Ethics

In the span of one week, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has gone from ceding his post as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee to defiantly brushing off calls for him to resign by leaders. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democratic leaders grapple with standoff over embattled John Conyers

Laura Barrón-López · December 2, 2017 8:22 pm

Walter Shaub, the former director of the Office of Government Ethics, tweeted he received an email from the chief of the Office of Special Counsel's Hatch Act Unit about the opening of a case file on White House counselor Kellyanne Conway. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Kellyanne Conway part of Hatch Act violation allegations case

Kelly Cohen · November 29, 2017 6:17 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said the House Administration Committee will start the "comprehensive review" process of Congress' handling of sexual harassment complaints next week with a hearing on the matter. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Paul Ryan calls for ‘comprehensive review’ of Congress’ sexual harassment problem

Susan Ferrechio · November 29, 2017 4:15 pm

Republicans feel they might finally make headway with some women voters after Democrats didn't immediately crack down on Rep. John Conyers of Michigan and Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota. The two are accused of sexual misconduct and have strong bases. (AP Images)

Republicans: Democrats waging their own ‘war on women’ with Al Franken and John Conyers

David M. Drucker · November 29, 2017 5:01 am

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., wants to have it both ways, it seems. He's been a champion of women's rights, but would rather not apologize or concede any ground when it comes to the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

The Sen. Franken contradiction

Becket Adams · November 29, 2017 3:31 am

In a letter Tuesday to the House Ethics Committee, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., asked if additional resources to help the staff were needed to investigate Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., and the sexual harassment allegations surrounding him. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nancy Pelosi presses Ethics Committee to expedite investigation of John Conyers

Laura Barrón-López · November 28, 2017 11:00 pm

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said Monday that he was frankly surprised, and disgusted, by the sheer number of men who have been accused of sexual assault or harassment in recent months. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Republican senator: ‘I had no idea there were this many pigs in the world’

Kimberly Leonard · November 28, 2017 12:42 am

In sum, three women have accused Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., of groping their backsides while posing for pictures. Another has accused him of forcibly kissing her, as well as groping her breasts while she slept. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Al Franken implicitly drew a line on when sexual misconduct becomes worthy of a resignation from Congress

Emily Jashinsky · November 27, 2017 10:31 pm

Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci threatens to sue a Tufts University graduate student after the student wrote an op-ed calling him a "man who is irresponsible, inconsistent, [and] an unethical opportunist." (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Anthony Scaramucci threatens to sue grad student who called him ‘unethical’

Pete Kasperowicz · November 27, 2017 1:13 pm

Two women told the Huffington Post on the condition of anonymity they attended events during Al Franken's initial Minnesota Senate campaign where Franken touched their buttocks without their consent. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Two more women accuse Al Franken of groping

Diana Stancy Correll · November 23, 2017 1:03 am

Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., told the New York Times this week he's not convinced the sexual harassment accusations against Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., "have any real substance." Unfortunately, that's not exactly what some Congresspeople within Clyburn's own party are saying. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

House Democrat leader James Clyburn goes to bat for John Conyers over sexual harassment allegations, suggests it’s all lies

Becket Adams · November 22, 2017 11:55 pm

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., faces a chorus of voices calling for him to resign from office after two women accused him of sexual misconduct. A recent poll shows his own constituents, by and large, wish he would step down. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Few Minnesotans believe Al Franken should remain in office following allegations of sexual misconduct

Diana Stancy Correll · November 22, 2017 4:41 am