Tag: Political corruption

El Salvador seeks arrest of former president for corruption

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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

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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

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JOHANNESBURG — Former South African president Jacob Zuma will be allowed to leave prison Thursday to attend his brother’s funeral. ...

Co-conspirator of former Fall River mayor sentenced

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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

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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

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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

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden just can't quit Ohio — even if it rejected him in last year's election. ...

Former ‘Bridgegate’ villain seeks political resurrection

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RAMSEY, N.J. — Bridget Kelly wants to talk about “Bridgegate.” ...

Ex-housing authority director indicted for alleged fraud

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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

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WASHINGTON — House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has picked five Republicans to sit on the new select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection...