Revealed: Biden's ethics exceptions

Top Biden officials have been excused from the ethics rules President Biden boasts about so they can do work involving large Wall Street banks, a leading defense contractor and prominent national media outlets, records show.

Driving the news: At least 16 Senate-confirmed officials have received waivers to ethics laws and regulations, according to an Axios review of their federal ethics paperwork.

Three were excused from portions of a widely publicized ethics pledge imposed by executive order on the day the president took office.

Thirteen got waivers to a federal regulation restricting work that...