The administration’s explanations are a cover: Trump is using his power to shield allies and punish opponents. What is ...

The “spoils system” of the 19th century filled the government with party loyalists and increased corruption across the country, until a popular political movement created appetite for reform.

A recent spate of accusations of nepotism and cronyism under the administration of President Prabowo Subianto has caused a ...

Kisch gave preferential treatment including prioritization of ministry funding, to certain cities with Likud mayors who could ...

It’s not a stretch to say the purpose of sovereign wealth funds is cronyism. Because these funds are a bit foreign to the Western mind, and because Trump has issued an executive order as a first ...

In contrast, Trump has pushed presidential bounds and was a profligate spender in his first term. Another difference: ...

The Environmental Protection Agency, headed by Lee Zeldin, has turned its guns on the Washington Post as one of its first ...

as concerns about wasteful spending and cronyism roil the state’s regional university system. Greg Lujan — the 64-year-old brother of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham — has been appointed as the student ...