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2 Feb 2023, 9:37 pm
National/Federal At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a Spouse’s Business Ties Seattle Times – Steve Eder (New York Times) | Published: 1/31/2023 After Chief Justice John Roberts joined the U.S. [read post]
9 Feb 2024, 3:00 am
National/Federal Luxury Spending, Internal Strife Leave NRA Staggering Into 2024 Election Anchorage Daily News – Beth Reinhard and Sylvia Foster-Frau (Washington Post) | Published: 2/4/2024 In 2016, the National Rifle Association (NRA) endorsed helped catapult Donald Trump to the White House with $31 million in campaign spending. [read post]
3 Jan 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal 2020 Democrats Are Naming Their Fundraising ‘Bundlers’ Amid a Fight Over Big Money in Politics Philadelphia Inquirer – Jonathan Lai and Julia Terruso | Published: 12/26/2019 When it comes to political fundraising, rich people are great. [read post]
24 Jun 2022, 4:00 am
National/Federal 2022 Primary Results: Alabama Senate runoff, D.C. and Virginia primaries CBS News – Fin Gómez and Aaron Navarro | Published: 6/21/2022 Virginia and the District of Columbia held primaries on June 21 and Georgia also held runoff elections, but perhaps the most closely watched race was the Alabama Republican U.S. [read post]
8 Oct 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal Court Orders FEC to Rule on Complaints Against NRA’s Alleged Campaign Coordination Scheme MSN – Soo Rin Kim (ABC News) | Published: 10/1/2021 A federal court ordered the FEC to rule on pending complaints that allege the National Rifle Association (NRA) used shell entities to illegally coordinate campaign spending with federal candidates, including with the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump. [read post]
13 Jan 2023, 3:00 am
National/Federal At Proud Boys Trial, U.S. [read post]
14 Jul 2023, 4:00 am
National/Federal Trump Aide Walt Nauta Pleads Not Guilty in Classified Documents Case MSN – Shayna Jacobs and Devlin Barrett (Washington Post) | Published: 7/6/2023 Donald Trump’s personal aide, Walt Nauta, pleaded not guilty to charges he schemed with the former president to hide classified documents from authorities at Mar-a-Lago, moving boxes containing top-secret government materials for Trump. [read post]
5 Nov 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal A Year Out, Political Groups Prepare for What Could Be the Most Expensive Midterms Ever MSN – Kate Ackley (Roll Call) | Published: 11/2/2021 Next year’s midterm elections, which will determine control of the House and Senate for the second half of President Biden’s first term, are on pace to shatter previous records, thanks largely to big money outside groups. [read post]
25 Feb 2022, 3:00 am
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27 May 2022, 4:00 am
National/Federal After Texas Shooting, Republicans Face Online Anger Over NRA Money MSN – Timothy Bella (Washington Post) | Published: 5/25/2022 While some Republicans in Congress offered their thoughts and prayers to the families of the victims of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, critics have been quick to point out the millions of dollars that GOP lawmakers have taken from the National Rifle Association (NRA) in contributions over the years. [read post]
7 May 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal ‘Cult of Personality’: House Dems seize on Cheney chaos Politico – Sarah Ferris and Nicholas Wu | Published: 5/5/2021 Republicans are days away from dethroning U.S. [read post]
2 Oct 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal Amy Coney Barrett, a Disciple of Justice Scalia, Is Poised to Push the Supreme Court Further Right Washington Post – Michael Kranish, Robert Barnes, Shawn Boburg, and Ann Marimow | Published: 9/26/2020 The declarations of political war started coming fast as President Trump announced his nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. [read post]
17 May 2024, 3:00 am
National/Federal A White-Collar Indictment Shatters a Congressman’s Blue-Collar Image DNyuz – Kenneth Vogel and Kitty Bennett (New York Times) | Published: 5/13/2024 U.S. [read post]
2 Aug 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal Ex-McConnell Staffers Lobbied on Russian-Backed Kentucky Project Politico – Natasha Bertrand and Theodoric Meyer | Published: 7/31/2019 Two former top staffers to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have lobbied Congress and the Treasury Department on the development of a new Kentucky aluminum mill backed by the Russian aluminum giant Rusal, according to a new lobbying disclosure. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal Biden Transition Elevates Former Facebook Exec as Ethics Arbiter Politico – Alex Thompson and Theodoric Meyer | Published: 10/1/2020 Joe Biden’s transition team named Jessica Hertz, until recently a Facebook executive focused on government regulations, as its general counsel and charged her with navigating conflicts-of-interest and other ethical issues for the Biden administration-in-waiting, a move that drew immediate fire from the left. [read post]
1 Nov 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal AP Exclusive: Middleman helped Saudi give to Obama inaugural AP News – Alan Suderman and Jim Mustian | Published: 10/29/2019 When President Barack Obama was reelected in 2012, a Saudi tycoon and his business associate sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to the U.S. to help pay for the inaugural celebration and get a picture with the president. [read post]
27 Sep 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal Convictions Tossed Out Against Ex-Flynn Business Partner AP News – Michael Barakat | Published: 9/24/2019 A federal judge tossed out convictions against a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn who was accused of acting as a Turkish foreign agent. [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal At U.S.A.I.D., Juggling Political Priorities and Pandemic Response New York Times – Laura Jakes and Pransu Verma | Published: 9/13/2020 Political intervention has roiled the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency that prides itself as leading the humanitarian response to disasters, conflict, and other emergencies around the world. [read post]
21 Aug 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal Biden Aides Headline DNC Fundraisers with Lobbyists Politico – Theodoric Meyer | Published: 8/13/2020 When Barack Obama won the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, he barred the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from accepting contributions from lobbyists in an attempt to purge their influence from his future administration. [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm
National/Federal Beau Biden Foundation to Deny Lobbyist Donations, Make Major Donors Public The Hill – Alex Gangitano | Published: 1/21/2021 The Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children, which works to combat child abuse and was named after President Biden’s late son, told donors it will make changes to increase transparency. [read post]
