A new report shows that three-quarters of the money that individuals donated to pro-Democrat outside spending groups in 2018 came from finance founders and executives.
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Trump’s Inaugural Was a Hot Mess from the Start, and Now It Puts Him in Legal Peril
New disclosures surface every day in the Russia collusion probes, but mundane campaign-finance violations may once again cause Trump his biggest headaches.
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Democracy Is on the Ballot
Voters will consider close to two dozen ballot initiatives to fix the broken political process and open up democracy this fall, but GOP legislators are moving to rig the system still further.
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House Democratic Challengers Demand Campaign-Finance Reforms
Democratic representatives tee up major changes if they take the House in November.
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Small Donors May Soon Be the Only Way to Fight Big Money
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh doesn’t think much of campaign-finance transparency, foreign money restrictions, or even contribution limits—leaving few political money fixes that may pass constitutional muster.
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Trump’s and the Koch Brothers’ War on Disclosure
Weaker disclosure rules at the Treasury Department are just one part of a big-money campaign to keep political spending in the dark—even as foreign money fears spike.
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Dark Money and the Downfall of Eric Greitens
The Missouri governor’s political immolation could provide a roadmap for campaign finance reforms.
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Hush Money May Prove Trump’s Biggest Campaign-Finance Problem
Donald Trump faces serious campaign-finance allegations involving Russian contributions and soft money, but the women he sought to silence may place him in his greatest legal jeopardy.
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The Move to Politicize Churches Is Back, and Conservatives Should Be Outraged
The best argument against repealing the Johnson Amendment comes not from the charitable sector, but from conservatives themselves.
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Blowing Up Democracy and Charities in One Fell Swoop
The House’s repeal of the Johnson Amendment poses an existential threat to both charities and American elections.
