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The Supreme Court on Tuesday considered a challenge to a federal law limiting the amount of money that political parties can spend in coordination with a candidate for office. During over two hours of ...

Trump is just a puppet whose strings are pulled by his owners — the oligarchs behind Project 2025. We can’t solve the problem until we clearly define it. Trump is not the problem. Both major parties ...

If Gov. Robert Bentley's impeachment goes to the Alabama House, two lawmakers could find themselves in a pickle. Rep. Terri Collins (left) and Rep. Laura Hall (right) both accepted money outside the ...

House Republicans say Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson avoided consequences for violating Michigan’s campaign finance law earlier this year due to a loophole. Now, they’re looking to close that gap ...

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court could eliminate one of the remaining checks on money in politics in a case that worries advocates fighting the influence of deep-pocketed donors. In a challenge ...

Even if the state wanted to bring charges against federally indicted-Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba for failing to submit several campaign finance reports, it likely wouldn’t due to Mississippi’s ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba's last campaign finance report was submitted in 2021, according to documents the Clarion Ledger received after submitting a public records request. Mississippi law ...

Do reporters care about the politician, or furthering their narratives? It is worth asking whether the media have spun two narratives around the 2008 presidential candidacy of John Edwards. The first, ...