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Who Controls Think Tanks? Shift In Funding Highlights Changes In The Industry

These are tough times for Washington's roughly 400 think tanks — the policy factories where scholars get paid to study issues and give politicians advice. Powerful external forces are reshaping the...

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The Court Challenge Begins: Is Trump Taking Unconstitutional Emoluments?

On Wednesday morning, a federal judge in Manhattan will hear preliminary arguments in a case that claims President Trump is violating the Constitution's ban on accepting foreign payments, or...

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'Drain The Swamp'? Hardly. Washington Appears More Stuck In The Muck Than Ever

Washington used to operate one scandal at a time. Not anymore. Here are just some of the scandals currently brewing: The indictment of President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his...

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Federal Agency Drafts New Rules For Transparency In Political Social Media Ads

The Federal Election Commission is moving to improve disclosure of the money behind Internet and digital ads, as the shadow of Russian-funded social media ads in last year's presidential race hangs...

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Trump Wine: Local Promotion Or Presidential Product Placement?

President Trump has never been shy about promoting his businesses. Even at a press conference after the racially tinged violence in Charlottesville, Va., he paused for a product placement:...

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Tax Bill Could Offer New Way To Funnel Political Cash — And Make It...

Wealthy Americans may get a new conduit for political money in the tax overhaul bill now being reconciled on Capitol Hill. A small provision in the House version of the bill would let big donors...

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Survey Shows Americans Expressing Greater Concern About Government Corruption

Updated at 5:49 p.m. ET The anti-corruption organization Transparency International says Americans are expressing greater concern this year about wrongdoing within the U.S. government, and especially...

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For 1 Attorney, A Lonely Legal Fight To Make Trump Comply With Rules

President Trump marks his first year in the White House on Jan. 20. Since he took the oath, he's been dogged by questions about his hundreds of businesses and the conflicts of interest they pose. In...

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Federal Judge Seems Sympathetic To Anti-Corruption Case Against President Trump

Updated at 1 p.m. ET Barely a month ago, a federal judge in New York dismissed an anti-corruption lawsuit against President Trump. But on Thursday, another federal judge, in a different courtroom, gave...

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Why Trump Appointees Refer To 'Optics' When Discussing Spending Scandals

The way some of President Trump's Cabinet officials tell it, their recent negative headlines haven't been about difficulties complying with federal ethics laws, but rather about "the optics." Veterans...

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Emoluments Lawsuit Against President Trump Allowed To Proceed

Updated at 5:20 p.m. ET A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit alleging President Trump is violating the anti-corruption sections of the Constitution, known as the emoluments clauses, can proceed....

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Federal Election Commission Can't Decide If Russian Interference Violated Law

As tech companies and government agencies prepare to defend against possible Russian interference in the midterm elections, the Federal Election Commission has a different response: too soon. The four...

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EPA Chief's Latest Ethics Issue: Used Mattress From A Trump Hotel

Updated at 5:30 p.m. ET Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, already battling roughly a dozen ethics investigations, allegedly asked a top aide to obtain a used mattress from...

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Trump Organization Deals In Asia Fuel Debate On Emoluments Lawsuit

Updated at 2:19 p.m. ET The Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution will be rendered meaningless if Democrats in Congress aren't allowed to sue President Trump for violating it, a lawyer for...

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A Lifetime Investment: Big Money Pours Into Supreme Court Battle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhJW2f_sKBw President Trump hasn't yet nominated a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, but the fight over confirming that nominee began the day...

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Federal Lawsuit Against President Trump's Business Interests Allowed To Proceed

Updated at 5:00 p.m. ET In a blow to President Trump, a federal judge says a lawsuit that alleges Trump's business interests violate the Constitution can proceed. Federal District Judge Peter Messitte...

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FACT CHECK: Can Trump Legally Keep Former Staff Quiet? Probably Not

Updated at 1:23 p.m. ET At Tuesday's White House briefing, press secretary Sarah Sanders misleadingly asserted that the Trump administration's use of nondisclosure agreements both during and after...

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Supreme Court Orders Disclosure For Dark Money, As New Report Unveils Some...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday insisted that many donations to predominantly conservative political nonprofit groups — what's often called dark money — be disclosed, seven weeks ahead of the 2018 midterm...

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There's A $500,000 Gender Gap When It Comes To Campaign Fundraising

Gender gaps aren't just for the workplace, and the midterm elections are proving it. An NPR analysis of campaign finance records shows that Democratic women candidates face a fundraising gap, compared...

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Kavanaugh Nomination Battle Is Fought With Millions In Secret Cash

Advocacy groups are ratcheting up the war over Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, shedding the last vestiges of a high-minded issues debate in favor of more acidic attacks on character...

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