Tag: governmentethics

US Politics

Restoring Trust: The Bipartisan Push to Ban Congressional Stock Trading

Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican Senator Ashley Moody are introducing bipartisan legislation to ban members of Congress and their immediate families from trading or owning individual stocks. This long-overdue measure represents a crucial step toward restoring public trust and ensuring lawmakers serve the people rather than their personal portfolios.

US Politics

A Stock Trader in Chief: The Erosion of Public Trust and Presidential Ethics

President Donald Trump reported 3,700+ stock transactions worth hundreds of millions in 2026, with his largest trades in tech giants like Nvidia and Microsoft coinciding with significant corporate or government news. The potential for even the appearance of conflicts of interest by a sitting president engaged in such prolific, market-sensitive trading strikes at the very heart of public trust and the principle that a leader's sole interest must be the American people, not personal portfolio gains.