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Lives were at stake, so Dr. Scott Atlas was just doing what he thought was right when he joined the White House COVID response team. Little did he know he was jumping into a viper’s pit where public health officials were willing to sacrifice American lives for political gain. But Atlas’s struggle for the truth…

Recent ethical lapses by government MPs renew questions of how to ensure such actions cease amid the examples set at the highest level of leadership and the trend toward declining standards of behaviour. Ethical missteps by parliamentarians is nothing new. In 1998, the Reform Party hired a mariachi band to play in the Senate foyer…

The White House has a cheat sheet for you in case you’re talking politics at Thanksgiving dinner. What’s on its list, and why is it drawing backlash from Republicans? A border policy is ending soon, making it harder for Border Patrol to expel illegal immigrants. What’s the impact? And what policies could fill the void?…

The Biden administration is doling out more waivers meant to excuse public officials from violating ethics regulations than the preceding administration did. Federal ethics law prohibits government officials from participating in matters in which they have a financial interest. They are also expected to recuse themselves from matters that would give the appearance of partiality…

Commentary In January, it was announced that David Bennett, 57, had received the first heart transplant, from a genetically modified pig heart, and so far, seemed to be tolerating the transplant well. This area of transplant medicine, xenotransplantation, is the practice of transplanting organs, tissues, or cells into a human from a non-human species. It…

OTTAWA—The House of Commons ethics committee has called for a halt to the Public Health Agency of Canada’s plans to collect data from millions of mobile phones as a way to understand travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee passed a motion Monday calling on the federal government to suspend plans to extend the…

Research conducted by the Royal Children’s Hospital, the University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has concluded that it is “ethically permissible” to vaccinate teenagers aged 12 and over who are requesting a COVID-19 vaccine, even if their parents do not provide consent. Traditionally, parental consent is needed for the vaccination of children,…

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren sharpened her criticism of the Federal Reserve on Monday over its handling of an ethics scandal at the central bank ahead of the renomination hearing of Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Warren, a Democrat and member of the Senate Banking Committee, is one of the lawmakers Powell will appear before on Tuesday…

LOS ANGELES—Dark Western “The Power of the Dog” and a remake of “West Side Story” won the biggest awards on Sunday at a diminished Golden Globes ceremony held privately without the usual glitzy lineup of Hollywood’s top television and movie stars. Actors, directors and film studios largely ignored the Globes this year after criticism in 2021…

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Federal Ethics Failures Renew Calls for Accountability

Capitol Report (Nov. 23): White House Provides Thanksgiving Day Talking Points; Member of Congress Under Investigation

Biden Is Giving Ethics Waivers To Top Officials At a Quicker Pace Than Trump Did: Watchdog

The Ethics of Xenotransplantation

Commons Ethics Committee Wants Cellphone Data Collection Halted Over Privacy Concerns

US Senator Warren Calls on Fed to Release More Ethics Scandal Information

‘Power of the Dog,’ ‘West Side Story’ Take Top Golden Globes at Off-Screen Ceremony

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