Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse used his 30 minutes of allotted time during Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing not to ask questions of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett—who repeatedly dodged the straightforward questions of other lawmakers—but to deliver a detailed presentation on the sprawling "dark money operation" fueling the right-wing takeover of the U.S. judicial system.
August 7, 2020Millions missing and a Russian spy.
June 26, 2020Fourteen years after Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to felony fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials — he’s back pleading guilty to charges of criminal conspiracy and failing to register as a lobbyist.
June 25, 2020Sharlet goes inside Trump rallies and a political Christian conservative group, The Family.
May 28, 2020We don’t call this “looting” because it is being done quietly in nice marbled office buildings in Washington and New York. We don’t call this “looting” because the looters wear designer suits and are very polite as they eagerly steal everything not nailed down to the floor.
December 7, 2017Policy riders buried in tax and spending bills would let in more political money, less light.
May 24, 2017Meet some of the dogged journalists who are chasing facts down every pathway of power.
April 27, 2017From 2011 to 2015, the top five DHS contractors spent $107.6 million on lobbying and received a combined $9 billion in federal contracts
September 9, 2016Our weekly roundup of money we're following...
August 19, 2016Paul Manafort's failure to disclose foreign ties underscores need for lobbying reform.
