House Ethics Committee expands inquiry into Rep. George Santos - Roll Call The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday that it broadened an investigation into scandal-laden Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y. Roll Call · Jun 22, 2023
Wall Street Journal defends Alito op-ed, blasting ProPublica’s ethics investigation as ‘political assault’ Editorial board calls latest investigative report into Supreme Court ethics a ‘non-scandal built on partisan spin’ The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023
Alito’s wrongdoing makes a supreme court ethics overhaul an imperative Today’s supreme court is extremely powerful, increasingly political and decreasingly trusted. We need reform now The Guardian - US · Jun 22, 2023
US Supreme Court justice faces questions over donor-financed trip An investigative story by a US news outlet is latest to raise questions about improper conduct by conservative justices. Al Jazeera · Jun 21, 2023
Justice Alito tries to get ahead of damning report about billionaire gifts with defensive Wall Street Journal op-ed Conservative justice defends taking private jet to Alaskan fishing trip with hedge-fund billionaire with business before the court as justices face ongoing ethics questions The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023
Schiff censured as GOP could be lining up impeachment votes next California Rep. Adam Schiff was censured over the Democrat's statements about President Donald Trump and Russia. Roll Call · Jun 21, 2023
Senior senators threaten to step up supreme court ethics reform after Samuel Alito revelations – as it happened Alito reportedly accepted seat on private plane owned by Paul Singer; expert says he should have recused himself from Singer cases before the court The Guardian - US · Jun 21, 2023
"Beyond parody": Experts slam Alito trip ProPublica asked Alito about the ethics concerns. He ran to the Wall Street Journal to attack their reporting Salon · Jun 21, 2023
Alito took lux trip with GOP billionaire Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself Salon · Jun 21, 2023
Samuel Alito did not declare gifts from billionaire with case before US supreme court Rightwing justice accepted private plane trip to Alaska for luxury fishing trip hosted by Paul Singer in latest gifts scandal The Guardian - US · Jun 21, 2023
Democrats push to smoke out George Santos' bail co-signers The long-shot measure directs the Ethics Committee to disclose the names and report "interim findings" from its Santos probe. Axios · Jun 21, 2023
Trump shouldn’t get to choose judge who presides over Stormy Daniels hush money case, Manhattan DA says NEW YORK — Donald Trump — with his “prolific history” of “baselessly” questioning the ethics of judges he doesn’t like — shouldn’t get to dictate who presides over the Stormy Daniels hush money case, Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
DA, ethics panel back judge in Donald Trump hush-money case, finding no evidence of bias Manhattan prosecutors say neither Donald Trump nor his lawyers have shown any evidence to support their claims that the judge in the former president’s hush-money criminal case has an anti-Trump bias The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023
Abortion and hospital ethics committees Access to high-quality health care is deeply unequal in the United States. Ethics consultations are no exception Salon · Jun 20, 2023
Reason · Jun 19, 2023 FTC Chair Lina Khan Ignored Ethics Official's Advice About Meta Case, Then Said She Didn't Plus: RIP Daniel Ellsberg, the Pioneers of Capitalism, and more...
Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2023 Ethics rules waived for Texas AG lawyers defending boss, Ken Paxton, in impeachment trial AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas attorney general’s office waived its own ethics rules when allowing six employees to take extended leaves to defend their boss, Ken Paxton, in his upcoming impeachment trial, according to agency records obtained by The Dallas Morning News.
Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2023 Lina Khan rejected FTC ethics recommendation to recuse in Meta case The Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan declined to recuse herself from an FTC case against Meta Platforms Inc., despite the advice of the agency’s top ethics official, according to internal agency documents.
Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2023 NDAA could address Pentagon’s ‘revolving door’ WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in both chambers are looking to rewrite the ethics and lobbying rules that affect Pentagon officials, retired brass, executives with U.S. defense contractors and even foreign governments.
The Conversation · Jun 16, 2023 Abortion restrictions put hospital ethics committees in the spotlight – but what do they do? Many states have imposed sweeping restrictions that all but ban abortion since the June 2022 Supreme Court ruling that overturned the 50-year-old constitutional right to the procedure. These laws have created new obstacles for pregnant patients facing life-threatening complications like severe fetal anomalies, cancer diagnoses and ectopic pregnancies – when…
Bangkok Post · Jun 16, 2023 Asean to set ‘guardrails’ on AI SINGAPORE: Southeast Asian countries are drawing up governance and ethics guidelines for artificial intelligence (AI) that will impose “guardrails” on the booming technology, five officials with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Dublin Live · Jun 16, 2023 Taoiseach Leo Varadkar subject to another complaint from ethics body The complaint has come from the English Language Students Union
Irish Mirror · Jun 16, 2023 Leo Varadkar faces fresh complaint to ethics watchdog over alleged preferential treatment towards Deliveroo management A complaint against the Taoiseach and a number of other individuals, some of whom are also politicians, has been submitted to the Standards In Public Office commission
The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023 Group recommends reforms for scandal-plagued Los Angeles city council Los Angeles should add more city council members, create two new independent redistricting commissions and better enforce ethics rules, a panel of academics tasked with proposing reforms for the scandal-plagued city government said Thursday
Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2023 Ex-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio fined nearly $500,000 for misusing NYPD detail during failed presidential campaign NEW YORK — The New York City government’s ethics watchdog ordered former Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday to cough up nearly $500,000 for misusing his personal police detail during his failed 2020 presidential campaign — the largest fine ever levied by the agency.
Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2023 Rishi Sunak warned AI being racist or sexist is immediate risk not human extinction An expert in AI ethics has warned the Prime Minister to focus on the 'real' risks of artificial intelligence including how its use in health systems could mean treatment is biased towards people with white skin or men