A small group of White House lawyers this summer reportedly urged Kushner to step down amid a broadening probe into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russians in the 2016 election, but the idea to force him out was ultimately rejected.
At least a dozen major drug and device makers are under investigation by federal prosecutors and securities regulators in a broadening bribery inquiry into whether the companies made illegal payments to doctors and health officials in foreign countries.
Mr. Spitzer said that the runoff amounted to 200,000 gallons a day and that the agreement was the first stemming from a broadened investigation into businesses and individuals that are polluting the river.
Unemployment is falling, and in rich states such as Bavaria it is below 5%, but there are few signs yet of a classic export-led revival broadening into a pick up in wages and consumption.
Small-cap value funds aside, the quarter was characterized by a broadening of the pain into almost every investment area.
Meanwhile, the cold war was steadily unfreezing, as one east-west arms-control treaty followed another But by April, this thaw was turning into a broadening, unpredictable flood.
WASHINGTON — The head of the International Monetary Fund urged China on Thursday to allow its currency to rise in value, an attempt to keep a contentious issue between the United States and China from broadening into a bitter international dispute.
Often, I see little more than a traditional hierarchy flattening out, perhaps broadening into a matrix structure in parts of the organization.
Similarly, look at how quickly Google has gone from being just a search company to broadening into advertising placement, new software solutions (Chrome, Wave), a new mobile operating system (Android) and new approaches to mail and social media (Gmail and Buzz).
Even so, Mr. Rove, 50, is integrating himself into a broadened Bush political operation because he has succeeded in exerting influence in and outside the White House.
