Political Corruption

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A top South Carolina lawmaker says the embattled governor should not face impeachment simply because he left to see his Argentine lover over the summer.

WASHINGTON - A federal judge from Louisiana was falling deeply into gambling debt as he routinely solicited money and gifts from attorneys with cases before his court, congressional investigators said Tuesday as the House opened impeachment hearings against the judge.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - An investigation into whether the leader of the country's largest American Indian reservation and others broke any laws in connection with two companies that operated on the Navajo Nation is moving forward.

CHICAGO - A millionaire power broker who was to go to trial on corruption charges alongside ousted Illinois Gov.