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The surprising way that governor candidates namedrop Trump, Clinton and Obama...
Several Democratic gubernatorial candidates are running ads against their party's leader, President Barack Obama, and their nominee, Hillary Clinton — even as she appears headed for a landslide...
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Democratic megadonor bankrolls ‘Republicans for Clinton’ super PAC
Most of the money behind an upstart “Republicans for Clinton” super PAC has come from billionaire Democratic megadonor Dustin Moskovitz, a co-founder of Facebook.According to a Center for Public...
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Hillary’s big money machine steams toward Election Day
Before Democrat Hillary Clinton “overturns Citizens United,” curtails “secret, unaccountable money in politics” and ends “the stranglehold that the wealthy and special interests have on so much of our...
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Wisconsin’s richest woman uses super PAC to denounce Clinton, Feingold
Diane Hendricks, the richest woman in Wisconsin, has pumped nearly $5.5 million into a conservative super PAC that’s spending millions of dollars on attack ads in her home state.The Reform America Fund...
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A nonpartisan guide to national security and foreign policy issues in the...
This article was co-published with Salon.com.According to Hillary Clinton and her supporters, Donald Trump is crazy friendly with Russian president Vladimir Putin, a bad man who hates America and...
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Pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC accepted illegal contributions
Pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Correct the Record accepted $250,000 in illegal contributions from a charity backed by a Boston-based construction firm already in trouble this year for its political...
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A nonpartisan guide to national security and foreign policy issues in the...
This article was co-published with Salon.com.According to Donald Trump and his supporters, Hillary Clinton is a seminal figure in Washington’s corrupt establishment — an establishment that weakened our...
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Use Center for Public Integrity resources for tracking money behind Election...
Election 2016 is on track to be the most expensive in U.S. history. For months, the Center for Public Integrity's money in politics staff has been investigating the candidates and political groups...
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Electoral mischief is goal of new pro-Gary Johnson super PAC
A newly formed super PAC named after the Norse trickster god Loki hopes to make electoral mischief by supporting Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson.Johnson isn’t likely to be more than a...
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Class-action lawsuit filed against Johns Hopkins Hospital over black lung...
One of America’s most renowned medical centers — The Johns Hopkins Hospital — intentionally defrauded hundreds of sick coal miners out of compensation and health benefits while pocketing large sums...
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Without fear or favor
The upcoming election will go down in history as the most divisive and obsessively fascinating in decades. With a week of campaigning left, the team at the Center for Public Integrity is still pushing...
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Pro-Trump super PAC back in the fray — this time in Spanish
Republican super PAC Future45 is back, with fresh cash from casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and Spanish-language ads attacking Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for past remarks she’s made...
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10 things to know about 2016's state elections
Amid the ongoing circus that is this year’s presidential election, it may be easy to forget all the other races on the ballot.Voters will be picking 12 governors, several thousand legislators and...
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court hears PM’s Panama Papers reply
The Prime Minister of Pakistan defended himself before the nation’s highest court today as part of an ongoing and highly politicized response to the Panama Papers in the world’s sixth most populated...
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Super PACs, ‘dark money’ groups eschew presidential race for Senate
In a striking departure from the 2012 election, super PACs and other non-candidate organizations have spent more on U.S. Senate races in July, August and September than on the presidential election, a...
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Is Donald Trump a threat to animals?
Critics of Republican Donald Trump have cast his potential presidency as a threat to American citizens. The Humane Society Legislative Fund argues it’s a threat to animals, as well.Recent ads from the...
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Best of the Center for Public Integrity's 2016 election coverage
Without question, the 2016 presidential election will go down as one of the strangest in history.From the emergence of socialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont as a viable opponent to Hillary...
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Liberal super PAC dispatches army of door knockers
Political advertising may get more attention but with Election Day hours away, a liberal super PAC is betting direct outreach to voters is actually more effective.For Our Future has “a goal of...
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Clinton’s super-sized fundraising machine pushes legal boundaries
Pay attention to the fine print and you’ll see that some of the online messages touting Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton are paid for by “Hillary for America,” while others are sponsored...
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FEC inspector general says top agency official duped her into releasing...
A Federal Election Commission manager allegedly duped the agency’s inspector general into releasing hundreds of confidential employee comments that have lambasted poor leadership there as part of a...
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