Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Ethics

Tennessee GOP lawmaker resigns after ethics panel finding

A Republican lawmaker in Tennessee has resigned due to an ethics violation involving the Legislature’s workplace discrimination and harassment policy

The Independent UK

Durbin invites Chief Justice Roberts to testify on court ethics amid Thomas reports

Citing ‘a steady stream of revelations’ regarding Supreme Court justices ‘falling short of ethical standards,’ the Illinois Democrat has invited the chief justice to appear May 2 before the Judiciary Committee.

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court chief justice asked to testify before Senate on ethics rules after Clarence Thomas revelations

John Roberts has been asked to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on 2 Ma

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Roberts asked to testify on court ethics amid Thomas reports

Supreme Court Justice John Roberts is being asked to testify to Congress as scrutiny mounts around Justice Clarence Thomas

The Independent UK

OPINION - Rishi Sunak handed Dominic Raab bullying report

When an inquiry by the prime minister’s ethics advisor into the tax affairs of Nadhim Zahawi found that the then-Conservative Party Chair had committed a serious breach of the ministerial code, he was dismissed within minutes.

Evening Standard

Senate invites chief justice to testify on Supreme Court ethics - Roll Call

In the wake of reports about trips accepted by Clarence Thomas, the Senate Judiciary chair called on Roberts to testify about court ethics.

Roll Call

Judicial record undermines Clarence Thomas defence in luxury gifts scandal

Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow was linked to a conservative group that had court business while Thomas was on the bench

The Guardian - US

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Sunak under scrutiny: the six times the PM has been investigated

Parliament’s ethics watchdog will investigate whether Rishi Sunak failed to declare a potential conflict of interest, in the sixth major scrutiny the prime minister has faced in the past year.

The Week

Editorial: Money talks. Justice Clarence Thomas listens

The hits keep coming for ethics-challenged Justice Clarence Thomas. At a time when the credibility and objectivity of the Supreme Court are under attack, Thomas seems intent on demonstrating why public skepticism of the court is so richly merited. Court judges across the country at every other level of the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Texas appellate judge defends Clarence Thomas’ honor over Harlan Crow-paid vacations

WASHINGTON – Appellate Judge James Ho of Dallas, a former law clerk to Clarence Thomas, defended the justice’s honor Tuesday, rejecting ethics allegations involving lavish trips provided by real estate magnate Harlan Crow.

Tribune News Service

George Santos puts forward bill named after Nicki Minaj as he announces re-election bid

Embattled New York congressman is facing Ethics Committee investigation and scrutiny from federal authorities

The Independent UK

Judge James C. Ho's Remarks on Justice Thomas and Judge Kacsmaryk

"We should apply the highest ethical standards, not hypocritical double standards."

Reason

Rishi Sunak must ‘come clean’ on financial interests today, Starmer demands

Labour demands PM shares ministerial interests – as Tory minister insists ‘nothing sinister’ going on

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak faces probe by ethics watchdog over Budget ‘benefit’ to wife’s shares in childcare agency

PM accused of ducking ‘proper scrutiny’ as he faces probe relating to wife’s shares in firm boosted by Budget

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Exclusive-Probe finds no serious misconduct by OAS chief but cites ethics violations

An independent probe has found that the head of the Organization of American States did not engage in serious misconduct in an intimate relationship with a staffer but that he violated its ethics code by failing to exercise "good judgment,” according to the results of an investigation seen by Reuters.

The Guardian - US

George Santos, Republican who lied in his first election, announces second run

The disgraced Republican congressman, who is the subject of a House ethics panel inquiry, is expected to face many challengers

Tribune News Service

Asking Clarence Thomas to testify in Senate could spark a showdown

WASHINGTON — Advocacy groups have urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to call Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to testify about his relationship with a billionaire GOP donor, a move experts say would escalate conflict between two branches of government and could lead to a separation-of-powers showdown.

Salon

Thomas didn't disclose billionaire deal

The transaction is the first known instance of money flowing from Crow to the Supreme Court justice

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Roll Call

Asking Clarence Thomas to testify in Senate could spark a showdown - Roll Call

Advocacy groups have urged the Senate to ask Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to testify on his relationship with a wealthy GOP donor.

Salon

Watchdog urges DOJ probe into Thomas

Campaign Legal Center says that the ethics issue has “historic implications far beyond one Supreme Court justice”

WEKU

The Arizona House expels a Republican lawmaker for her role in baseless testimony

An Arizona Republican was expelled from the state House for inviting a witness to present false charges about officials and then, according to an ethics committee report, lying about her involvement.

Bangkok Post

Can journalists play the role of neutral activist?

Should journalists say and write what they think? Recent controversies have given new urgency to old questions about journalists' professional ethics and political role in democracy.

Salon

Dems send warning to Roberts over Thomas

If “the Court does not resolve this issue on its own, the Committee will consider legislation to resolve it"

WEKU

How an abortion pill ruling could threaten the FDA's regulatory authority

A medical ethics expert says a Texas abortion pill ruling is unprecedented because a federal judge "standing in" for regulators could have far-reaching implications beyond mifepristone.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Clarence Thomas, a billionaire benefactor and the Supreme Court’s ethics crisis

On Thursday, ProPublica revealed that a right-wing billionaire has secretly funded a lavish lifestyle for Justice Clarence Thomas. Then on Friday, a federal judge in Texas tried to block the use around the country of mifepristone, the medication used in half of all abortions. These two dramatic twists are part…

1 … 56 57 58 59

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Justice Department

Senate Judiciary Committee

247 stories

the Senate Judiciary Committee

159 stories

Judiciary

146 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.