The Justice Department has asked a court to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a move that has sparked controversy and resignations. This decision comes after a tense standoff between the Justice Department's leadership in Washington and the independent-minded prosecutors in New York. The acting deputy U. S. Attorney General, Emi...
Michael Madigan, once the most powerful politician in Illinois, has been convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges. This wasn't a complete victory for the prosecution, as the jury couldn't agree on some counts and found him not guilty on others. However, the key takeaway is that Madigan's alliance with Commonwealth Edison from 2011 to 2019 was found to be corrupt. ...
In a recent look into how clean or corrupt different countries' governments are, many nations found themselves with their worst scores in over a decade. This report, which rates 180 countries, found that 47 of them hit their lowest points in the past 12 years. The global picture isn't pretty: more than two-thirds of these countries scored below 50, with a worldwide a...
A surprising twist unfolded in the political scene. The Department of Justice has advised prosecutors in New York to abandon the corruption case against NYC Mayor Louis Adams. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove sent an official memo instructing the prosecutors to drop the charges. The timing of the case was a head scratcher. The DOJ stated that the case could...
In a surprising move, the Justice Department has instructed federal prosecutors to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams. This decision comes just as the mayor's reelection campaign is heating up. The memo, written by acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, doesn't question the evidence but argues that the case is getting in the way of Adams' wo...
In the world of politics, things are not always as they seem. For instance, imagine if a former governor, who was once known for his corruption, suddenly got a big break from a president. This is exactly what happened to Rod Blagojevich, the ex-governor of Illinois. President Trump was the one who made the big decision to pardon him. Trump had a reason for t...
Enter Donald Trump, making quite the choice in his presidential term. He took some bold steps with his pardon. For starters, Trump cleared a former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich of his crimes. He landed a parden, not an easy thing to understand. Trump originally meted out a new sentence just ten years earlier on Corruption charges. In Growing up in Chicago, time...
Eleven months ago, the reconstruction of a train station canopy in Serbia could not stand in the strike of time. On November 1, 2024, a reconstruction that was supposed to last for many years has failed. The entire roof collapsed at the Novi Sad station before its eye. Economic historian, Aleksandar Matkovic, was running late for work and witnessed the tragedy. He h...
Things got heated at the Treasury Department recently. On Friday, news broke that David A. Lebryk, a respected career staffer, abruptly retired. Why? Was it because he was getting tired of the work? No way. Others say he left because of a power struggle. It was between him and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a group started by Elon Musk. Musk and his...
In a surprising turn of events, ex-FDNY chief Anthony Saccavino has admitted to being involved in a bribery scam. This isn't just a minor incident, but part of a larger scheme where top officials created a quicker "VIP lane" for fire inspections. Saccavino and his accomplice, Brian Cordasco, teamed up with a retired firefighter to promise speedy inspections for a pri...