Tag: Political corruption
El Salvador seeks arrest of former president for corruption
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Prosecutors in El Salvador have issued an arrest warrant for former president Salvador Sánchez Cerén on charges of embezzlement...
El Salvador seeks arrest of former president for corruption
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Prosecutors in El Salvador have issued an arrest warrant for former president Salvador Sánchez Cerén on charges of embezzlement...
South Africa’s jailed ex-leader to attend brother’s funeral
JOHANNESBURG — Former South African president Jacob Zuma will be allowed to leave prison Thursday to attend his brother’s funeral.
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Co-conspirator of former Fall River mayor sentenced
BOSTON — An associate of the recently convicted former mayor of Fall River has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to extort...
Pelosi says Jan. 6 committee will move forward without GOP
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection “will do the job it set out to do”...
Pelosi bars Trump allies from Jan. 6 probe; GOP vows boycott
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two Republicans tapped by House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the Jan....
Biden’s 3rd trip to reddish Ohio pushes his economic agenda
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden just can't quit Ohio — even if it rejected him in last year's election.
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Former ‘Bridgegate’ villain seeks political resurrection
RAMSEY, N.J. — Bridget Kelly wants to talk about “Bridgegate.”
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Ex-housing authority director indicted for alleged fraud
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The former executive director of a northern Indiana city’s housing authority has been indicted along with four others in a...
McCarthy proposes 5 Republicans to sit on Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON — House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has picked five Republicans to sit on the new select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection...