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Campaign Finance
Leadership PACs Pay for Luxury Hotel Stays, Private Flights, New Nonprofits
Many leadership PACs are delivering large payments to close allies or even paying for lavish lifestyles.
Email Shows Top Buttigieg Fundraiser Offering Campaign Influence for Donations
Critics described the overture as a particularly blatant example of how big money corrupts the U.S. political system.
DNC Should Change Its Process to Stop Shutting Out Candidates of Color
Why is the Democratic debate stage getting whiter?
Cash-Strapped NRA Discloses Spending on Foreign Fundraising for the First Time
Despite foreign fundraising and misappropriation of its charities' funds, the NRA spent more than it raised last year.
Dark Money Groups Drove Support for IRS Rule Eliminating Donor Disclosure
A proposed rule could hinder government efforts to identify the illegal use of foreign money in U.S. elections.
Top Democratic Consultants Have Worked for Anti-Medicare for All Campaign
The array of consultants includes presidential candidate Joe Biden’s pollster.
Retail Giants Gear Up for Black Friday — and Political Giving
Many corporate giants are ramping up lobbying efforts this year against tariffs and in support of social issues.
AOC Raised More Money Than Any Other House Democrat in Third Quarter
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's reelection campaign is a testament to the power of grassroots fundraising.
Democratic Party Falls Further Behind GOP in October Fundraising
The GOP brought in $19 million from individual donors without help from Trump’s joint fundraising committees.
Big-Dollar Donors Helped Deval Patrick Lay Groundwork for Presidential Campaign
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is making a late entrance into the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.