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Facebook ads for Kavanaugh confirmation targeting swing states

(via wikimedia commons) After weeks of turmoil, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Friday. A number of prominent groups have been spending...

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Anyone can make a super PAC — even prisoners and kids who can’t vote

Stephen Colbert speaks outside of the Federal Election Commission after his hearing to have his Colbert Super PAC approved (Bill Clark/Roll Call) Since a landmark 2010 federal court decision on...

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Pro-Trump ‘dark money’ group’s first tax return reveals millions in...

(NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) The first annual tax return filed by pro-Trump “dark money” group America First Policies and reviewed by the Center for Responsive Politics reveals that the 501(c)(4)...

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Trump 2020 campaign used a shell company to pay ad buyers at the center of...

President Donald Trump speaks during a fundraiser in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) The Trump campaign funneled money to ad buyers alleged to have facilitated illegal...

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FEC raises contribution limits for 2020 cycle

Photo by Pepi Stojanovski on Unsplash Donors can now give an extra Benjamin Franklin to their favorite political candidate. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) announced Thursday that it is...

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State of Money in Politics: Billion-dollar ‘dark money’ spending is just the...

(AP Photo/Martin Mejia) This is the final story in a four-part series analyzing money-in-politics trends from the 2018 midterms that will continue to have an impact on 2020 and future elections. CRP...

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Lawmakers seek to curb foreign influence by closing online political ad...

US Senators Amy Klobuchar and Lindsey Graham (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Lawmakers and transparency groups announced legislation Wednesday meant to close digital political advertisement loopholes...

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Court says it can’t rescue FEC from partisan deadlock … again

Federal Election Commission headquarters (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday said courts cannot second-guess Federal Election Commission (FEC) decisions to...

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FEC chair makes another go at regulating online political ads

FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub, (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub is proposing rules that would require some online political ads to attach a disclaimer...

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Republican FEC commissioners let Clinton campaign off the hook for super PAC...

(AP Photo/John Locher) Deadlocked on a party-line vote, the Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint that Hillary Clinton’s campaign illegally coordinated with a super PAC during the 2016...

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