And former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu got (a measly) two months in prison after a years-long corruption probe exposed ...

Stripped of its authority and nearly all its staff, the U.S. Justice Department’s storied Public Integrity Section is on life support. Former prosecutors say the overhaul could make it easier to ...

Michael Madigan, once the most powerful politician in Illinois, was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison and ...

This week, Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy spoke with NHPR’s Michelle Liu about corruption in politics, how much it influences our policies and what can be done to prevent it.

The Middle East and North Africa shows little improvement, reflecting ongoing struggles with political corruption and conflict, and Asia Pacific shows long-term stagnation, although some countries ...

President Donald Trump’s call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial to be thrown out has plunged the ...

Sittenfeld's pardon is not typical of Trump. Sittenfeld's conviction on federal bribery and attempted extortion charges ended a promising political career, in which he was the frontrunner for ...

In February, for instance, the Republican president pardoned former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich after having earlier commuted his 14-year sentence on political corruption charges.

WASHINGTON — A governor who resigned amid a corruption scandal and served two stints in federal prison. A New York Republican who resigned from Congress after a tax fraud conviction and who made ...

In February, for instance, the Republican president pardoned former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich after having earlier commuted his 14-year sentence on political corruption charges.