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IRS pushes to limit “dark money” political contributions

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Did Karl Rove’s super PAC commit perjury?

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Karl Rove (AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Crossroads won’t name major donors

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Dark money groups linked to Koch brothers pay $1 million in fines

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6 things you need to know about dark money groups

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IRS meltdown was long overdue

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Super PACs: Election season’s biggest scam

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Should dark money groups be allowed to fund political ads?

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Dark money helped Democrats hold a key Senate seat

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Karl Rove, new Republican lightning rod (Reuters/Larry Downing)

Karl Rove’s shameless dark money lie

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Dark money tied to meth house

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Dark money shadows New Mexico

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Nonprofits’ “public welfare” ruse

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Putting the super in super PAC

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In this Feb. 11, 2011 photo released by CBS, "60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan is shown covering the reaction in in Cairo's Tahrir Square the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down. CBS News says Logan was attacked Friday, and suffered a brutal beating and sexual assault before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers. She is recovering in a U.S. hospital. Logan, CBS News' chief foreign affairs correspondent, is one of at least 140 correspondents who have been injured or killed since Jan. 30 while covering the unrest in Egypt, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. (AP Photo/CBS News) (AP)

Female foreign correspondents’ code of silence, finally broken

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