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New bank leak shows how rich exploit tax haven loopholes
The identities of thousands of wealthy offshore clients of a major Channel Isles private bank have been leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.The individuals include...
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Even low doses of arsenic trigger cancer in mice, study finds
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health fed mice very low doses of arsenic and were surprised to find that many of them developed lung cancer, according to a study just published.What made the...
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Feds seek new authority to recoup Medicare Advantage overcharges
Federal officials, facing criticism they overpay Medicare Advantage plans for the elderly by billions of dollars annually, are seeking new power to recover excessive charges.The Centers for Medicare...
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Class-action suit: Wrong to put kids into immigration court with no lawyers...
A coalition of civil rights groups filed a nationwide class-action suit Wednesday alleging that putting children into immigration court without counsel violates both constitutional due-process rights...
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Chattanooga wants feds to pre-empt broadband ban
Chattanooga, Tenn., officials plan to ask the federal government to allow it to expand the super-fast Internet service it offers city residents, a move that will likely unleash a torrent of lobbying...
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Bush bundlers boost pro-Gillespie super PAC
A super PAC created to support Republican Ed Gillespie in Virginia's U.S. Senate race isn't yet a fundraising juggernaut — but its latest batch of donors boast elite political pedigrees.Two former...
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Is this super PAC subverting disclosure rules?
Super PACs are supposed to disclose the identities of their donors.Except when they don't, exactly.Nearly all of the money raised by the Citizens for a Working America PAC, a super PAC that's spent...
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Attack ads may actually be benefiting Obamacare enrollment
It’s encouraging that something positive can come from something so unrelentingly negative.Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010, its opponents have spent an estimated $450 million on...
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Hobbled IRS can't stem 'dark money' flow
When federal election lawyers decided the nonprofit Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies likely violated political spending limits, campaign finance watchdogs were certain the Internal Revenue...
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New scrutiny on campus sexual violence highlights Center findings
Increasingly aggressive scrutiny by both Capitol Hill and the Obama administration is drawing new attention to the Center for Public Integrity’s landmark investigation of campus sexual...
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Most senators wait to take e-filing leap
The U.S. Senate could soon force its members to electronically file their campaign finance reports, but most senators remain unwilling to instantly disclose their political dollars, according to a...
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How to fix the IRS nonprofit division
The Internal Revenue Service’s nonprofit regulation division has been systematically weakened — stripped of resources and authority — by Congress. And it’s all but quit regulating politically active...
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Congressman defends payday lending industry
A congressman who has been criticized for being too close to the financial industry Thursday declared that his broad support for payday lending firms is about “trying to make sure individuals have...
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Trains, amputations and the roots of why kids are on the run
The teen whose arms had been severed was still in shock, but he managed to muster a smile and embrace visitors with his bandaged stumps. Evilio Gonzalez had fallen off and then under a train he was...
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Tea party scandal brews FOIA backlog at FEC
Congress has recently inundated the Federal Election Commission with demands for information connected to the Internal Revenue Service tea party targeting scandal and the unrelated political activities...
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How oil and gas firms gained influence and transformed North Dakota
This report is part of a joint project by the Center for Public Integrity and InsideClimate NewsBISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s Heritage Center makes for a jarring sight in this Midwestern prairie...
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Obamacare-driven competition lowering rates in some states
Candidates who had planned to run against Obamacare this fall and use skyrocketing rate increases as an “I-told-you-so” talking point may not have as much to work with as they had hoped.While health...
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Four years after passage, House keeps trying to kill Dodd-Frank
In 2013, Scott Talbott, then-chief lobbyist for the Financial Services Roundtable, likened the signing of sweeping financial reforms under Dodd-Frank in 2010 to “halftime.”Even now, on the fourth...
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Energy influence in North Dakota is expanding — so what?
With so many interesting stories related to energy, and North Dakota in particular, how did you come up with this story, about the expanding influence of oil and gas in state politics?I actually did my...
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Politicos souring on FEC advice?
You operate a political committee.You have a novel campaign idea — say, running tiny candidate ads on smartphones, or accepting donations in Bitcoin.But you're not certain whether your brainstorm, put...
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