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Shaky Foundations
The Clintons' so-called charitable enterprise has served as a vehicle to launder money and to enrich family friends. By Ken Silverstein.
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Misuse Rampant, Oversight Lacking at California’s Law Enforcement Network
Confirmed cases of misuse of California’s sprawling unified law enforcement information network have doubled over the last five years, according to records obtained by EFF under the California Public Records Act. By Dave Maass.
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How the world’s biggest bookie was snared at last year’s World Series of Poker — and walked a free man
An in-depth investigation into how Paul Phua rose from a numbers runner in Borneo to the world’s biggest bookie and poker impresario -- and how the FBI hooked him, only to have to let him go. By Brett Forrest.
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Contractors That Defraud the [US] Government the Most Also Spend the Most on Lobbying
The big government contractors with the most instances of misconduct spend a lot of money keeping Congress on their side. By Lee Fang.
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Clinton, Bush lawyers square off in FEC proxy war
FEC clears the way for candidates to meet donors one-on-two. By Isaac Arnsdorf and Theodoric Meyer.
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Depo-Provera, HIV and the WHO
Is the World Health Organization forsaking science for the sake of special interests? By Betsy Hartmann.
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Mylan, Theranos, and Valeant Resort to Unsavory Governance Practices
Investors have suspended their judgment and blessed unsavory practices at firms like Mylan, Theranos, Valeant, and Turing Pharmaceuticals. By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.
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Nominee to Oversee Wall Street Works at Think Tank Dedicated to Blocking Regulation
SEC nominee Hester Peirce received 98 percent of her salary directly from the Mercatus Center, a “think tank” that provides an academic façade to a radical anti-regulatory agenda. By Lee Feng.
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Warren steps up criticism of the Pacific Rim [“]trade[”] deal
Senator Elizabeth Warren said Thursday that she is prepared to do everything within her power to stop the historic Pacific Rim trade pact negotiated last month if it hurts American workers. By Tracy Jan.
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“A Turning Point for Obama”: How the President Learned to Love the National Security State
NYT reporter Charlie Savage tells Salon the real reason why Obama has broken less from Bush than many hoped.
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How Corrupt Is Your State?
Click on your state and see how corrupt it is.
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Was the Turkish election rigged?
The AKP received 4.5 million extra votes compared to June's election, and people are suspicious. By Emre Deliveli.
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Were There Any Norms Dick Cheney Wasn't Prepared to Transgress?
George H.W. Bush tells his biographer that his secretary of defense considered using tactical nuclear weapons against Iraqi forces in the First Gulf War. By Conor Friedersdorf.
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Everything You Need To Know About The Environmental Views Of Kentucky’s New Governor
Matt Bevin pledged his support to Kentucky's coal industry during his campaign.
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Radoslaw Sikorski on tape – plot to impose Russian coal ban for oligarch’s profit, confiscate and resell Gazprom gas too
Radoslaw Sikorski plotted with the owner of Polish coalmines and electricity plants to use European Union sanctions against Russia to stop imports of rival, low-cost Russian coal in the Polish market. By John Helmer.
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‘You are evil’: Woman gets life in prison for locking disabled people in ‘dungeon’
Linda Weston was the ringleader in Philadelphia s horrifying "Tacony Dungeon" case. By Elahe Izadi.
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Top Pennsylvania prosecutor keeps releasing raunchy emails
Facing criminal charges, relieved of her law license and threatened with removal by the Legislature, Pennsylvania's attorney general seems to have decided that if she has to go, she's going to take others down with her.
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Elizabeth Warren’s Next Fight Is Against Greedy Financial Advisers
Is your adviser picking the best investment for you? Or the nicest vacation for him? By Ethan Wolff-Mann.
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Anthony Kennedy’s Citizens United Disclosure Salve ‘Not Working’
The author of the controversial opinion should have known, even in 2010, that his “instant disclosure” fix didn’t exist. By Paul Blumenthal.
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Former Top Chinese Aide Sentenced to 12 Years for Corruption
Li Chongxi was a senior aide to disgraced official Zhou Yongkang. A senior Chinese official who was once a key aide to imprisoned former Chinese security chief Zhou Yongkang has been sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges of corruption, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Li Chongxi, who was the top political adviser in China’s southwestern Sichuan province and the head of the province’s anticorruption watchdog, is one of several of...
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