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Expert: Wayne LaPierre leaves financial mess at NRA — beyond the one that landed them in court

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Wayne LaPierre, of the National Rifle Association (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

NRA tried to stop financial bleeding by cutting gun training and education. Now members are fleeing

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President Donald Trump speaks during the National Rifle Association-ILA Leadership Forum, Friday, April 28, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Financial woes thrust the NRA into unexpected tumult

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Charities are taking digital money — but there are risks

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Silicon Valley’s cautionary tale shows what can go wrong when charities get obsessed with growth

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When charities let telemarketers gouge donors

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Malachia Medrano, 2, sleeps under a donated blanket at a shelter for Tropical Storm Harvey evacuees (AP/LM Otero)

The Red Cross is worth your Hurricane Harvey donation

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Attendees pray during the invocation at the opening of the National Order of the Purple Heart National Convention in Denver, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. U.S. Veterans Administration Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson says more employees will be disciplined as the department sorts out a scandal over long waits for health care and falsified data. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) (AP)

Want to support veterans? 4 tips for finding good charities

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, a just-cut stack of $100 bills rolls down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Finding money you didn’t know you had is like discovering lost treasure. Nearly $42 billion in unclaimed property is sitting in state coffers, waiting to be matched with its owners or their heirs. () (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Trump’s vow to “destroy” Johnson Amendment could wreak havoc on charitable world

Philip Hackney, Brian Mittendorf
President-elect Donald Trump arrives for a rally in a DOW Chemical Hanger at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (AP)

What Trump Foundation’s “self-dealing” disclosure means for a conflicted president-elect

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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 1985 file photo, real estate mogul Donald Trump displays an artist's concept of "Television City," which would be on the far west side of Manhattan. (AP)

Is Donald Trump a good businessman? Here’s what we’ve learned from his tax filings

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Former President Bill Clinton, left, says hello to Megan Bartlett, of Decatur, Ga., and her 3-month-old daughter Hannah Rice, as he works the crowd at historic Manuel's Tavern, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, during a stop in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) (AP)

Clinton charities 101: What do they actually do and where does their money go?

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