scandal

Research suggests that "playing the victim" does not signal weakness to voters. Instead, politicians who emphasized their own victimhood during a scandal were often evaluated as more competent than those who did not, making it a highly attractive strategy for shielding against reputational damage.

Trump Approves Expansion of Scandal-Hit Coal Mine

Last month NASA canceled the VIPER lunar rover. From a budget of $250 million, the total cost had grown to $609.6 MM—not counting a now $323 MM lander. The response has been largely negative, but some say "The scandal isn’t that NASA canceled the mission. The scandal is that NASA waited this long."

A Scandal Is Tearing the World of Record-Breaking Dogs Apart