World
Bret Baier presses Zelenskyy about Ukrainian corruption(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Fox News host Bret Baier put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the spot Monday, confronting him with questions about corruption allegations swirling around Kyiv as… Read More
Government
Swamp moves to hand $400 million to Ukraine as Zelenskyy government faces corruption scandal(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Congress is moving forward with a compromise bill on military funding that includes $400 million of additional funding for Ukraine, despite a high-level corruption scandal… Read More
Opinion
Mortgage fraud scandals reveal elite corruption affecting everyoneAllegations of mortgage fraud by President Donald Trump involving a trio of prominent Democrats have thrust a long-standing but rarely examined issue into the spotlight. Have elites been exploiting a… Read More
President Biden
‘Fatal poison of irresponsible power’ releases full stench of Biden regime corruption with pardon of his sonWith President Biden’s cynical pardon of his criminal son Hunter after repeated, bleated promises he wouldn’t do it, you are seeing, in real time, precisely how absolute power corrupts absolutely. Read More
Public Education
Education officials in NYC cheat homeless students out of trip to Disney World, take their own kidsEducation officials in New York have left homeless students out of elaborate “enrichment” trips while taking their own children and grandchildren instead. The shameful finding is just one from a… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school employee made $631,000 last year but no one will explain his duties(The Sentinel) – David Wild was paid over $631,071.87 for the 2023-24 school year, according to salary figures from the Geary County School District (USD 475) in Kansas. Mr. Read More
Government
Hunter Biden lied about lobbying for foreign agent to protect his father, prosecutor says(The Daily Signal) – Hunter Biden received money from a foreign business magnate to influence U.S. policy and lied about the nature of his services for his father’s sake, prosecutors… Read More
Courts
‘Abuse of power’: Texas dad suing for retaliatory arrest reveals new evidence of corruption(The Daily Signal) – Jeremy Story, a dad in the Austin, Texas, area, who is suing his local school board and superintendent after police arrested him for speaking out at a… Read More
Crime, Illinois
Prosecutors describe conspiracy in case against former Illinois House Speaker Madigan, others(The Center Square) – Prosectors outlined their case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and four other defendants in a legal motion that provides new details about the alleged… Read More
Crime
Federal prosecutors charge former AT&T Illinois president with Madigan-related corruption charge(The Center Square) – Federal prosecutors have charged the former president of a telecommunications company with unlawfully influencing the former Illinois House Speaker. Paul La Schiazza conspired with former Illinois… Read More
Courts
St. Louis aldermanic president, member plead guilty to federal bribery charges(The Center Square) – The former president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen and a former alderman pled guilty on Friday to all charges filed against them and face… Read More
State Government
President of St. Louis Aldermanic Board resigns after indictment(The Center Square) – The President of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen stated serving the city was “the honor of a lifetime” in his letter of resignation days after… Read More
State Government
St. Louis County employee fired, charged in COVID relief funding scam(The Center Square) –The appointed change management coordinator at the St. Louis County Justice Services Center was fired on Tuesday, hours before pleading not guilty to charges of defrauding the… Read More
National, State Government
Three current or former STL Aldermen, including the board president, federally indicted on bribery chargesST. LOUIS, Mo. – Three current or former members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, including the board’s president, were federally indicted Thursday for allegedly awarding a… Read More
State Government
Former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton pleads guilty to embezzlement(The Center Square) – A former Democratic Illinois state senator pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal embezzlement charge and admitted fraudulently receiving salary and benefits from a labor union… Read More
State Government
Campaign finance systems Madigan allegedly used for personal gain still exist(The Center Square) – A good–government group says a major flaw in Illinois campaign finance law allows one individual to wield immense political power and more needs to be done… Read More
State Government
Prosecutors indict former House Speaker Michael Madigan on 22 counts of corruption(The Center Square) – Prosecutors indicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on 22 counts of corruption Tuesday. U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch Jr. announced the charges Tuesday afternoon, connecting… Read More
State Government
Bribery case involving ComEd officials moves ahead with shadow over Madigan(The Center Square) – Former House Speaker Michael Madigan spent more than $2.7 million for legal work in 2021, most of it after he left office, after being implicated but… Read More