Federal: 10 Members of Congress Took Trip Secretly Funded by Foreign GovernmentWashington Post – Scott Higham, Steven Rich, and Alice Crites | Published: 5/13/2015 Ten members of Congress and their aides accepted gifts and airfare to Azerbaijan that were secretly paid for by that country’s state-owned oil company, according to a report from the Office of Congressional Ethics given to The Washington Post. [read post]