WASHINGTON (CNN) - On Super Bowl Sunday this year, President Donald Trump told Fox News that Vice President Mike Pence would head a commission into voter fraud allegations -- ones that he made, claiming that between three to five million people voted illegally in the 2016 election.Source: Little movement on White House probe into voter fraud...
SAN FRANCISCO Facebook (FB.O) said it would not disclose information about political campaign advertising or related data such as how many users click on ads and if advertising messages are consistent across demographics, despite arguments from political scientists who want the data for research.Source: Facebook to keep wraps on political ads data despite researchers' demands...
In their new book “Revolving Door Lobbying,” Timothy LaPira and Herschel Thomas look at the connections between federal government service and lucrative lobbyist careers. (Courtesy University Press of Kansas)Source: Book Explores How Lobbyists Fill a Void in Congress...
On Dec. 12, 2000, the Supreme Court ended the recount of Florida’s votes in that year’s presidential election, effectively awarding 25 electoral votes to Republican George W. Bush and making him president.Source: Do we really want the Supreme Court to decide how partisan is too partisan?...
Americans of all political stripes are increasingly disgusted by our country’s broken campaign finance system.Source: Tax credits for small donors in politics should be part of tax reform...
As expected, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear Gill v. Whitford next term, with a decision expected by a year from June. (Technically the Court “postponed jurisdiction” pending a hearing on the merits, but this has to do with the nature of this coming up on appeal, rather than a cert.Source: Breaking: Supreme Court to Hear WI Gerrymandering Case,...
The change was part of a budget bill. The changes have had a good deal of opposition.Source: California: Democrats pass bill changing recall law, opposed by numerous editorials...
When politicians face a problem, their first instinct is often to spend your tax dollars. Those who see our politics itself as a problem are no exception. Figures like Sen.Source: Paying politicians to run for office...
Late last month, the Illinois House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would automatically register qualified state residents to vote.Source: More states are registering voters automatically. Here’s how that affects voting....
The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice, officials said.Source: Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say...
