http://www.mail.com/subjects/16944-political-scandals.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/16944-political-scandals.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092650-jobs-trip-obama-tries-to-leave-problems.html BALTIMORE (AP) — President Barack Obama tried on Friday to leave behind the political battles that have overshadowed his second-term agenda, saying lawmakers should work on creating more middle-class jobs in the slowly growing economy. "Our work is not done, and our focus cannot drift," Obama said. Obama's jobs tour took him to Baltimore after riding thro... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:05:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092650-jobs-trip-obama-tries-to-leave-problems.html 2013-05-17T20:05:46Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092714-scandal-cast-performs-finale-live-academy.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forget the DVR. Not this time. Not after this long of a wait. Millions of fans actually watched the season-two finale of the ABC drama "Scandal" the old-fashioned way: on a TV screen, as it was fed from the network to their local affiliates. But a crowd of approximately 700 at the Academy of Televi... Fri, 17 May 2013 09:11:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092714-scandal-cast-performs-finale-live-academy.html 2013-05-17T09:11:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092592-hagel-orders-review-sex-abuse-prevention.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control. He said this step, which also applies to the military's approximately 19,000 recruiters and must... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:40:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092592-hagel-orders-review-sex-abuse-prevention.html 2013-05-17T21:40:14Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2092596-treasury-officials-told-irs-probe-june-2012.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign. ... Fri, 17 May 2013 22:42:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2092596-treasury-officials-told-irs-probe-june-2012.html 2013-05-17T22:42:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089628-obama-vows-sustained-effort-military-sex-abuse.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are "ashamed" of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services. Obama pledged to "leave no stone unturned" in the effort to halt the abuse, which he said undermines the trust the military needs to be effective. Obama also said he has asked Defense ... Thu, 16 May 2013 23:42:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089628-obama-vows-sustained-effort-military-sex-abuse.html 2013-05-16T23:42:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091760-edwards-reactivates-law-license-speaking-event.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former presidential contender John Edwards has reactivated his license to practice law and is setting out on the speaking circuit. The two-time presidential candidate and former North Carolina senator is scheduled to appear June 6 at a private retreat in Orlando, Fla., for lawyer clients of the marketing firm PMP. A records check with... Thu, 16 May 2013 23:24:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091760-edwards-reactivates-law-license-speaking-event.html 2013-05-16T23:24:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088904-obama-tries-to-regain-control-amid-controversies.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Under mounting pressure, President Barack Obama on Wednesday released a trove of documents related to the Benghazi attack and forced out the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following revelations that the agency targeted conservative political groups. The moves were aimed at halting a perception spreading among both White House opponents and all... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:58:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088904-obama-tries-to-regain-control-amid-controversies.html 2013-05-15T23:58:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2088642-ex-sc-gov-sanford-reclaims-house-seat-comeback.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor whose extramarital affair derailed his political career, returned to Congress on Wednesday with his Argentine "soul mate" at his side. "I do," Sanford said, taking his oath. "Congratulations, you are now a member of the 113th Congress," House Speaker John Boehner said. With that... Wed, 15 May 2013 22:27:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2088642-ex-sc-gov-sanford-reclaims-house-seat-comeback.html 2013-05-15T22:27:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086074-soldier-sexual-assault-office-accused-abuse.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Tuesday. Just last week an Air Force officer who headed a sexual assault prevention office was himself arrested on charge... Wed, 15 May 2013 03:23:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086074-soldier-sexual-assault-office-accused-abuse.html 2013-05-15T03:23:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085748-trio-troubles-threatening-obamas-second-term.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda even before he was sworn in, when a school massacre led him to lift gun control to the fore. Now, as he tries to pivot from a stinging defeat on that issue and push forward on others, the president finds himself rocked by multiple controversies that are demoralizing his allies, embolden... Wed, 15 May 2013 01:03:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085748-trio-troubles-threatening-obamas-second-term.html 2013-05-15T01:03:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081266-milan-prosecutors-demand-6-years-berlusconi.html MILAN (AP) — Milan prosecutors on Monday demanded a prison sentence of six years and a lifetime ban from public office for former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in his sex-for-hire trial. The request came days after an appeals court upheld a four-year sentence and five-year ban on public office in a tax fraud case against Berlusconi. The two cases, coming to a... Mon, 13 May 2013 18:12:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081266-milan-prosecutors-demand-6-years-berlusconi.html 2013-05-13T18:12:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081540-bulgarian-center-right-wins-votes.html SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The center-right party of former Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has fallen far short of winning a majority needed to form a government, according to nearly final election results released on Monday, and appears to have no willing partners to join a coalition. That would leave the second-place party in position to lead a new government... Mon, 13 May 2013 12:32:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081540-bulgarian-center-right-wins-votes.html 2013-05-13T12:32:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081290-spies-caught-website-scandal-embarrass-skorea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The scandal shaking up South Korea's main spy agency is not cloak-and-dagger stuff, but the kind of low-grade trickery anyone with an Internet connection could pull off. And the target was not Seoul's opaque rival to the north, but the country's own people. Internet postings ostensibly from ordinary South Koreans, but actually fr... Mon, 13 May 2013 10:29:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081290-spies-caught-website-scandal-embarrass-skorea.html 2013-05-13T10:29:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080806-ex-penn-st-head-was-top-paid-public-colleges.html BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Former Penn State President Graham Spanier became the highest paid public college president of 2011-12 when he was forced out over his handling of the sex abuse scandal involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, according to a survey released Sunday. The Chronicle of Higher Education's annual ranking of public college p... Sun, 12 May 2013 23:54:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080806-ex-penn-st-head-was-top-paid-public-colleges.html 2013-05-12T23:54:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080396-exit-polls-clear-winner-bulgarian-vote.html SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's center-right party and its main challenger, the Socialists, finished first and second in Sunday's parliamentary election, with neither one winning a majority needed to form a government, two exit polls indicated. If that outcome is confirmed, it could lead to more political and economic instability in this financially str... Sun, 12 May 2013 21:14:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080396-exit-polls-clear-winner-bulgarian-vote.html 2013-05-12T21:14:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2079964-bulgarians-to-elect-parliament-amid-scandals.html SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians voted Sunday in parliamentary elections with no party expected to win a majority to form a government, fueling fears of more political and economic instability in this financially strapped Balkan nation. Some 6.9 million eligible voters have a choice of candidates from 36 parties. But voter apathy is widespread, and alleg... Sun, 12 May 2013 10:54:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2079964-bulgarians-to-elect-parliament-amid-scandals.html 2013-05-12T10:54:43Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2079042-va-governors-chef-amid-political-potboiler.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Todd Schneider came with a lot of celebrity cachet when he was hired in 2010 as chef at Virginia's historic Executive Mansion and he was soon cast as the co-star with first lady Maureen McDonnell when a cable channel toured the governor's residence, the gardens he tended and the kitchen he ran. As the beaming first lady looked on, Sch... Sat, 11 May 2013 16:30:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2079042-va-governors-chef-amid-political-potboiler.html 2013-05-11T16:30:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2078580-gop-ready-to-push-benghazi-case-2014.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fueling Republican arguments and ads designed to fire up the conservative base and undercut the Democrats' early favorite for president in 2016. Democratic and Republican strategists sharply disagree on the issue's power to influence elections next year and beyond. But after... Sat, 11 May 2013 07:34:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2078580-gop-ready-to-push-benghazi-case-2014.html 2013-05-11T07:34:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076192-sacked-skorea-spokesman-denies-abuse-allegations.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A former top South Korean presidential spokesman who was dismissed for what officials called a "disgraceful incident" while accompanying President Park Geun-hye on her visit to the United States denied Saturday media reports that he sexually molested a Korean-American woman during the trip. Park's office said she fired her chief ... Sat, 11 May 2013 04:56:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076192-sacked-skorea-spokesman-denies-abuse-allegations.html 2013-05-11T04:56:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2077464-egyptian-man-disguised-woman-harassed.html CAIRO (AP) — Waleed Hammad dressed conservatively for his secret mission into the world of sexual harassment and abuse on the streets of Cairo, donning a long tan skirt and sleeved shirt, and at times covering his head like many Egyptian women. The 24-year-old actor walked the sidewalks, hidden cameras in tow, for an investigative television report, hopin... Fri, 10 May 2013 19:00:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2077464-egyptian-man-disguised-woman-harassed.html 2013-05-10T19:00:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076930-post-attack-top-reporter-worries-cover-blown.html BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — His exclusives have triggered some of Colombia's biggest scandals, leading to the dismissals, arrests and prosecutions of dozens of crooked, sometimes murderous public officials. Yet in this age of social media saturation and in-your-face journalistic ego, Ricardo Calderon continues to shun the limelight. To the public, this old-fa... Fri, 10 May 2013 16:05:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076930-post-attack-top-reporter-worries-cover-blown.html 2013-05-10T16:05:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2076282-shattered-eu-dreams-heart-bulgarian-election.html SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The big theme of Bulgaria's parliamentary elections this weekend: mounting frustration over the widening gap between the giddy hopes linked to EU membership and today's sobering reality. But few expect things to get any better after the ballot — and the same discredited center-right party is likely to come out on top as voters see no good alternative. ... Fri, 10 May 2013 10:18:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2076282-shattered-eu-dreams-heart-bulgarian-election.html 2013-05-10T10:18:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2074420-lawmakers-white-house-discuss-sexual-assault.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional efforts to combat sexual assault in the military secured the support of the Obama administration as senior White House officials met privately Thursday with a bipartisan group of lawmakers. Outrage over the Pentagon's latest estimates on sexual assaults and two recent cases of officers overturning convictions have injected ... Thu, 09 May 2013 21:27:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2074420-lawmakers-white-house-discuss-sexual-assault.html 2013-05-09T21:27:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073424-democrats-scandal-benghazi-deaths.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats. History suggests it might be a tough lift. The issue is complex, the next presidential election is more than three years... Thu, 09 May 2013 16:22:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073424-democrats-scandal-benghazi-deaths.html 2013-05-09T16:22:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070704-mark-sanford-renews-career-build-reputation.html CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Now that former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has resurrected a once-promising political career by regaining his old House seat, he'll have to rebuild the reputation that once earned him praise as a possible presidential contender among colleagues. The Republican preached fiscal responsibility during his three terms in Congress ... Thu, 09 May 2013 00:27:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070704-mark-sanford-renews-career-build-reputation.html 2013-05-09T00:27:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070242-despite-scandal-ex-sc-gov-sanford-office.html CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Four years after scandal derailed his political career, ex-Republican Gov. Mark Sanford once again holds a South Carolina political office, winning back his old congressional seat Tuesday after a race in which he battled his past and an opponent who outdid him in fundraising. Sanford's resurrection was completed when he defeated De... Wed, 08 May 2013 02:47:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070242-despite-scandal-ex-sc-gov-sanford-office.html 2013-05-08T02:47:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067960-ex-sc-gov-sanford-political-office.html CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford revived a scandal-scarred political career by winning back his old congressional seat Tuesday in a district that hasn't elected a Democrat in three decades. The comeback was complete when he defeated Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of political satirist Stephen Colbert... Wed, 08 May 2013 02:06:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067960-ex-sc-gov-sanford-political-office.html 2013-05-08T02:06:16Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069440-argentina-offers-tax-amnesty-undeclared-cash.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's government announced new measures on Tuesday intended to suck up undeclared dollars in response to growing pressure to abruptly devalue the nation's currency. Economy Minister Hernan Lorenzino said the new tax-free bonds and certificates of deposit will pull into the banking system the foreign currencies that Arg... Tue, 07 May 2013 23:58:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069440-argentina-offers-tax-amnesty-undeclared-cash.html 2013-05-07T23:58:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065782-italys-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-94.html ROME (AP) — Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad. One of Italy's most important postwar figures, he helped draft the country's constitution after World War II, served seven times as premier and spent 60 years in Parliament. But the Christian Democrat who was friends with popes and cardinals was also a controversial... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:37:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065782-italys-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-94.html 2013-05-06T19:37:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2062742-ex-gov-sanford-seeks-2nd-chance-south-carolina.html BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — One congressional candidate is a former Republican governor seeking redemption after his career imploded in a public saga involving lies, the Appalachian Trail and an Argentine mistress. His Democratic opponent is a famous comedian's sister who's trying to benefit from her rival's damaged reputation. In a bizarre campaign that has ro... Sat, 04 May 2013 15:57:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2062742-ex-gov-sanford-seeks-2nd-chance-south-carolina.html 2013-05-04T15:57:22Z