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2018-07-20Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak Charged in 1MDB Scandal
corruption kleptocracy money-laundering +6
2018-07-19Senate Votes 98-0 to Reject Putin's Request to Interrogate U.S. Officials in Bipartisan Rebuke of Trump
trump russia senate +3
2018-07-18EU Fines Google Record €4.34B for Android Monopoly Abuse Through Bundling
antitrust google android +5
2018-07-17Trump Claims He Misspoke "Would" Instead of "Wouldn't" in Implausible Helsinki Walkback Attempt
trump russia election-interference +2
2018-07-16Trump Sides with Putin Over U.S. Intelligence at Helsinki Summit, Attacks Own Agencies
trump russia election-interference +2
2018-07-16FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Refers Sinclair-Tribune Merger to Hearing Over "Serious Concerns" About Sham Divestitures and Misrepresentation
regulatory-capture propaganda merger-review +5
2018-07-15FBI Arrests Maria Butina for Conspiring to Act as Russian Agent to Infiltrate Conservative Organizations
arrest fara-violations 2016-election +5
2018-07-13HHS Inspector General Finds Tom Price Violated Federal Travel Rules, Wasted $341,000 on Private Jets
regulatory-capture corruption healthcare +4
2018-07-13Mueller Indicts 12 GRU Officers for Hacking DNC and Democratic Campaign Infrastructure
wikileaks gru dnc-hack +5
2018-07-12Tech Workers Coalition: Establishing Digital Resistance Infrastructure
corporate-accountability tech-ethics digital-resistance +3
2018-07-09Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler Becomes Acting EPA Administrator After Pruitt Resignation
regulatory-capture revolving-door epa +3
2018-07-06McKinsey Agrees to Repay $74 Million to South Africa's Eskom After State Capture Scandal
institutional-capture corruption corporate-accountability +4
2018-07-05EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid 14 Federal Investigations
environmental-destruction regulatory-capture corruption +4
2018-07-01IRS Launches Virtual Currency Compliance Campaign Using Chainalysis
surveillance cryptocurrency irs +2
2018-06-27Janus v. AFSCME - Supreme Court Strikes Down Public Sector Union Fees, Targeting Teachers' Unions
supreme-court judicial-capture koch-network +4
2018-06-26New York Times Discloses McKinsey's $20 Million ICE Contract: Employee Outrage and Internal Crisis
immigration-enforcement corporate-accountability whistleblowing +4
2018-06-23Peter Thiel Receives First Putin Meeting Invitation Through Russian Diplomat
counterintelligence fbi-informant russian-recruitment +2
2018-06-20Trump Signs Executive Order "Ending" Family Separation After International Outcry
human-rights immigration disinformation +2
2018-06-15Amazon aggressively pitches Rekognition facial recognition to ICE during family separation crisis
law-enforcement ice immigration +6
2018-06-15Northrop Grumman Wins $217 Million Cyber Warfare Contract for Unified Platform
defense-contractors military-industrial-complex pentagon-contracts +4
2018-06-14New York AG Sues Trump Foundation for "Persistent Illegal Conduct" and Coordinating with Campaign
campaign-finance self-dealing trump-foundation +3
2018-06-11Net Neutrality Repeal Officially Takes Effect, Permitting ISPs to Throttle, Block, and Prioritize Content for Payment
regulatory-capture telecommunications deregulation +3
2018-06-11Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Aggressive "Use It Or Lose It" Voter Purge System
supreme-court voter-suppression voting-rights +2
2018-06-07Bayer Completes $63 Billion Monsanto Acquisition: Agricultural Seeds and Chemicals Consolidate Into Big Four Oligopoly
regulatory-capture antitrust consolidation +6
2018-06-06Northrop Grumman Acquires Orbital ATK for $9.2 Billion, Creating Solid Rocket Motor Monopoly
antitrust defense-contractors military-industrial-complex +4
2018-06-01Trump Family Separation Policy Detains 5,500 Children in Cages
human-rights immigration family-separation +2
2018-05-31European Court Finds Romania and Lithuania Hosted CIA Torture Sites, Orders Damages
cia torture black-sites +4
2018-05-28China grants waves of Ivanka Trump trademarks as she serves in White House; ethics watchdogs flag conflicts
foreign-influence conflicts trademarks
2018-05-24Trump Signs Dodd-Frank Rollback Raising 'Systemically Important' Bank Threshold from $50B to $250B After Industry Lobbying Blitz
regulatory-capture lobbying trump-administration +4
2018-05-21Epic Systems v. Lewis: Supreme Court Allows Mandatory Arbitration Blocking Class Action Labor Claims
supreme-court judicial-capture labor-suppression +3
2018-05-16Michigan State University Agrees to $500 Million Settlement with 332 Nassar Survivors—Largest University Sexual Abuse Settlement in History
sexual-assault institutional-accountability cover-up +4
2018-05-15Kansas City Fed Approves Reserve Trust Master Account After Alleged Intervention
regulatory-capture corruption revolving-door +5
2018-05-14Seattle Passes Head Tax on Large Employers—Amazon Threatens Expansion Halt, Washington Post Editorial Aligns with Owner's Interests
tax-avoidance corporate-welfare media-capture +2
2018-05-13Trump Reverses ZTE Sanctions After $500M China Loan to Trump Project
corruption national-security bribery +2
2018-05-10Kirstjen Nielsen Defends Family Separation as Deterrent, Later Denies Policy Exists
human-rights immigration disinformation +2
2018-05-08Ring launches Neighbors app creating crowdsourced surveillance network
surveillance racial-profiling privacy +4
2018-05-08Armenian Velvet Revolution Succeeds: Anti-Corruption Movement Achieves Peaceful Transition
anti-corruption civil-society resistance +4
2018-05-08Armenian Parliament Confirms Nikol Pashinyan as Prime Minister, Completing Velvet Revolution
anti-corruption grassroots-resistance civil-society +3
2018-05-04Axon Acquires Main Competitor VieVu, Consolidating 80% Control of Police Body Camera Market
antitrust surveillance axon +4
2018-05-01U.S. Lifts Argentina Tariffs While Trump Seeks Trademarks
corruption conflict-of-interest argentina +3
2018-04-22UAE Installs Pegasus Spyware on Khashoggi's Wife's Phone Months Before His Murder
saudi-arabia nso-group pegasus-spyware +3
2018-04-22Raytheon-Manufactured Bomb Kills 23 at Yemen Wedding, Majority Women and Children
defense-contractors saudi-arabia war-crimes +3
2018-04-10Judge Finalizes Trump University Settlement After Appeal Resolved, Victims Receive Payments
accountability fraud consumer-protection +2
2018-04-10Mark Zuckerberg Testifies Before Congress on Cambridge Analytica and Russian Interference
accountability-failure russian-interference congressional-testimony +3
2018-04-06Jeff Sessions Announces "Zero Tolerance" Policy Designed to Separate Families
human-rights immigration family-separation +2
2018-04-01T-Mobile Executives Spend 95K at Trump Hotel During Merger Review
pay-to-play corruption corporate-influence +2
2018-04-01Operation Guardian Support deploys 4,000 National Guard to border
immigration-enforcement military-deployment national-guard +1
2018-03-30Sinclair Forces Anchors at Dozens of Stations to Read Identical "Fake News" Script
media-manipulation sinclair-broadcasting local-news-capture +2
2018-03-29Fayette County, Georgia becomes first US jurisdiction to deploy Carbyne's Israeli Unit 8200-developed 911 surveillance technology
carbyne unit-8200 surveillance-technology +10
2018-03-28VA Secretary David Shulkin Fired After Inspector General Finds Ethics Violations on Taxpayer-Funded European Trip
ethics-violation misuse-of-funds cabinet-corruption +3
2018-03-17Cambridge Analytica Scandal Exposed by Whistleblower Christopher Wylie
privacy-violation election-manipulation data-breach +12
2018-03-16Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica and SCL After Whistleblower Revelations
regulatory-failure delayed-response institutional-accountability +5
2018-03-15Toys 'R' Us Liquidation: PE Firms Extract $470 Million, 33,000 Workers Get Nothing
accountability wealth-extraction private-equity +2
2018-03-15iHeartMedia Files for Bankruptcy with $20 Billion Debt - Conservative Radio Empire Collapses Under Leveraged Buyout Burden
debt-crisis media-consolidation private-equity +5
2018-03-13Trump Nominates Gina Haspel as CIA Director Despite Role in Torture Program and Evidence Destruction
cia trump impunity +4
2018-03-08Major GOP Donors' Company Receives Unexplained Tariff Exemption
lobbying corruption tariffs +2
2018-03-06Office of Special Counsel Recommends Disciplining Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act Violations
trump-administration ethics-violation abuse-of-office +2
2018-03-01Trump Tariff Exemption Process Shows Political Favoritism
corruption tariffs trade-policy +2
2018-03-01HUD Secretary Ben Carson Spends $31,000 in Taxpayer Funds on Dining Room Furniture, Violates Federal Law
ethics-violation misuse-of-funds whistleblower +3
2018-03-01Facebook Lobbies Irish Government to Weaken GDPR Enforcement, Creates EU Data Protection Haven
regulatory-capture lobbying facebook +5
2018-03-01James Biden Receives $600K from Distressed Healthcare Company, Pays Joe Biden $200K Same Day
conflict-of-interest family-enrichment financial-misconduct
2018-03-01TRM Labs Founded to Provide Blockchain Intelligence to Governments and Financial Institutions
surveillance cryptocurrency private-sector +1
2018-02-27Amazon acquires Ring for over $1 billion, creating foundation for private surveillance network
surveillance privacy amazon +4
2018-02-26Texas Leads 20 Republican States in Lawsuit Seeking to Eliminate Entire ACA
supreme-court healthcare aca-sabotage +4
2018-02-16Mueller Indicts 13 Russians and Internet Research Agency for Election Interference
disinformation mueller-investigation foreign-interference +3
2018-02-05Trump's CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney Shuts Down Equifax Investigation, Exposing Regulatory Capture
campaign-finance regulatory-capture corruption +4
2018-02-02Federal Reserve Imposes Unprecedented Asset Cap on Wells Fargo
corporate-accountability federal-reserve banking-regulation +1
2018-02-01Research Shows YouTube Recommends Conspiracy Theories 80% More Than Factual Content
algorithm-harm misinformation conspiracy-theories +5
2018-01-25New York Times Reveals Trump Ordered McGahn to Fire Mueller; Trump Subsequently Demands McGahn Deny Story and Create False Record
obstruction-of-justice mueller-investigation white-house-counsel +3
2018-01-24Larry Nassar Sentenced to 40-175 Years After 156 Victim Impact Statements; Rachael Denhollander's Powerful Testimony
sexual-assault institutional-accountability institutional-abuse +4
2018-01-24Alex Azar Confirmed as HHS Secretary After Doubling Insulin Prices at Eli Lilly
regulatory-capture lobbying pharmaceutical-industry +5
2018-01-22Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down Congressional Map as Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander
voting-rights gerrymandering redmap +2
2018-01-11Trump Calls Haiti and African Nations 'Shithole Countries' in Bipartisan Immigration Meeting
immigration white-nationalism republican-party +4
2018-01-07Dan Elwell Becomes Acting FAA Administrator After Boeing Executive Career
regulatory-capture revolving-door faa-leadership +3
2018-01-01Clarence Thomas Attends Koch Network Donor Summit - Supreme Court Ethics Violations
dark-money supreme-court ethics-violation +3
2018-01-01Agriculture Committee Captured by Agribusiness - $523M Lobbying Shapes Farm Bill
regulatory-capture lobbying congressional-corruption +2
2018-01-01Apple Receives Special Tariff Exemptions After CEO Cultivates Trump Relationship
corporate-influence tariffs crony-capitalism +2
2018-01-01Peter Thiel's Early Intelligence Role: FBI Informant and Russian Diplomatic Contacts
thiel-network counterintelligence fbi-informant +2
2018-01-01Grayshift Secures Major Contracts with ICE, DEA, and FBI for GrayKey Technology
law-enforcement immigration surveillance +2
2018-01-01Putin-Linked Company Receives Tariff Exemption Until Public Outcry
corruption oligarchs sanctions +2
2018-01-01Amazon Pays Zero Federal Income Tax Again on $11.2 Billion Profit—Receives $129 Million Tax Rebate
tax-avoidance corporate-welfare wealth-extraction +1
2017-12-31Google Moves $23B to Bermuda Tax Haven in Single Year
tax-avoidance shell-companies google +4
2017-12-22Trump Signs Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - Corporate Rate Permanently Slashed from 35% to 21%, Pass-Through Deduction, Estate Tax Exemption Doubled, $1.9 Trillion Added to Deficit
trump-administration corporate-corruption republican-party +7
2017-12-21DeVos Replaces Full Debt Relief With Earnings-Based Formula - Corinthian Victims Get Pennies on Dollar
regulatory-capture student-debt betsy-devos +1
2017-12-18Great Northern Paper Bankruptcy Leaves 1,000 Maine Workers with Pennies on Dollar of Promised Pensions
pension-theft bankruptcy-abuse private-equity +4
2017-12-14FCC Under Ajit Pai Repeals Net Neutrality in 3-2 Party-Line Vote
regulatory-capture telecommunications deregulation +4
2017-12-11Betsy DeVos Blocks Debt Relief for 200,000 Defrauded For-Profit College Students Despite Career Staff Recommendations
regulatory-capture for-profit-colleges student-debt +3
2017-12-04Trump reduces Bears Ears National Monument by 85% to open lands for extraction
institutional-capture indigenous-rights environmental-destruction +2
2017-12-03CVS-Aetna $69 Billion Merger Announced: Vertical Integration Wave Consolidates PBM Power
regulatory-capture antitrust healthcare +4
2017-12-01Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI About Russian Contacts
national-security trump-administration obstruction-of-justice +4
2017-11-24Trump Installs Mick Mulvaney as CFPB Acting Director, Beginning Systematic Gutting of Consumer Protection Agency
institutional-capture regulatory-capture corruption +3
2017-11-20Amazon Launches AWS Secret Region for CIA and Intelligence Community
surveillance-infrastructure government-contracts intelligence-agencies +3
2017-11-20Nebraska PSC Approves Keystone XL Pipeline Route Despite Eminent Domain Controversy and Landowner Opposition
indigenous-rights regulatory-capture corporate-corruption +3
2017-11-05Paradise Papers Expose Global Elite's Systematic Offshore Financial Manipulation
oligarchs financial-manipulation tax-haven +3
2017-11-05Paradise Papers Reveal Commerce Secretary Ross Concealed Stake in Russian-Linked Shipping Company
conflicts-of-interest ethics-violation russia +3
2017-11-01Accenture delivers 58 hires for $297M ICE contract
immigration-enforcement taxpayer-waste contracting-fraud +1
2017-11-01Kushner Shares Classified Intel Leading to Saudi Mass Arrests
foreign-influence saudi-arabia classified-information +2
2017-10-30Mueller Indicts Paul Manafort and Rick Gates on 12 Counts Including Conspiracy Against the United States
fara-violations money-laundering mueller-investigation +3
2017-10-26Trump Declares Opioid Public Health Emergency Without Requesting Any New Funding
trump-administration public-health opioid-crisis +2
2017-10-05CFPB Finalizes Payday Lending Rule Requiring Ability-to-Repay Assessment After Industry Spent $13 Million Lobbying
regulatory-capture consumer-protection predatory-lending +2