
Sen. Jeff Merkley Wants to Stop Congress Members From Insider Trading By Banning Them From Owning Stocks
“As public officials there are a lot of impositions on our lives. This is not one of them. Having a diversified portfolio is an easy thing.”
“As public officials there are a lot of impositions on our lives. This is not one of them. Having a diversified portfolio is an easy thing.”
Leaked secret audio recordings of Brazil’s most powerful figures have sparked a series of explosive scandals. Now, lawmakers are trying to outlaw their publication.
Solitary confinement in California’s state prisons was drastically reduced, but the practice continues in county jails — and they’re not prepared for it.
Snowden Archive
British surveillance agency GCHQ secretly coveted the NSA’s vast troves of private communications and sought “unsupervised access” to its data as recently as last year, classified documents provided NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal.