President Donald Trump removed the head of the Office of Government Ethics from his post, the agency said Monday – the latest example of Trump acting against a government watchdog. The agency’s ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with David Skaggs, former congressman and chair of the Office of Congressional Ethics, about new House rules that could weaken that office's influence on Congress. House ...

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A few innocuous-sounding passages buried near the end of the Republicans’ new House rules package could gut the chamber’s independent, nonpartisan ethics office. Established by the House in 2008, the ...

Members of Congress can have their reputations damaged when caught up in a scandal, as media coverage surrounding George Santos for apparently lying about his resume and possibly violating campaign ...

In 2017, when House Republicans tried to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), hundreds of thousands of outraged Americans urged their representatives to preserve this independent watchdog.