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Category: Ethics and Official Misconduct
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Kash Patel Suggests FBI Agents Could Go to Election Polling Sites
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Is A.I. Raising the Chances of Biological Warfare?
The New York Times – Business:Current chatbots aren’t likely to help lone actors invent a deadly pathogen, experts say. But newer models, trained in biology, may need stronger safeguards.
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Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Special Envoy, Made More Than $250 Million While in Government
The New York Times – Business:A disclosure shows that Steve Witkoff collected nearly $107 million in 2025 from a holding company that includes a crypto business owned by his family and President Trump’s.
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Crypto, Gold and Foreign Money: Is This What the Presidency Is Now?
The New York Times – On the Runway:And how Trump gets away with it.
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Somewhere, Roy Cohn Is Smiling
The New York Times – On the Runway:Trump needed only one teacher.
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Former Labor Secretary Stoked Dysfunction and Toxicity, Department Report Finds
The New York Times – Business:Lori Chavez-DeRemer spent Labor Department funds on personal travel and tolerated harassment in the agency, its inspector general found.
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Teleprompter Operator Who Bet on Trump Speeches Is Ordered to Pay Fine
The New York Times – Business:Gabriel Perez had access to the president’s speeches before they were delivered and was accused of placing unlawful wagers on words that would be spoken.
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Lisa Cook Hits Back at Trump’s Latest Attempt to Oust Her as Fed Governor
The New York Times – Business:Lisa D. Cook hit back at President Trump’s allegations that she had committed mortgage fraud.
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Forbes Suspends Shook Research Rankings as It Investigates $6 Million Payment
The New York Times – Business:The magazine, which is reviewing a payment from the founder of Shook Research to its former top editor, also canceled a summit in Las Vegas scheduled for October.
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Research Firm’s Founder Explains $6 Million Payment to Fired Forbes Editor
The New York Times – Business:RJ Shook of Shook Research said he paid Randall Lane, the former top editor at Forbes, for “services and guidance” in partnering with Forbes and later selling his research firm.
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The Midterms Feel Like 2006 All Over Again
The New York Times – On the Runway:With an unpopular war and high prices agitating voters, members of both parties see parallels to an election cycle when Democrats romped. But a lot has changed.