U.S. Sen. Angus King is seeking to revise federal law to require that all campaign contributions of $1,000 or more be disclosed with the Federal Election Commission within 48 hours.Source: Sen. Angus King seeks greater transparency for political contributions...
Democrats and progressives are losing their minds over President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. One left-wing advocacy group released a video titled "3 Reasons to Fear Judge Gorsuch.Source: The truth about Gorsuch's record on 'money in politics'...
Care about freedom of the press? Support independent investigative journalism.Source: FEC earning congressional attention — for the wrong reasons...
MADISON, Wis. — Dozens of 17-year-olds voted illegally across Wisconsin during last spring's intense presidential primary, apparently wrongly believing they could cast ballots if they turned 18 ahead of the November general election, according to a new state report.Source: Report: 17-year-olds voted illegally in Wisconsin primary...
Carson City, NV – Voting rights advocates and Nevada officials announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in order to streamline and modernize voter registration opportunities through the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).Source: Voting Rights Advocates Announce Agreement with State of Nevada to Modernize Voter Registration Opportunities...
Congress, the Office of Government Ethics, and the White House have been lobbing views back and forth on whether the White House is subject to executive branch-wide ethics standards.Source: Ethics Issues and Resolutions: The Conway Case...
WASHINGTON • As President Donald Trump raged in an Oval Office filled with tense senior aides, he trained his eyes on one in particular: White House Counsel Don McGahn.Source: Trump's in-house guardrail: White House Counsel Don McGahn...
One of the major threats to free speech today is not censorship. It’s harassment. Here’s how it works. People join or give money to groups that support causes they believe in. Those groups attract the ire of government officials when they criticize them or take a position they oppose.Source: Gorsuch Understands How Bureaucratic Bullies Harm First Amendment Rights...
President Trump’s vow to “destroy” the 1954 Johnson Amendment, which restricts nonprofits like churches or charities from engaging in any political speech, is a good idea. Despite some hysterical reactions, the truth is that, as it stands, the Johnson Amendment is horribly written.Source: Trump is Right: Destroy The Johnson Amendment...
