“The scandal is what’s legal” was a saying in Washington for a long time. Politicians commit blatantly corrupt acts every day, abusing power for their own political benefit or personal enrichment.

Americans think government is wasteful when it's not outright fraudulent and abusive. That should create a welcoming environment for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its mission to ...

President Donald Trump‘s pardons of allies who tried to overturn his 2020 election loss are being slammed as corrupt by critics who say it signals a message to others who may be accused of committing ...

A recent poll asked respondents whether they thought either President Biden or former president Donald Trump was “too corrupt” or “too incompetent” to be in the Oval Office. (Andrew Harnik/AP) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. Jul 25, 2025, 11:46am EDT Young woman holding a poster against ...

In this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum reflects on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, examining how postwar reconciliation—not battlefield ...

In the past several weeks, President Donald Trump, who has never been fastidious about separating public and private business, has been involved in a remarkable number of potential conflicts of ...

In this article, we will take a look at the 16 most corrupt cities in the US. Corruption is a global issue, and the United States is no exception, with varying degrees of corruption across its states.

In social media posts on Saturday, President-elect Donald Trump criticized the U.S. justice system and suggested there has never been a president “so evilly and illegally treated” like him, after ...

It’s no secret that many governments globally don’t always operate with the best interests of their citizens at heart. These civil servants often fail to resist the temptation of using state resources ...