Gallup: Record-high 89% of Americans think their government is corrupt
by Benedict Vigers Americans’ perceptions of government corruption in the U.S. are at their highest level in 20 years, with 89% of U.S. adults saying it is widespread. That figure is up 10 percentage points from last year and well above readings in the 72% to 79% range between 2010 and 2025. Democrats’ perceptions of…
SLAPP lawsuit violated Greenpeace’s rights to a fair trial, lawyers say
An independent committee of human rights lawyers and scholars says the $667 million verdict against Greenpeace was the product of a fundamentally unfair trial, citing judicial bias, a tainted jury and a “wildly exorbitant” damages award unsupported by evidence. A 40-page report released by the Independent Trial Monitoring Committee concluded that Energy Transfer’s lawsuit violated…
Only 10 arrests after 19 killed and 112 wounded in NJ mass shootings since 2022
An analysis of state incident data from the Gun Violence Archive reveals a widening gap between the toll of mass shootings in New Jersey and the number of suspects brought to justice, with 19 people killed and 112 wounded in 27 such events since November 2022, while only 10 total suspects have been arrested. In…
ProPublica: Trump scrapped unit behind FBI bribery probe into Susan Collins
FBI agents investigating political corruption gathered extensive evidence and sought to expand a possible bribery investigation involving Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and a defense contractor whose chief executive secretly funneled money to a super PAC supporting her, according to an investigation published Tuesday by ProPublica. The previously undisclosed federal investigation examined whether…
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