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A whole generation of Americans has never seen a campaign finance system that works for them.

Americans may disagree on many things, but they agree on this: Government should work for ordinary people — not powerful insiders, wealthy special interests, or public officials looking out for…

A whole generation of Americans has never seen a campaign finance system that works for them.

Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.

The $Trump meme coin is offering buyers a new "exclusive" opportunity to meet the president.

South Dakota’s Republican secretary of state once questioned vote-counting machines. Four years later, she is defending them and backing a Democrat to replace her.

A proposed ballot initiative this year known as The Montana Plan (Initiative 194) represents an innovative and impactful way to take back our democracy following the U.S. Supreme Court’s disastrous

Recently leaked internal Democratic Party documents confirm a concerning trend about which Issue One has been raising alarms for years: Both the Democratic and Republican parties lean on members of…

An 8-bit game about real money. Play as Trump: you only make money. Play as an investor: you only lose. Every figure is drawn from Public Citizen's report and the sources it cites.

Plus: the most distressing media news of the week and the most encouraging

Nonprofits that don’t disclose their donors have funneled at least $642 million to PACs so far in the midterms.

Why President Trump’s stonewalling makes America less safe.

An inspector general’s audit found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays. Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterm...

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Corporate giants such as Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil and United Health Group could run afoul of the Lobbying Disclosure Act.

Maine's limits on super PAC contributions challenge the legal assumption that unlimited donations are somehow free from corruption.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Representative Joe Morelle (D-NY) led the...

BOSTON – On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit will hear oral arguments in a legal challenge to a ballot measure passed by 75% of Maine…

The group A Stronger Michigan is mostly funded by Center Forward, a nonprofit organization that has ties to major corporations and industry groups.

Update, July 21, 2026, 6:00 p.m.: This analysis has been updated to include the second quarter filing from TikTok USDS, which wasn’t previously available on the Senate’s website. This filing…

The crypto investors donated $20 million in bitcoin to Trump's super PAC weeks after his administration moved to abandon a federal enforcement action against their crypto exchange.

Konstantin Sokolov, who gave undisclosed sum and has not held government job before, to chair Tripp+ trade project

President Donald Trump has sold access and influence to domestic and foreign interests, and used the presidency to enrich himself and his family, including through multiple cryptocurrency ventures, in...