President Trump removed David Huitema from his position as director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The agency oversees ethics rules for the executive branch, and directors are appointed for ...

Spending that the White House does not like is being labeled fraudulent. At the same time, President Trump is rolling back ...

The U.S. Justice Department has sharply stepped back its anti-corruption efforts under President Donald Trump, from loosening ...

Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's criminal defense attorney and nominee for deputy attorney general, on Wednesday dodged ...

Domestically, Trump is posing threats to the rule of law on multiple fronts. And only three weeks into his term, many legal ...

The Office of Special Counsel protects federal employee whistleblower rights, while the Office of Government Ethics prevents ...

The moves reflect the new administration’s dizzying pace as the president and his allies seek to remake the federal ...

President Donald Trump removed the head of the Office of Government Ethics from his post, the agency said Monday – the latest ...

Government watchdog groups say they will challenge the Trump administration’s decision to put the initiative under the ...

President Trump removed the director of the Office of Government Ethics, the independent agency responsible for overseeing ethics rules for the executive branch.

Irrespective of whether there is an executive order, President Donald Trump himself would not be covered by it.

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics was spun off from OPM in 1989. As the OPM website notes, the agency’s roots go back to 1883 with the Civil Service Act. That law established merit-based ...