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Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks at a press conference on the Israel-Hamas war outside of the Capitol late last year.

Politics & Government

Rep. Cori Bush is under investigation after hiring husband as security

5:15pm January 30, 2024

by Eric McDaniel

Missouri Democrat Rep. Cori Bush says she is under federal investigation for using campaign funds to hire her husband to provide her security. She denied wrongdoing and says she is cooperating fully.

Items for sale at the North Carolina Republican Party Convention in Greensboro, N.C., on June 9.

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Republican primary spending projected to approach or surpass $1 billion

5:14am June 20, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

With a big field, a former president, well-heeled politicians and two billionaires running, this is likely to be the most money ever spent to win the GOP presidential nomination.

In the days following the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, his political action committee raised millions of dollars.

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Trump has raised millions. He may run in 2024, so where will all that money go?

11:59am August 24, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Campaign finance rules say the PAC money can't be used for his campaign if Trump decides he'll run, but there are questions on whether any potential violations would be enforced by the FEC.

A clip of former President Donald Trump is played during a hearing of the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack on Monday.

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The Jan. 6 committee says the Trump campaign ripped off donors. But was it illegal?

12:18pm June 16, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Rep. Zoe Lofgren said Monday the Trump campaign took $250 million in donations but didn't use it for the legal defense funding it claimed to need it for.

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.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh has written decisions on several important campaign finance cases and would likely move the Court's jurisprudence further towards deregulation.

Politics & Government

On Appeals Court, Kavanaugh Helped To Loosen Political Money Laws

5:00am August 08, 2018

by Peter Overby

Kavanugh's decisions have effectively pulled the campaign finance system rightward, letting in more money with less regulation.

Federal prosecutors with the Department of Justice have charged William and Robert Tierney with pilfering nearly $4 million from conservative political donors by setting up sham political action committees.

Politics & Government

Arizona Brothers Charged With Scamming Conservative Political Donors

6:40pm May 18, 2018

by Peter Overby

Federal prosecutors allege that William and Robert Tierney pocketed nearly $4 million through sham political action committees. Only $109,000 went to candidates.

With examples of Russian-created Facebook pages behind him, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., questions witnesses from social media companies during a hearing on Capitol Hill.

Federal Agency Drafts New Rules For Transparency In Political Social Media Ads

5:49pm November 17, 2017

by Peter Overby

The Federal Election Commission sets disclosure rules for ads that discuss candidates. Many of the ads in question dealt only with issues.

The late Charlton Heston, the former actor and head of the National Rifle Association, addresses gun owners during a "get-out-the-vote" rally in New Hampshire in October 2002.

The NRA Wasn't Always Against Gun Restrictions

3:16pm October 10, 2017

by Ron Elving

Many are surprised to learn that the NRA of generations past worked with the federal government to limit the traffic in guns, for example where ex-convicts or mental patients were involved.

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Donald Trump Raises $51 Million In June But Details Are Hazy

5:17pm July 06, 2016

by Peter Overby

It's a big improvement over his previous fundraising but still far less than his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.