A new era of anticorruption reform is long overdue.

Candidates say they’ll curb corruption, but are the plans strong enough?

Everyone’s talking about the economy, but Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on what other issues will mobilize midterm voters.

Overwhelming majorities across parties see corruption as a major problem and back measures to limit self-dealing by officials and the influence of money in politics.

Everyone’s talking about the economy, but Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on what other issues will mobilize midterm voters.

Overwhelming majorities across parties see corruption as a major problem and back measures to limit self-dealing by officials and the influence of money in politics.

Democratic consultants are warning their candidates in some key races not to lean into AI regulations out of fear that powerful tech groups could spend heavily against them.

Republicans’ massive money advantage has yet to reshape the midterm map, as Democrats keep expanding their ambitions.

A new era of anticorruption reform is long overdue.

The 2010 Supreme Court decision further tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations.

The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.

The unusual ad, which said it was paid for by the U.S. government, aired on Fox News in major TV markets.

Abstract. In “Campaign Finance and ‘Real’ Corruption,” Nicholas Stephanopoulos surveys empirical literature establishing the continued prevalence of corrup

A new era of anticorruption reform is long overdue.

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

A new era of anticorruption reform is long overdue.

The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.

A new era of anticorruption reform is long overdue.

Overwhelming majorities across parties see corruption as a major problem and back measures to limit self-dealing by officials and the influence of money in politics.

Americans have the highest level of distrust in their government in two decades, voicing bipartisan frustration with the country's institutions and the people who run them.

At least $1 billion from anonymous donors is flowing into the midterm elections. Dark money is not new, but it now permeates nearly every major contest.

Now more than ever, accountability seems to be different depending on your racial, political, or economic status.

Following major lobbying and campaign spending from the food industry, an important safety rule has been delayed for years.

A new era of anticorruption reform is long overdue.

Overwhelming majorities across parties see corruption as a major problem and back measures to limit self-dealing by officials and the influence of money in politics.

August 18, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode

A new era of anticorruption reform is long overdue.

Overwhelming majorities across parties see corruption as a major problem and back measures to limit self-dealing by officials and the influence of money in politics.

The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.

After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.

Law was set to go into effect in January, months before cyclosporiasis outbreak, but now is set for 2028