Immigrations and Customs Enforcement vendors have made $12.7 billion since 2010.Alex Kotch/Sludge

ICE Contracts Are Booming. See Which Vendors Are in Your State.

Companies and other entities that make money from Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts are flush in 2019, thanks to President Trump's harsh immigration operation.

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AT&T Is the Top Corporate Donor to the Texas Abortion Ban Co-Authors

Sludge reviewed the campaign contributions that the 22 Republican co-authors of the heartbeat bill have received and found that telecom and media giant AT&T has been by far the largest corporate donor to the group.

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ALEC Lied About Its Work on Election Suppression Bills

ALEC claims that it "doesn't work on voting issues," but its CEO told a very different story to her right-wing audience at a Council for National Policy meeting in May.

Biden Oil Envoy Advised Emirati Gas Firm and Owns Stock in Human Rights-Violating Companies

A financial disclosure reveals that Special Envoy for Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein operated a shadow consultancy with foreign fossil fuel clients.

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