corruption
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Student Matthew Silverio joined about 150 others outside the House to protest against corruption.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
The organizations are being represented by former federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou, who established the Public Integrity Project this year to challenged alleged government corruption, as well as Delaware attorney Ronald Poliquin.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
A Chinese military court issued suspended death sentences to two former defense ministers for corruption, punctuating a broad purge of China’s armed forces that has ousted most of the high command.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Xi said at the time that the army had "undergone revolutionary tempering in the fight against corruption".
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Men lost were no longer counted by the thousands but by the hundred thousands; there had been blundering, betrayal, and corruption during the entire progress of the war.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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