Tag: Nepotism

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has raised concerns about the size of the contract and scale of the job awarded to Whitefish, a company that had two full-time employees the day Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Nancy Pelosi demands probe into Montana firm’s ‘highly suspect’ contract to repair Puerto Rico

Josh Siegel · October 25, 2017 8:48 pm

SEIU union members protest for an increase in the minimum wage. SEIU fired one of the lead architects of its $15 minimum wage campaign, stating that he violated the union's ethics rules regarding nepotism. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Unions suspends $15 minimum wage advocate over nepotism charges

Sean Higgins · October 19, 2017 5:46 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump made Ivanka an assistant, Kennedy made Bobby attorney general

Emily Jashinsky · March 30, 2017 1:57 pm

Ivanka Trump is planning a trip to Germany to attend a summit on the economic empowerment of women. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Ivanka Trump to meet ‘very soon’ with Angela Merkel

Gabby Morrongiello · March 27, 2017 5:32 pm

Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said she trusts those around President-elect Trump to ensure he doesn't break any nepotism laws. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmaker: Trump will ‘build a wall’ between presidency and business

Kyle Feldscher · December 15, 2016 3:57 pm

"They're both very talented people [and] I would love to be able to have them involved," Trump said. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Trump exploring legal options to give Ivanka, Kushner roles in his administration

Gabby Morrongiello · December 11, 2016 5:16 pm

"Having somebody with a totally fresh approach might be a good starting point in the Middle East," Gingrich said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Gingrich: Trump will have to get anti-nepotism waiver to appoint Kushner

Meghana Kurup · November 23, 2016 5:13 pm

Most troubling was the concern about the potential motivation for why a liver doctor might perform a lung surgery that didn't appear to be needed. (Getty)

Patient died after VA doc and resident wife did unneeded procedure; then doc was promoted

Luke Rosiak · April 17, 2015 9:00 am

The same laws that protect government watchdogs from illicit retribution appear to be protecting the jobs of certain bad eggs. (iStock)

When inspectors general go bad

Washington Examiner · April 2, 2015 9:00 am

In this Oct. 11, 2012, file photo, Hunter Biden waits for the start of the his father's, Vice President Joe Biden's, debate at Centre College in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

The Hunter Biden Chronicles

Michelle Malkin · October 22, 2014 3:14 pm

Vice President Joe Biden, left, and his son R. Hunter Biden watch a Duke/Georgetown college basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Beltway Confidential

Joe Biden’s son gets job with major Ukrainian natural gas company

Joel Gehrke · May 13, 2014 4:06 pm