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  1. early and often
    Election 2024 on the Sphere In Las Vegas
    How Last-Minute Political Donations Can Make a Real DifferenceSavvy donors who are sick of all the political panic emails should perfect the art of strategic giving.
    By Errol Louis
  2. crime and punishment
    Giuliani Ally Lev Parnas Convicted of Making Illegal Campaign DonationsThe one-time major player in Trump’s Ukraine scandal is going to prison on unrelated campaign-finance charges.
    By Chas Danner
  3. scandals
    What We Know About Louis DeJoy’s Campaign Finance ScandalThe postmaster general allegedly operated an illegal “straw-donor” scheme at his former company.
    By Chas Danner
  4. politics
    Donald and Ivanka Trump Once Made Campaign Donations to Kamala HarrisThe Trumps contributed money to Harris’s attorney-general campaigns in California.
    By Chas Danner
  5. vision 2020
    Bloomberg and Steyer Reveal That Billionaires Are Underinvesting In PoliticsBillionaires can afford to spend far more on politics than they have been. Bloomberg and Steyer are showing them that democracy is a bargain.
    By Eric Levitz
  6. vision 2020
    The Federal Election Commission Could Be Effectively Sidelined in 2020Considering Trump’s disdain for election laws, it’s not a great time for the FEC to have too few commissioners to properly enforce campaign finance.
    By Matt Stieb
  7. campaign finance
    Report: Former Trump Campaign Official David Bossie May Be Scamming DonorsCitizens United president David Bossie’s fundraising group appears to have targeted older Facebook users who think they’re donating directly to Trump.
    By Matt Stieb
  8. politics
    Doorman Who Sold Trump Affair Story to AMI Releases ‘Catch and Kill’ ContractThe former Trump World Tower doorman was likely paid off by AMI to suppress damaging stories about Trump during his presidential campaign.
    By Chas Danner
  9. michael cohen
    Michael Cohen Says Trump Directed Him to Commit Campaign-Finance ViolationsCohen pleaded guilty to eight charges, and faces multiple years in prison.
    By Benjamin Hart
  10. Trump Admits He Reimbursed Michael Cohen for 2016 ‘Expenses’ in Financial FormIn his new financial disclosure form, the president appears to acknowledge that his campaign accepted an illegal loan from Cohen in 2016.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. Cohen Used Trump Organization Email for Stormy Daniels PayoffThat could qualify as proof that Michael Cohen’s $130,000 payment to the porn star and (alleged) ex-Trump paramour was illegal.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. scandals
    Trump Didn’t Pay Porn Star Hush Money — Because He Stiffed His Lawyer: ReportIt’s possible Michael Cohen didn’t get reimbursed for giving Stormy Daniels $130K, but not for lack of trying.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. Gillibrand and Booker Swear Off Corporate CashThe rumored 2020 candidates join Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Maria Cantwell in refusing donations from corporate PACs.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. Stormy Daniels Payment May Be Illegal, Even If It Came From Trump’s LawyerMichael Cohen said he paid the porn star with his own money, not Trump’s, but that could still be a violation of campaign finance laws.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  15. Trump’s Inaugural Committee Still Won’t Say How It Spent $107 MillionThe inauguration festivities did not cost nearly that much. But no one will say where the extra funds went.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. The Amendment Allowing Churches to Get Political Is Gone From the GOP Tax BillIt was spiked by the Senate parliamentarian.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. Anthony Weiner Is in Trouble Again, and Not for Being a PervThe disgraced pol has been fined $65,000 for campaign-finance violations.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  18. Donald Trump Has Lost the Faith of His Biggest Donor — HimselfMaybe Trump still thinks he can win. But a new FEC report shows he wouldn’t put money on it. (And neither would his children).
    By Eric Levitz
  19. Democrats Are Taking Full Advantage of Our ‘Broken Campaign-Finance System’The DNC is taking in millions from maxed-out donors by exploiting a loophole in campaign-finance law.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. campaign finance
    The Trump Campaign’s Big Fundraising Haul in July Wasn’t So BigNo matter how you calculate it, the Clinton campaign and its allies are crushing Trump when it comes to raising and spending money.
    By Chas Danner
  21. today in donald trump
    Donald Trump’s May Financial Report Is Embarrassingly BadHe raised just $3.1 million in May — and 20 percent of his expenditures went to businesses he owns.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  22. Top GOP Donors Bemoan Trump at Elite SummitThey helped raise more than $1 billion for Romney in 2012. Now they are considering putting “country first, party second.”
    By Chas Danner
  23. today in donald trump
    Trump Campaign Might Copy Sanders’s Small-Donor Fundraising StrategyMake America Great Again for Just $9.95.
    By Jonah Shepp
  24. crimes and misdeamnors
    High-Ranking NYPD Officer Disciplined in Connection With Corruption ProbeDeputy Chief John Sprague said he would plead the Fifth if asked to testify before a grand jury.
    By Jonah Shepp
  25. today in donald trump
    Report: Trump Campaign Low on Funds Until GOP Foots the BillThey may not be able to run TV ads responding to Democratic attacks until the end of July.
    By Chas Danner
  26. campaign finance
    In Spending and Staff, Trump Trails ClintonTrump is already at a disadvantage as the general election nears, and many prominent GOP donors aren’t likely to help him out. 
    By Chas Danner
  27. today in donald trump
    GOP Megadonor Sheldon Adelson Pledges As Much As $100 Million to Support TrumpTrump had called his GOP primary opponents “puppets” for relying on donors like Adelson.
    By Chas Danner
  28. early and often
    Donald Trump Still Hasn’t Solved His Fundraising ProblemHow will a campaign without a finance committee fundraise for the general election?
    By Gabriel Sherman
  29. de mayor
    De Blasio’s Inner Circle Subpoenaed in Corruption ProbeIncluding his chief aide and his top fund-raiser.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  30. The Sanders Campaign Accuses Clinton of Violating Campaign-Finance LawsThe senator’s campaign says Clinton used a partnership with state parties to subvert legal limits on individual contributions. FEC filings suggest they’re right.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. early and often
    New Retirement Plan: Become an Elected Official in MississippiRetiring Mississippi lawmakers are allowed to pocket leftover campaign funds.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  32. early and often
    Jeb Bush Loaned His Own Campaign $250,000 Last Month. Sad!As a certain front-runner would say.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  33. Bernie Sanders Redistributes $6 Million in 24 Hours(From his donors to his campaign.)
    By Eric Levitz
  34. The Great Underdiscussed Campaign Issue of 2016: The Future of the Supreme CourtIt’s huge, and almost unacknowledged. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. Did Wall Street Buy This Vote From Clinton?In a 2004 interview, Elizabeth Warren suggested that the financial industry influenced Clinton’s flip-flop on bankruptcy reform.
    By Eric Levitz
  36. early and often
    Is the Trump Campaign Just an Elaborate Scheme for Selling Trucker Hats?The Trump campaign has spent more on hats or T-shirts than on anything else besides airfare.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. encounter
    This Activist Thinks Politics Needs More MoneyOtherwise, how will Dan Backer stop Hillary?
    By Marin Cogan
  38. Hillary SCOTUS Picks Must Oppose Citizens UnitedShe made the vow to bundlers who have raised at least $27,000 for her campaign.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. Nearly 75 Percent of the Top Political Donors in 2014 Were MenThe Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics look at who spent the most during the midterms.
    By Jaime Fuller
  40. what’s the matter with wisconsin?
    Scott Walker Allegedly Led ‘Criminal Scheme’ to Skirt Election LawNot good.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  41. the racie for gracie
    John Liu Is Proud of His Campaign, Despite Fraud Case ConvictionsHe’s staying in the race.
    By Adam Martin
  42. crimes and misdemeanors
    Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty to Squandering Campaign Cash on Elk HeadsAnd Build-A-Bear, and Michael Jackson’s fedora.
    By Adam Martin
  43. 2013 mayoral race
    Look Who’s Donating Twice to Bill de BlasioA controversial landlord of private homeless shelters.
    By Adam Martin
  44. Frank Rich on the National Circus: Romney Neutralizes His Own Super-PACsMaybe old, rich white men won’t buy this election after all.
    By Frank Rich
  45. money primary
    Romney Ends Rough Week With Disappointing Report on Campaign FinancesPerhaps it wasn’t a good time to give staffers a bonus.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. campaign finance
    Illinois Senator Accused of Making Illegal Campaign Payments to GirlfriendIs Senator Mark Kirk the new John Edwards?
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. veepstakes
    Will Marco Rubio’s Campaign Finance Problem Be a Veepstake Disqualifier?The Florida senator was fined $8,000 for improper campaign contributions.
    By Andre Tartar
  48. the national interest
    Obama’s Super PAC: Using the System to Fight the SystemIf you want to change campaign finance, unilateral disarmament seems like a pretty bad way to go about it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. stuck in the mittle
    Now We Know Who’s Giving to Super PACsIt’s campaign-finance disclosure day!
    By Noreen Malone
  50. Representative Michael Grimm May Have Broken LawOne source said he handed Grimm $5,000 cash “near the F.B.I. building.”
    By Andre Tartar
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