The tech titan and President Trump say they will avoid any conflicts of interest, but it's difficult for the public to verify ...

New York needs strong oversight on ethics. The Court of Appeals’ narrow decision upholding the constitutionality of the ...

The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE ...

Enforcement of the Hatch Act, which restricts the political activity of government workers, has historically been weak against high-ranking officials.

A bill that aims to streamline how the Ethics Commission operates hit a roadblock Thursday when the governor’s attorney ...

New York’s top court affirmed the constitutionality of an ethics watchdog created three years ago to stem public corruption, ...

The justices deferred ruling, for now, on the first test of executive power to reach the high court during Donald Trump’s ...

The Court of Appeals determined that the law creating the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government did not unconstitutionally violate the separation of powers of equal parts of government, as ...

A judge allowed the administration's mass layoffs to proceed, while a key appeals court ruling on the president's order to ...

The committee also voted against House Bill 1505, sponsored by House Majority Leader Mike Lefor and Senate Majority Leader David Hogue, which would protect lawmakers from being prosecuted for a ...

As Elon Musk upends the government, the White House has taken advantage of rules with weak enforcement and loopholes — or simply declared it can outweigh other laws.

In a span of hours on Monday, word came that he had forced out leaders of offices responsible for government ethics and whistleblower complaints. And in a boon to corporations, he ordered a pause ...