Corruption (Institutional)

• The Mayor-Elect of New Orleans Is Already Awash in Challenges - A month before taking office, Helena Moreno is steering the city through a budget crisis and a Border Patrol enforcement operation that has immigrants in hiding.
• Zelensky’s Government Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption in Ukraine to Fester - Ukrainian leaders blame independent advisers for failing to prevent graft. A Times investigation found that President Volodymyr Zelensky’s own administration removed guardrails.
• Trump’s Former Campaign Manager Assisted Honduran Presidential Candidate - Brad Parscale advised the campaign of Nasry Asfura, a right-wing candidate who was endorsed by the U.S. president.
• The Netanyahu Corruption Trial, Explained - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Israel’s president to pardon him preemptively, before any verdicts were reached in his corruption cases. Here’s what to know about his trial.
• What to Know About Honduras’s Elections - President Trump has put a spotlight on Honduras as voters head to the polls. Their choices include the left-wing party in power and a candidate endorsed by Mr. Trump.
• Israel’s Netanyahu Requests Pardon in Corruption Cases - The move comes two weeks after President Trump wrote to Israel’s president urging a pardon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.