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Convicted scammer creates federal PACs from prison
Angelo Pesce is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Illinois for “theft by deception.” While behind bars, he’s barred from voting.But that hasn’t stopped Pesce from apparently creating “Impeach the...
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Workers cheated as federal contractors prosper
For 11 years, Karla Quezada assembled sandwiches at the Subway in the food court of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, a sprawling complex in downtown Washington, D.C., owned by...
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More kudos for 'Panama Papers' project
April 7, 2017: This story has been updatedThe “Panama Papers” project published by the Center for Public Integrity’s International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has this week been honored in...
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Center for Public Integrity wins Pulitzer Prize for ‘Panama Papers’
The Center for Public Integrity has won a 2017 Pulitzer Prize in the category of explanatory reporting for the “Panama Papers,” a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists....
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Top federal election official: voting fraud ‘not an epidemic’
As voters began selecting their next president, Donald Trump repeatedly warned that Election 2016 was “rigged.”Millions of people, Trump said, are registered in two states and may therefore vote twice....
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Center for Public Integrity wins prestigious award for reporting on energy
The Center for Public Integrity has won the National Press Foundation’s 2016 Thomas L. Stokes Award for Best Energy Writing for its investigation into the nation’s worst fossil fuel polluters.The heart...
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Georgia special election: one local penny for every $10 in national cash
Georgia’s 6th congressional district is filled with homey, community charm: tree-lined streets, meandering rivers and picturesque parks. Its solidly red politics are usually just as tranquil.But Tom...
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Sen. Grassley demands new scrutiny of Medicare Advantage plans
This story is a collaboration between Kaiser Health News and the Center for Public Integrity.Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, wants federal health officials to tighten scrutiny of private Medicare...
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Donald Trump inauguration bankrolled by corporate giants
Numerous corporate powerhouses and individual business titans — including fossil fuel, financial and food and beverage interests with lucrative business before the federal government — helped fund...
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Strange budget bedfellows: programs targeted for cuts by both Trump and Obama
There’s little doubt from the budget offered last month that Donald Trump wants to take the government in some radically different directions than that of his predecessor in the Oval Office, Barack...
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Center wins Edward R. Murrow Regional Award
The Center for Public Integrity has won an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for its collaboration with Retro Report on a documentary about deployment of police in schools.The 12-minute piece,...
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Big tax cuts for the rich, less for the poor
A group of conservative think tanks wants the nation’s tax system to look more like North Carolina’s. But so far, for the working poor, that hasn’t been a great deal.Experts from think tanks heavily...
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Mercer family’s charitable giving skyrocketed in 2015, new filing shows
The megadonor Mercer family — one of President Donald Trump’s top patrons — dramatically increased its philanthropic giving in 2015 and routed millions of dollars to charities closely associated with...
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Oil, gas and coal interests filling Donald Trump’s ‘swamp’ with cash
President Donald Trump’s “swamp” is particularly rich in fossil fuels.Oil, gas and coal interests together poured millions of dollars into Trump’s inaugural fund and re-energized their federal...
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Meet Donald Trump’s messaging army
Several organizations, including super PACs and politically active nonprofit groups, have lent President Donald Trump advertising and messaging support during the early days of his administration.Here...
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Pro-Trump super PACs have already spent $1 million on Election 2020
President Donald Trump won’t face re-election for another three-and-a-half years.No matter. A pair of super PACs have together already burned through $1 million to boost Trump’s 2020 bid, according to...
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Bob Dole, Trump campaign aide to lobby for Congolese government
The troubled government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is pouring millions of dollars into a new Washington lobbying campaign featuring prominent Republicans.Among those working on the Congolese...
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Repeated warnings preceded collapse of a Hanford tunnel storing deadly wastes
A series of warnings by state and federal experts, stretching back more than thirty years, preceded this week’s cave-in of a tunnel in Hanford, Washington that holds lethally radioactive debris from...
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South Carolina lawmaker indicted by state grand jury
South Carolina state Rep. Rick Quinn used his public office as a multimillion-dollar money funnel that enriched his family’s powerful political empire while doing the bidding of shadowy corporate...
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UnitedHealth fudged Medicare claims, overbilled by $1 billion, feds say
This story is a collaboration between Kaiser Health News and the Center for Public Integrity.The Justice Department has accused insurance giant UnitedHealth Group of overcharging the federal...
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