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Rochester Mayor Due In Court To Face Campaign Finance Charges

2:23pm October 05, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Mayor Lovely Warren was indicted last week on charges of felony campaign finance violations. She has recently faced unrelated calls to resign over her handling of the Daniel Prude case.

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign kickoff rally on May 18, 2019, in Philadelphia. For the first time in a decade, Wall Street's deep-pocketed donors are giving more money to Democrats than Republicans.

Politics & Government

Wall Street's Big Money Is Betting On Biden And Democrats In 2020

4:42pm August 17, 2020

by Jim Zarroli

Despite the booming stock market under President Trump, the finance sector is giving a bit more money to Democrats than to Republicans for the first time in more than a decade.

Politics & Government

Tracking The Money Race Behind The Presidential Campaign

8:48am April 21, 2020

See which 2020 presidential candidate has raised the most money, who has spent the most, where a candidate's funding comes from — and how the Democrats stack up against President Trump.

Politics & Government

Fact Check: Democrat Cunningham's 'No Corporate' Money Tweet Is Misleading

2:15pm November 26, 2019

by Paul Specht, PolitiFact NC, WRAL

A Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in North Carolina wants to send a clear message: he won't be a tool for big businesses.

Politics & Government

Berger Defends Using Campaign Cash For Raleigh Home Payments

7:26am November 07, 2019

by Paul Garber

State Senate Leader Phil Berger is defending himself after questions were raised about his campaign finances.

Politics & Government

After Donor Indicted, GOP Groups Mum On Where Walker Campaign Money Went

11:05pm September 22, 2019

by Associated Press

After a North Carolina insurance magnate and mega-political donor was indicted on bribery charges in April, some politicians who received his campaign dollars offloaded his money by giving it to ch

David Koch underwrote both old-fashioned charitable causes, such as the David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care, and the conservative movement, reshaping U.S. politics.

David Koch Dies; Conservative Billionaire Helped Reshape U.S. Politics

4:39pm August 23, 2019

Koch and his brother Charles built one of the nation's largest private businesses and created a network of secretly funded organizations that attacked Democrats.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell listens as President Trump speaks to reporters following a meeting at the White House in October 2017.

Politics & Government

'You May Need The Money More Than I Do': McConnell Once Returned Trump's Donation

11:21am July 11, 2019

In 1990, Mitch McConnell returned a $1,000 campaign donation from Donald Trump, who was in severe financial trouble. It's a view into a complicated relationship between two very different politicians.

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The disclosure of millions of once-secret tobacco industry documents — which are now readily searchable online — has opened a window into Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's interactions with tobacco executives and lobbyists.

Tobacco's 'Special Friend': What Internal Documents Say About Mitch McConnell

8:36am June 17, 2019

by Tom Dreisbach

The Senate majority leader wants to raise the age for tobacco sales to 21. An NPR review of once-secret documents shows how closely McConnell has worked with the industry over decades.

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Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., (center of photo) is the lead author of the For The People Act that passed in the House on Friday.

Politics & Government

House Passes Extensive Election And Campaign Finance Overhaul Bill

1:02pm March 08, 2019

by Miles Parks

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it clear, however, that the bill is going nowhere in the Senate.