Another big break for Sen. John Ensign, after federal prosecutors announced Wednesday the Nevada Republican would not face charges related to payments he made following his extramarital affair with a former campaign staffer. “The Department of Justice has informed us that Senator Ensign is no longer a target of its investigation and that it has [...]
LOS ANGELES — Elizabeth “Lizzy” Seeberg was a college freshman with a wide-open smile – here is a heartbreaking photo of her in spaghetti straps and pearls – who built houses with Habitat for Humanity and hoped to become a nurse. Lizzy also suffered from depression, and 10 days after telling friends and campus cops [...]
Disappointed in Congress’ failure to pull the veil off of interest group campaign spending, two watchdog outfits have asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate Crossroads GPS, a conservative organization that is pouring millions of thousands of dollars into Republican races. The complaint, lodged by Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center, claims Crossroads is [...]
VATICAN CITY — The head of the Vatican bank is being investigated on suspicion of money laundering, Italian law enforcement officials said on Tuesday, a bad omen for the Catholic Church as it struggles to overcome the scandal of clergy sexual abuse. Italian authorities said that besides bank chairman Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, chief executive Paolo [...]
A government watchdog group filed a pair of complaints Monday accusing Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell, accusing her using more than $20,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington called on federal prosecutors in Delaware to open a criminal investigation. The group also asked the Federal Election Commission [...]
The Defense Department investigated only a small percentage out of hundreds of alleged cases of Pentagon employees using government computers to purchase child pornography, according to a Yahoo! News investigation published Friday. The cases came to light during a 2006 Immigration and Customs Enforcement probe, called Project Flicker, into the use of credit cards and [...]
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