America has always been a land of grifters. Inside dealers, pay-to-play schemers, elected officials in both parties whose investment portfolios had an uncanny habit of outperforming the market. What’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. Jul 25, 2025, 11:46am EDT Young woman holding a poster against ...

Georgia Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff criticizes the level of corruption in American politics, accepting President Trump's premise that the system is "rigged," but warning that Trump is not the solution.

In an easy-to-miss two-line order in its shadow docket, the US Supreme Court just vacated the corruption conviction of a local official, raising a question: Will the kind of influence peddling that’s ...

Claudia Sheinbaum’s efforts to improve security in Mexico have long had an obvious weakness: her reluctance to pursue high-level officials in Morena, her ruling party, who may be co-operating with ...

Lowering health care premiums and returning consumers to financial affordability mean electing leaders instead of rulers, the state's senior U.S. senator said during a campaign swing through Augusta ...

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