Tag: Nepotism

U.S. Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC)

In defense of nepotism in the US Senate

Timothy P. Carney · July 17, 2026 5:15 am

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) talks to supporters in Portland, Maine on June 10, 2008. To her right is her daughter, Hannah Pingree. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Maine’s bipartisan brand of political nepotism

Taylor Millard · January 23, 2026 5:21 am

Hunter Biden steps into a vehicle as he leaves federal court, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles after pleading guilty to federal tax charges.

Beltway Confidential

The decade-old Hunter Biden scandal the media ignored

Kent Davis · January 20, 2025 2:48 pm

Union bosses across the nation cut large paychecks to family

Robert Schmad · January 7, 2025 6:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Bronny James drafted: Nepotism over meritocracy

Carter Schroppe · June 28, 2024 4:45 pm

Overcoming nepotism is what made us rich

Dan Hannan · February 13, 2023 11:30 am

Eric Adams lowers brother’s rank at NYPD amid nepotism concerns

Carly Roman · January 12, 2022 5:13 pm

Eric Adams picks brother for top role at NYPD: Report

Ryan King · January 7, 2022 11:09 pm

Hunter Biden is pictured at the funeral of his brother, Beau.

Beltway Confidential

Of course Hunter Biden, the 49-year-old child, is fair game

Tiana Lowe Doescher · September 26, 2019 5:06 pm

Maxine Waters attends the 2018 Women's Media Awards, hosted by the Women's Media Center, at Capitale on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, in New York.

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Maxine Waters’ family continues to profit directly from her position in Congress

Becket Adams · November 13, 2018 10:14 pm

Ivanka Trump listens during a meeting between President Trump and Republican members of Congress on immigration in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in Washington.

Ivanka shuts door on replacing Nikki Haley at UN

Diana Stancy Correll · October 9, 2018 9:55 pm

President Trump greets his daughter Ivanka Trump while speaking at the United States Steel Granite City Works plant, Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Granite City, Ill.

Trump says Ivanka would be ‘dynamite’ at the UN, but cites nepotism hurdle

Steven Nelson · October 9, 2018 8:29 pm