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The White House at night last week. President Trump has picked a new ethics chief, who, unlike past appointments, has won praise from experts.

Politics & Government

Trump's Choice For Ethics Chief Wins Praise As 'Somebody Who Plays It By The Book'

2:04pm February 09, 2018

by Peter Overby

Emory Rounds III is a career civil servant. If confirmed as director of the Office of Government Ethics, he will take charge of an agency under considerable pressure.

White House staffers may need assistance from a legal defense fund if special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe pulls them in for questioning.

White House Staffers May Get Legal Fund For Russia Probe — With Anonymous Donors?

12:28pm September 15, 2017

by Peter Overby

Anonymous donations to a legal defense fund, even one for White House staffers, could be a discreet way of showing loyalty to President Trump.

Former Office of Government Ethics director Walter Shaub wants to see reforms to strengthen the office.

Former Ethics Director Says Trump Is Causing A 'Crisis;' Calls For Reforms

6:34pm July 28, 2017

by Mollie Simon

Walter Shaub, former head of the federal ethics office, says that unless compliance laws are toughened, American ethical norms will fade away. They will be replaced by new, lower standards, he fears.

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said in an interview on Thursday that the federal disclosure rules could be too cumbersome.

Politics & Government

Top Trump Aide Says Ethics Filings Discourage Potential Government Employees

6:03pm July 27, 2017

In an interview on Fox & Friends, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway called federal disclosure rules "disincentivising" for qualified people who might otherwise want to join the administration.

Outgoing ethics director Walter Shaub said in January that President Trump's plan to reduce conflicts of interest "doesn't meet the standards ... that every president in the past four decades has met."

Politics & Government

Ethics Office Director Walter Shaub Resigns, Saying Rules Need To Be Tougher

4:31pm July 06, 2017

Shaub, who has had many battles with the Trump administration, says he is quitting to become a legal activist. He says the "current situation" shows tougher ethics action is needed.

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The Office of Government Ethics posted a list of federal agency officials who have been granted ethics waivers on Wednesday.

Trump Administration Names More Former Lobbyists With Ethics Waivers

6:29pm June 07, 2017

by Marilyn Geewax

The White House has put out the names of federal agency officials who sought dispensation from ethics rules. But critics question whether the list reflects the full scope of conflicts of interest.

Walter M. Shaub Jr., director of the Office of Government Ethics, notified the White House and federal agencies in April that his office wanted to see all ethics waivers issued by President Trump's administration, setting a June 1 deadline.

Ethics Agency Rejects White House Move To Block Ethics Waiver Disclosures

10:17pm May 22, 2017

by Peter Overby

The Office of Government Ethics "declines your request to suspend its ethics authority," its director tells the White House. The administration said compiling the waivers exceeded OGE's authority.

Walter Shaub, director of the United States Office of Government Ethics.

As Trump Inquiries Flood Ethics Office, Director Looks To House For Action

10:10am April 18, 2017

Walter Shaub of the Office of Government Ethics, which lacks enforcement power, says the House Oversight Committee does not seem to be matching the surge of concern about the Trump administration.

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Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, right, and former Sen. Jim DeMint, now president of the Heritage Foundation, walk away from the West Wing of the White House on Wednesday. The White House declined to discipline Conway for a lapse in a recent o

U.S. Ethics Official To White House: No, These Rules Definitely Apply To You

10:31pm March 09, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

After Kellyanne Conway urged shoppers to buy Ivanka Trump's fashion line, the Office of Government Ethics urged punishment. The White House says the agency's rules don't apply to its workers.

In the White House's letter to the Office of Government Ethics this week, there's something potentially far more interesting than the administration's response to Kellyanne Conway's Nordstrom comments.

Experts Say White House's Conway Response Raises Major Ethical Questions

6:14pm March 03, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

In the White House's letter to the Office of Government Ethics this week about Kellyanne Conway, there's a passage that is potentially far more significant than a clothing endorsement.