztola.

A dubious project raises serious questions about the world’s most prestigious consulting firm and its work for corruption-plagued regimes. By Ian MacDougall, Anand Tumurtogoo.

Attorneys general from more than 40 states are alleging the nation’s largest generic drug manufacturers conspired to artificially inflate and manipulate prices for more than 100 different generic drugs, including treatments for diabetes, cancer, arthritis and other medical conditions. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Connecticut on Friday, also names 15 individual senior executives responsible for sales, marketing and pricing.

It’s not a proving ground for Capitalism vs. Socialism. It’s a story of corruption. By Mike Centeno. (Nov. 21, 2018)

When a leader decides they have all the answers, and want the levers of democracy to align to their vision, only bad things can happen. By Adnan R. Khan.

A tiny Ohio village was embroiled in controversy after a local police sergeant publicly filed felony charges against the mayor and police chief — and was immediately fired. Villagers were shocked when New Holland police Sgt. Charles “Brad” Mick walked into a village council meeting and announced he had just been fired, mere moments after he handed Mayor Clair Betzko and interim Police Chief David Conrad court summonses accusing them of a forgery scheme.

In 2005, the Federal Aviation Authority gave airplane manufacturers the power to cast their own employees as in-house regulators. This policy streamlined the inefficient “revolving door” process by making it possible for Boeing to regulate itself without the hassle of getting its lobbyists appointed to the F.A.A. The George W. Bush-administration argued that such “delegation” would allow the agency to concentrate its scarce resources on the most important safety issues, while also helping America’s aviation giants get new planes to market faster.

Of the many legal challenges President Donald Trump is facing, few have forced legal experts and historians to dig deep quite like claims that his private business dealings with foreign governments violate the Constitution. By Brad Kutner.

South Carolina sheriffs have embezzled, bribed and dipped into public funds for expensive chauffeurs. They’ve driven drunk and bullied other public officials. They’ve been accused of leveraging their power to sexually assault their female employees. While many South Carolina sheriffs have strong records of serving the public, others served themselves and their cronies, a five-month Post and Courier investigation found.

Chinese students hire imposter “gunmen” to take the SAT, the GRE and other tests.

Lori Loughlin’s daughter became famous on Instagram and YouTube, but now fans (and Sephora) are turning on her.

When George H.W. Bush arrived in Washington as vice president in January 1981 he seemed little more than a sideshow to Ronald Reagan, the one-time leading man who had been overwhelmingly elected to the greatest stage in the world... By Seymour M. Hersh.

While a noisy Supreme Court fight captivated America last fall, an obscure federal accounting body quietly approved a system of classified money-moving. By Matt Taibbi.