Washington Examiner</i> in 2012 after penning U.S. News & World Report's premiere political column, "Washington Whispers," for more than a decade. In addition to his Washington Secrets column, check out his signature feature, "Mainstream Media Scream.Source: FEC commissioner who blocked regulation of Drudge, Internet, steps down...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Seattle’s election authority said on Monday that Facebook Inc is in violation of a city law that requires disclosure of who buys election ads, the first attempt of its kind to regulate U.S. political ads on the internet.Source: Seattle finds Facebook in violation of city campaign finance law...
Even as federal prosecutors this week played out their pay-to-play case against Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, prosecutors just across the river in New Jersey withdrew a political corruption case against U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.Source: Robert Menendez and Ed Pawlowski: a tale of two political corruption cases...
Raleigh, N.C. — Eyes went wide and lawyers cringed Thursday afternoon when Lt. Gov. Dan Forest's campaign took credit for a $1 million donation to a super-PAC that supported him in the last election.Source: Forest super-PAC brag notable as campaigns file financial records...
In August 2016, federal law enforcement and intelligence officials were alerted to an unsettling possibility: then-candidate Trump’s personal indiscretions might leave him susceptible to the threat of Russian blackmail.Source: The Coming Storm? Hush Money and the Federal Election Campaign Act (Harvard Law Review)...
The current laws on campaign finance and money and politics are dead. Dead not because of rulings by the Roberts Supreme Court which have overruled much of the current laws in place since the 1970s.Source: In our post-television age, a new opening for campaign finance reform...
If the Senate wasn't impressed with Facebook, Google and Twitter's responses to grilling on Capitol Hill late last year over possible Russian interference in the 2016 election, they probably aren't going to be too pleased now.Source: Facebook, Google and Twitter don't reveal much in answers to congress...
Kid Rock last month donated $122,000 of the money raised by selling merchandise promoting “Kid Rock for US Senate” — his fake political campaign — to a voter-registration organization affiliated with the College Republicans, his publicist said.Source: Kid Rock sends $122K from fake campaign to voter group...
GOP mega donor Charles Koch and his wife donated $500,000 to Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanGOP leaders pitch children's health funding in plan to avert shutdown Lawmakers see shutdown’s odds rising Fix what we’ve got and make Medicare right this year MORE’s (R-Wis.Source: Charles Koch donated $500k to Ryan days after GOP tax plan passed...
