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.
Eliza Newlin Carney
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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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The Kremlin Is Back, and U.S. Elections Aren’t Ready
Congressional Republicans are doing nothing to block foreign election interference.
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Chasing Down Rabbit Holes After Fusion GPS
Republicans are using the full force of their congressional powers to threaten the FBI and intimidate President Trump’s critics into silence.
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New Year’s Resolutions for Democrats
The new year may bring some openings for Democrats, but only if they don’t start acting like their political opponents.
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The GOP’s Weapon of Suppression: Voter Purges
Voter suppression doesn’t always work, as Democrats learned in Alabama, but Republicans will be back—and they have some new tricks up their sleeves.
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Trump, Moore, and the Party of Men
Republicans have long had a woman problem, but Donald Trump is backing the GOP into a corner over sexual harassment.
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Internet Ad Rules Bring Together Strange Bedfellows
Conservative activists are trotting out all their same old arguments to block new Facebook rules, but not all Republicans are listening.
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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.
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Go Ahead. Make Clinton’s Day
A Clinton special counsel would inflict more damage on the Republicans, who can’t stop crying wolf, than on the Democrats.