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Comeback for 'legalized money laundering' in party politics?

In 2003, Sen. John McCain declared the federal government’s ban on “soft money” —  the unlimited cash donors showered on national political parties —  a “victory for the people of America and...

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Campaign Legal Center requests investigation of Steve Bannon

A leading government ethics group on Friday requested that the White House, Department of Justice and Office of Government Ethics investigate presidential strategist Stephen K. Bannon for using a...

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FCC packs broadband advisory group with big telecom firms, trade groups

When the Federal Communications Commission went looking this year for experts to sit on an advisory committee regarding deployment of high-speed internet, Gary Carter thought he would be a logical...

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1 in 5 Americans drank potentially unsafe water during past decade

This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.WOLFFORTH, Texas – As many as 63 million people – nearly a fifth of...

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Millions consumed potentially unsafe water in the past 10 years

This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.WOLFFORTH, Texas – As many as 63 million people – nearly a fifth of...

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Schools fail lead tests while many states don’t require testing at all

This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.WASHINGTON, D.C. – When Ceon Dubose Palmore got thirsty at school,...

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Farming activity contaminates water despite best practices

This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.CASCO, Wis. – Lynda Cochart did not realize her water was...

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Center wins major award from Society of Environmental Journalists

A Center for Public Integrity series detailing battles nationwide over air pollution, climate change and enforcement of environmental laws has garnered a major award from the Society of Environmental...

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Industrial waste pollutes America’s drinking water

This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.PHOENIX – In Ringwood, New Jersey, Ford Motor Co. dumped more than...

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Military bases' contamination will affect water for generations

This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.VICTORVILLE, CA - Once a fighter jet training base critical to the...

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Natural gas building boom fuels climate worries, enrages landowners

They landed, one after another, in 2015: plans for nearly a dozen interstate pipelines to move natural gas beneath rivers, mountains and people’s yards. Like spokes on a wheel, they’d spread from...

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Military bases' contamination will affect water for generations

This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.VICTORVILLE, CA - Once a fighter jet training base critical to the...

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Crumbling pipes, tainted water plague black communities

CAMPTI, La. – Deep in the winding mass of crumbling back streets in Campti, Leroy Hayes sets a glass of water from his faucet in a patch of sunlight on the railing of his porch and watches specks of...

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Fleecing America’s builders

Like many buildings of its vintage, the century-old headquarters of the United States General Services Administration was once lined with asbestos.The hazardous mineral, used for fireproofing, filled...

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Fraud and billing mistakes cost Medicare — and taxpayers — tens of billions...

Federal health officials made more than $16 billion in improper payments to private Medicare Advantage health plans last year and need to crack down on billing errors by the insurers, a top...

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Steve Bannon has a shadow press office. It may violate federal law.

In an arrangement prominent ethics experts say is without precedent and potentially illegal, the White House is referring questions for senior presidential adviser Stephen K. Bannon to an outside...

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Crumbling pipes, tainted water plague black communities

This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.CAMPTI, La. – Deep in the winding mass of crumbling back streets in...

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Fleecing America’s builders

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Colonias on the border struggle with decades-old water issues

This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.YUMA, Ariz. – Nestor Alaniz didn’t get a permit to build a well in...

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Revealed: Trump administration members' personal finances

This summer, the Center for Public Integrity and Reveal joined forces with hundreds of "citizen sleuths" to investigate the personal assets, liabilities, business ties and potential conflicts of...

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