Corruption
Nurses trash Trump secret police threat to U.S. cities
July 23, 2020“Without identification, there is no way to hold these officers accountable, and there is no way to know if they are really federal officers. We cannot allow an American secret police.”
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Coronavirus jackpot: Trump-connected lobbyists grab $10 billion of federal aid
July 6, 2020Trump pledged to “drain the swamp," but the lobbying industry has flourished, a trend that intensified with the $3.6 trillion in coronavirus stimulus.
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Bolsonaro faces potential impeachment charges as Brazil’s ruling elite cracks
April 28, 2020Former minister Sergio Moro has emerged as a rival to Bolsonaro, with some claiming that the U.S. is now backing Moro for the 2022 election.
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Duncan Hunter, post-election California roundup, and current state of the state
March 19, 2020The charge was conspiring to illegally use campaign funds to cover personal expenses. Eleven months is a short penance: He could have been sentenced to as many as five years.
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Trump tries bribing German scientists to find an “America only” cure
March 16, 2020German government officials are expressing anger about attempts by the Trump administration to bribe German scientists into selling their work on a cure for coronavirus exclusively to the United States.
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