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Coronavirus Drives Vote By Mail Efforts, But Barriers Remain

The coronavirus pandemic has already prompted state after state to delay their primary elections, including a chaotic last-minute scramble in Ohio last week and depressed turnout in states that went ahead. The disruptions are prompting...

By Carrie Levine/Center for Public Integrity

Congress Could Raid an Unused Campaign Fund to Help Pay For Coronavirus Relief

Pop quiz: Name the last major-party presidential nominee who tapped into the publicly financed Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Answer: Republican John McCain, in 2008. In the dozen years since, presidential candidates — from Barack Obama...

By Dave Levinthal/Center for Public Integrity

A Dark Money Lobbyist Is Helping Steve Bullock's 2020 Campaign

Will an August fundraiser undercut the reformist governor’s core message?

By Laura Zornosa / Center for Public Integrity

'Cocaine Mitch' McConnell Made $70,000 on T-Shirts

“Cocaine Mitch” is moving product. At $35 a pop, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s re-election campaign has sold more than 2,000 T-shirts referencing the derogatory, drug-themed nickname a former opponent once gave him. The $70,000-plus...

By Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity

2020 Democrats Talk Up Small Donors, But Stay Quiet on Bundlers

Most Democrats who want to win the White House have all but fetishized small-dollar donors. Enthusiastic supporters who contribute $20 here or $50 there offer candidates grassroots street cred during a presidential primary season in...

By Dave Levinthal / Center for Public Integrity

Jill Stein Is Belatedly Paying Off Her 2016 Campaign Fines

Jill Stein has finally paid her fines. Mostly. Stein’s 2016 Green Party presidential campaign committee cut the Federal Election Commission a $41,735.31 check in late December — an effort to resolve the committee’s mounting legal...

By Dave Levinthal / Center for Public Integrity

President Trump Honored a GOP Megadonor. Here's Why Some Republicans Are Worried

President Donald Trump will today present the nation’s highest civilian honor to Miriam Adelson, one of the Republican Party’s pre-eminent megadonors. Trump is hardly the first president to honor a political supporter, and the White...

By Carrie Levine and Dave Levinthal / Center for Public Integrity

Senate Candidates Must Now File Campaign Finance Reports Online

For the first time, U.S. Senate candidates must file campaign finance reports electronically, giving the public more immediate access to information about the candidates' campaign donors and spending. President Donald Trump signed the measure into...

By Rosie Cima / Center for Public Integrity

State Dept. Hired Cambridge Analytica's Parent Co.

Newly unearthed documents describing the relationship between SCL Group, parent company of embattled data firm Cambridge Analytica, and the State Department provide a rare glimpse into the nation’s effort to counter terrorist propaganda. The $500,000,...

By Pratheek Rebala / Center for Public Integrity

120 State Lawmakers Met to Practice Overhauling the Constitution

Amid historic re-enactors wearing tricorn hats and carrying muskets, more than 120 state legislators from all over the country pretended to overhaul the U.S. Constitution two years ago in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. But some believe...

By Sanya Mansoor / Center for Public Integrity

Why Are There No Black Koch Brothers?

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is worth nearly $3 billion. Basketball legend-turned-businessman Michael Jordan’s net worth is a reported $1.65 billion. Businessman and philanthropist Robert Smith is worth more than both of them with an estimated...

By Lateshia Beachum / Center for Public Integrity

Russia Used Facebook to Influence the 2016 Election. Federal Regulators Can't Agree on How to Stop it in 2018

The American social media platforms Russian entities used to influence the 2016 presidential election are essentially attempting to regulate themselves, fearing a repeat during the 2018 midterms. Meanwhile, the federal government agency tasked with protecting...

By Ashley Balcerzak / Center for Public Integrity

Here Are the All the Recent Campaign Donations That Might Raise Eyebrows

From a Chinese stock sale to a company that runs ICE detention centers

By Ashley Balcerzak, Suhauna Hussain and Dave Levinthal / Center for Public Integrity

Liberals Want to Overturn Citizens United. A New Study Shows Conservatives Do Too

Two-thirds of Republicans, in fact

By Ashley Balcerzak / Center for Public Integrity

Stormy Daniels Hush Money Raises Campaign Finance Questions

"This was a potential knowing and willful violation of campaign finance laws"

By Carrie Levine and Dave Levinthal / Center for Public Integrity

The Agency That Oversees Campaign Finance Is on the Brink of Shutting Down

Anniversaries are often festive. Not today at the Federal Election Commission. As of April 30, the FEC's current four commissioners have been on the commission for a total of 32 years longer than they should...

By Dave Levinthal / Center for Public Integrity

Did Donald Trump Profit From His Own Transition?

It's unclear whether transition team paid rent in Trump Tower

By Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity

Fundraising for the 2020 Presidential Election Is Already Going Strong

Once upon a time not terribly long ago, federal politicians more or less kept their campaigning to election years. They reserved their energies in odd-numbered, non-election years for legislating and governing. No longer. This decade’s...

By Ashley Balcerzak and Dave Levinthal / Center for Public Integrity

Consultant Guiding Homeland Security Nominee Once Lobbied for a Foreign Government

A private consultant shepherding President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security secretary nominee Kirstjen Nielsen through her U.S. Senate confirmation process doesn’t just have domestic interests in mind — he’s also lobbied the homeland security...

By Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Sells Shipping Investment

The controversial asset was focus of Center for Public Integrity investigation

By Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity
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