House Finance chair hits slopes with Wall Street lobbyists
Rep. Jeb Hensarling is in trouble for rubbing elbows with banking industry reps on a lavish ski getaway
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 9:01 PM UTCBusiness ProPublica, Wall Street
Justin Elliott
justin@salon.comBusiness ProPublica, Wall Street
Taxpayers denied access to “return-free filing”
One thing Dems and Republicans can agree on: Preventing the IRS from offering easy-to-use services a la TurboTax
Monday, Apr 15, 2013 10:49 PM UTCTechnology ProPublica, IRS, U.S. Tax System
Ed Rendell’s fracking ties deeper than originally thought
The ex-governor claims he has no pecuniary interest in the industry's success. His employment record says otherwise
Monday, Apr 8, 2013 9:49 PM UTCBusiness ProPublica, fracking
Ed Rendell’s disingenuous fracking plea
The former Pennsylvania governor's pro-fracking op-ed Wednesday failed to disclose his industry ties
Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 4:27 PM UTCBusiness ProPublica, Ed Rendell
What about foreign nationals killed by drones?
Politicians and the media ignore the overwhelming majority of those targeted and killed
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 4:46 PM UTCPolitics ProPublica, Drones, John Brennan
Republican dark money group’s corporate sponsors revealed
Exxon, Pfizer and others put up hundreds of thousands to finance the State Government Leadership Foundation
Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 7:51 PM UTCElections ProPublica, corporations
Ethics probe: Congressman’s Taiwan trip likely broke the law
Rep. Bill Owens, D-N.Y., appears to have accepted gifts from the Taiwanese government
Friday, Feb 8, 2013 7:07 PM UTCNews ProPublica, Taiwain
Obama’s shameless finance reform flip-flopping
Turning his campaign into a nonprofit that accepts unlimited donations is just the president's latest reversal
Saturday, Feb 2, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 10Elections ProPublica, Barack Obama
Republican House built on dark money
It couldn't buy them the White House, but Republicans have super PAC cash to thank for their House majority VIDEO
Saturday, Dec 22, 2012 2:00 PM UTCPolitics Video, ProPublica, Republicans
Russia’s a model nation, say Russian PR plants
Those weird pro-Putin op-eds on CNBC and the Huffington Post? Turns out they were placed by the country's PR firm
Sunday, Nov 18, 2012 1:00 PM UTCPolitics Russia, CNBC, ProPublica
Big Tobacco’s new GOP lobbyist
Former congressman Steve Buyer, who once compared cigarettes to smoking lettuce, now consults for Reynolds American VIDEO
Wednesday, Oct 3, 2012 10:28 PM UTCPolitics tobacco, ProPublica, Big Tobacco
Dark money shadows New Mexico
Groups like Americans for Prosperity, who don't disclose donors, hope to sway a hotly contested Senate election VIDEO
Saturday, Sep 29, 2012 1:01 PM UTCBusiness Dark Money, New Mexico
Military cuts vastly overstated
How the politicians and the press overshot budget cuts by more than $100 billion
Saturday, Aug 18, 2012 3:00 PM UTC 26Politics ProPublica, U.S. Military
How the NYPD overstated its counterterrorism record
Has the NYPD really helped thwart 14 "full-blown terrorist attacks"?
Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 5:54 PM UTCPolitics ProPublica, National security
Obama administration’s drone death figures don’t add up
Officials have provided conflicting reports on kills in Pakistan
Tuesday, Jun 19, 2012 3:19 PM UTCPolitics National security
FCC takes on super PACs
The commission voted to require stations to post political ad data online -- but it won't be searchable
Friday, Apr 27, 2012 6:05 PM UTCPolitics 2012 Elections, Advertising
The Citizens United tax break?
Corporations may be writing off the money they're donating to political nonprofits
Monday, Mar 19, 2012 8:21 PM UTC 18News Campaign Finance
The GOP’s new love of “dark money”
In 2000, it was Republicans like McCain and Castle -- not Democrats -- who were pushing for donor disclosures
Thursday, Mar 8, 2012 9:28 PM UTCPolitics Republican Party
Can the NYPD (legally) spy on mosques?
A civil liberties expert explains how the city's Muslim surveillance program may have broken local and federal laws
Wednesday, Feb 29, 2012 9:43 PM UTCNews NYPD, National security
A Mormon “frontlash” for Romney?
The Republican front-runner is benefiting from LDS voters in Nevada; we look at Mormon voting patterns
Saturday, Feb 4, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 35News 2012 Elections, Mitt Romney
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