Klobuchar Worked With Law Enforcement Group to Increase Police Budgets
The possible Democratic vice presidential pick sought to dramatically increase the budget for a key cop-hiring program created by Joe Biden’s 1994 crime bill.
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‘Dark Money’ Groups Back Engel Against Progressive Challenger Bowman
Two nonprofits, recently incorporated in Delaware, have spent $260,000 on ads and mailers backing Engel. The groups are not required to reveal their donors.
Dark Money Pours Into West Virginia Ahead of State Supreme Court Election
A Republican Party group funded by the shadowy Judicial Confirmation Network is among the groups spending big ahead of West Virginia's Supreme Court elections.
Verizon and AT&T Partner With Pro-Police Militarization Lobbying Group
The National Sheriff's Association, which counts the telco giants as "platinum partners," lobbies Congress to make the Defense Department's 1033 military equipment transfer program permanent.
Trump Admin Finalizes Rule That Could Protect Foreign Dark Money in Elections
The rule, which takes effect today, allows dark money nonprofits to cease reporting information to the IRS that the government would need to enforce campaign finance laws.
Arati Kreibich vs. the Human Fundraising Machine
A progressive challenge for Trump’s favorite New Jersey Democrat
As His District Became a Coronavirus Hotspot, Engel Jetted to Florida Resort
The Florida fundraiser was just the beginning of Rep. Eliot Engel’s (D-N.Y.) absence from his district as it suffered from one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the country.
Missouri GOP Votes to Gut Anti-Gerrymandering Reform Approved by Voters
Amid the pandemic, Missouri Republicans are pushing a measure that could lead to a precedent helping the GOP gerrymander state districts throughout the country.
Where Biden, Trump, and Amash Stand on Campaign Finance
From dark money to public funding for elections, here’s where three remaining presidential candidates stand on money in politics.
Gottheimer Backs Bailout Plan Pushed by His Private Equity Donors
In statements to the press and congressional letters, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) is backing a plan from one of his top private equity donors to expand a Federal Reserve bailout program.