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Former Colombian President Gustavo Petro rejected claims he traded public contracts for sex amid broader allegations of corruption and drug trafficking.

After freedom, we want to give our people something radical: a normal, functioning state Two years ago, I harboured no political ambition whatsoever. I was a student at the faculty of technical sciences in Novi Sad, my home town, pursuing a PhD in human resources and simply living my life. That was until the canopy collapse at the newly renovated train station in Novi Sad in November 2024, which killed 16 people. I took part in street protests and rallies in response to this shocking event, and like many others, realised that it needed to be a turning point. This was not an unavoidable tragedy. Systemic corruption and a culture of entrenched impunity were obvious factors in the collapse. But instead of ordering a full and impartial investigation and coming clean on official failings, the authorities began pushing back against us for demanding justice. We were vilified and attacked in the streets but law enforcement did nothing. So we took refuge in our lecture halls and schools, barricading ourselves inside faculty buildings, ready for a long haul. Novak Simin is a member of Serbia’s Student List movement Continue reading...

Two years after the Novi Sad tragedy gave birth to a youthful political movement, Sunday’s remarkable election has taken the country into a new era This weekend it will be two years since the collapse of a shoddily constructed train station canopy in Serbia’s second city, Novi Sad. The tragedy , killing 16 people, was swiftly attributed to state corruption and failures of regulation, sparking student-led protests across the country. Some of those demonstrators dared to imagine that they could become the catalyst for a democratic revolution. Continue reading...

Democrats should remember that throughout American history, it has seldom been easy to turn the perceived corruption of one party into an electoral advantage for the other. That is because voters tend to see both parties — and politics itself — as corrupt.

Israeli parliamentary elections are being held on Tuesday, the first since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack and Israel’s subsequent assault on Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently embroiled in a corruption scandal in Israel, is up for reelection. On Friday, after two Israeli soldiers were killed at a checkpoint near Hebron, just days before Israeli polls are set to open, Netanyahu announced heavy restrictions on the movement of Palestinians out of the West Bank. Since then, Israeli forces have detained and expelled thousands of Palestinian residents from the area and begun home demolitions to clear the way for future Israeli settlements. “The reason that they’re doing this is because this entire election is about who is going to be tougher on Palestinians,” says Palestinian human rights lawyer Diana Buttu. “What [Netanyahu is] trying to do in the lead-up to this is say to Israelis that ’I’m the only person who can provide you with security.’ So, while lighting the place on fire, he’s also selling water.” Buttu explains that Netanyahu’s opponents across the Israeli political spectrum are equally punitive toward Palestinians. “The fact that you have all of these parties that are advocating major war crimes and nobody is blinking says something very deep about Israeli society, but also about an international community that has fostered this and that has allowed this to brew for all of these years.”

Former President Barack Obama launched one of his most blistering attacks yet on President Donald Trump over the weekend, accusing his successor of unprecedented corruption, incompetence and cruelty during campaign appearances in Ohio and Michigan.

No election outcome ever interprets itself. So how will Democrats interpret these results once they are known? Whichever metaphor one prefers – landslide, earthquake, wave – it seems increasingly like the Democrats can expect a significant victory in the midterms . As the joke goes, every gas station display of prices has become an ad for Democrats; what’s more, some of them have managed to connect the relatively abstract issue of corruption to the daily misery of many Americans. Continue reading...

The Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who is likely preparing to secure a fourth term in power in 2027, has complained that officials cannot be trusted.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has named a new head of the scandal-hit Department of Public Works and Highways, as his administration contends with lingering effects of corruption allegations that have slowed economic growth.

The fifth plenum comes against a backdrop of years of purges that have had some analysts wondering if the issue is corruption or a lack of loyalty When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, he pledged to stamp out corruption all through the ranks of the Communist party. More than a decade later, the pace of investigations has not slowed. Last year, China’s disciplinary authorities opened investigations into more than 1 million people, including more than 100 officials at or above ministerial or provincial level. As Chinese Communist party (CCP) officials prepare for an important meeting this week discipline – and party loyalty – is high on the agenda. For those who try to read the tea leaves of elite Chinese politics, concern about the apparent lack of discipline is dominating CCP discussions. Continue reading...

Mexico’s top electoral official said Sunday she will resign after facing mounting pressure over a corruption probe.

China’s ruling Communist Party is holding its most important meeting of the year between Oct. 26 and 29. Known as the fifth plenum, the closed-door gathering of hundreds of top officials is expected to focus on strengthening the party’s ideology and governance, including its anti-corruption campaign, rather than the economic policies that would typically dominate a fifth plenum.

The Student List movement is taking on authoritarian leader following nearly two years of protests against government and institutional corruption What is at stake in Serbia’s election? The latest turnout projection by Ipsos/Cesid suggests a turnout of 60.8% by 5pm local time (4pm UK), with three hours still to go until the polling stations close. That’s more than 13 percentage points higher than in 2023, and would be the highest turnout since mid-2000s. “ What hasn’t motivated me? There isn’t a single reason I could give that would keep me from showing up at my polling station at 6:20 in the morning.” Continue reading...

Democrats are closing out some of the country's most competitive Senate races with a call to arms against the influence of the filthy rich. In their telling, the affordability crisis is really a corruption crisis.

Serbians go to polls to decide whether longtime strongman Aleksandar Vucic will return as prime minister or be ousted by unprecedented student-led opposition that wants to crack down on graft and boost democracy.

‘It’s next level corruption’

During the online “Overtime” segment of Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that there is corruption in California thanks to government unions and special interests. While discussing polling on the importance of corruption to voters, California The post Maher: California Has Corruption Thanks to Government Unions, Special Interests Controlling Politicians appeared first on Breitbart .

President Trump’s former campaign manager is joining a growing list predicting midterm doom for Republicans, highlighting recent allegations of government corruption as a key reason. Bill Stepien, who managed Trump’s 2020 campaign and had a stint as White House political director in the president’s first term, told CNN’s Abby Phillip that recent scandals in the...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered Cubans a discreet CIA partnership opportunity in a Friday social media post, saying "now is the time" for those looking to "create positive change” in the Caribbean country. “The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change...

Two of the FBI agents most closely identified with the FBI’s politicized operation to smother the Hunter Biden corruption scandal are facing their first taste of accountability.

Friday on CNN’s “News Central,” veteran Democratic strategist James Carville said that after the midterms, Democrats will “investigate the hell out of” President Donald Trump’s “corruption.” Carville said, “Well, first of all, Congress can’t do anything. I mean, he could kill everything. The post Carville: Dems Will ‘Investigate the Hell Out’ of Trump’s ‘Corruption’ appeared first on Breitbart .

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law vowed this week to legally challenge allegations made in a new book that he used his proximity to the White House to engage in lucrative backroom deals with foreign countries. Journalist Matthew Cole made the allegations in his book set for release on Tuesday, titled Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and […]

Serbia goes to the polls this weekend, as a student-led protest movement tries to oust the illiberal ruling party that’s widely regarded as corrupt.

The post Ken Paxton Says He’s Tough on Crime. His Trust Invested $600,000 in a Convicted Fraudster’s Company. appeared first on ProPublica .

I spent five months tracking every Trump corruption story. Here’s what I found.