Gaetz Faces Probe by House Ethics Over Potential Misconduct
The House Ethics Committee has opened an investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz, citing reports of sexual and other misconduct by the Florida Republican.
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Media Outlets Dodge Suit by Ex-Congresswoman Over Publication of Nude Photos
Katie Hill was part of the 2018 “blue wave” that unseated an incumbent congressman, but claimed she became the victim of revenge porn by her ex-husband and right-wing media.
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Devin Nunes
A federal court in Virginia dismissed Congressman Devin Nunes’ RICO claims against research firm Fusion GPS, finding he failed to show he was directly injured by the defendant acting with the Campaign For Accountability, which made an ethics complaint against him, or that the firm’s creation of a “dossier” about him directly harmed his business as a U.S. representative.
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Mexican Ex-Mayor Among Those Charged in Massive Miami Meth Haul: US
The United States has charged a Mexican ex-mayor and five others for trafficking the largest shipment of meth seized in Miami history, officials said Thursday.
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Legislator Being Investigated for Weinstein Backdrop on Zoom
A Maine legislator who appeared for Zoom meetings twice with a background that made a joking reference to convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein is being investigated by the Legislature’s human resources department.
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Romney Gets Profile in Courage Award for Impeachment Vote
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney was named the recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Friday for splitting with his party and becoming the only Republican to vote to convict former President Donald Trump during his first impeachment trial.
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Are Suit Jackets Oppression? Lawmakers Fight Own Dress Codes
A sneaker-clad Latino state senator in Rhode Island is objecting to his chamber’s jacket and dress shirt edict as a form of white oppression. Female lawmakers in Montana complain proposed rules dealing with s kirt lengths and necklines are overly sexist.
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Samia Suluhu Hassan Becomes Tanzania’s First Woman President
Samia Suluhu Hassan made history Friday when she was sworn in as Tanzania’s first female president after the death of her controversial predecessor, John Magufuli, who denied that COVID-19 is a problem in the East African country.
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Tanzania Mourns Divisive President’s Death After Mystery Illness
Tanzania was in mourning Thursday over the sudden death of President John Magufuli, an authoritarian leader and Covid sceptic who leaves behind a divided legacy and a question mark over his fatal illness.
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France’s Sarkozy Faces New Trial Over 2012 Campaign Finance
French former President Nicolas Sarkozy is scheduled to go on trial Wednesday on charges that his unsuccessful reelection bid in 2012 was illegally financed.
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Libya’s New Interim PM Takes Office
Libya’s new interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah pledged to unite divided Libya as he was sworn in Monday, preparing to steer the war-torn country to December elections.
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Virginia Official Brings Libel Case Against CBS to Fourth Circuit
Virginia’s lieutenant governor is asking the appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit over the network’s exclusive interviews with women who accused him of sexual assault.
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Alaska Senate Takes Action Against Member Over Virus Rules
The Alaska Senate voted Wednesday to allow leadership to restrict access to the Capitol by Republican Sen. Lora Reinbold, who fellow lawmakers say has refused to follow measures meant to guard against Covid-19.
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Politicians Ask About Health of Tanzania’s Populist Leader
Opposition politicians are raising questions about the health of Tanzania’s COVID-19-denying president, as he has not been seen in public for more than a week and at least one official close to him has died recently.
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US Prosecutors Allege Honduras President Helped Move Drugs
An accountant witnessed meetings between Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández and a drug trafficker in which they planned the trafficking of cocaine to the U.S., federal prosecutors in New York said Tuesday.
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Brazil Justice Annuls Lula’s Sentences, Enabling 2022 Run
A Supreme Court justice on Monday annulled all convictions against former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a ruling that potentially would allow him to run again for the presidency next year.
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Senegal Opposition Leader to Be Released Pending Rape Trial
A Senegalese court cleared the way Monday for opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to be released pending his rape trial in a case that already has sparked deadly protests that threaten to erode the country’s reputation as one of West Africa’s most stable democracies.
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Texas Winter Storm Puts Beto O’Rourke Back in Political Spotlight
In a flashback to his 2018 blockbuster Senate campaign, the former Texas congressman has been barnstorming communities across the state while livestreaming his welfare checks with seniors, rallying donations for storm victims and delivering pallets of water from his pickup truck.
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In Peru, Sterilization Case Against Fujimori Goes to Court
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is on trial for his role in a 1990s government program in which many Indigenous women in poor communities say they were forcibly sterilized, and some died or suffered serious injuries because of infection.
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Hunger-Striking Ethiopia Politicians ‘Deteriorating’ in Jail
Lawyers representing jailed Ethiopian opposition politicians say they are concerned for the lives of their clients, whose hunger strike has gone on for nearly a month and drawn international attention as they protest their treatment by the government.
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