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How Secret Foreign Money Could Infiltrate US Elections

Think the United States is immune from foreigners' campaign cash? Think again.

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| Wed Aug. 8, 2012 3:01 AM PDT

Charts: Just How Small Is the Super-PAC Gazillionaire Club?

A mere 47 people are responsible for more than half of all super-PAC cash.

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| Fri Aug. 3, 2012 3:30 AM PDT
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IRS: Toothless. FEC: "Thoroughly Broken."

Government failures mean it's open season for renegade political groups in the 2012 elections.

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| Thu Aug. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Karl Rove's Catch-22

Starting Saturday, Crossroads GPS and other politically active nonprofits face new pressure to reveal who bankrolls their ads. What's a dark-money group to do?

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| Fri Jul. 27, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

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This Week in Dark Money

The IRS considers cracking down on dark-money groups, the International Olympic Committee derails a super-PAC ad, and more news from the murky world of campaign finance.

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| Fri Jul. 27, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Super-PACs Can't Give $1 Million to a Congressman. But This One Did.

The Republican Governors Association exploits a loophole to drop a giant campaign gift on Indiana Rep. Mike Pence.

—By Paul Abowd, Center for Public Integrity

 | Thu Jul. 26, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Romney's Rainmakers Dump Millions Into His Super-PAC

All super-PACs raised $55 million in June, a record month.

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| Mon Jul. 23, 2012 10:26 AM PDT

Meet the Front Group Leading the Fight Against Taxing the Rich

Does the National Federation of Independent Businesses really represent small business owners—or billionaires?

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| Mon Jul. 23, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

This Week in Dark Money

Super-PAC megadonor Sheldon Adelson faces a federal investigation, a dark-money group evades a court ruling, and more news from the murky world of campaign finance.

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| Fri Jul. 20, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Republicans to Secret Donors: We've Got Your Back (Yet Again)

GOP senators who once talked up dark-money disclosure kill off the DISCLOSE Act.

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| Tue Jul. 17, 2012 4:00 PM PDT
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Senate Republicans Stand Up for the Rights of Secret Donors

GOPers vote to keep dark money in the shadows by blocking the DISCLOSE Act.

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| Mon Jul. 16, 2012 4:29 PM PDT
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Democratic Super-PACs Bank $25 Million—But Lag Karl Rove and Co.

A quartet of Democratic super-PACs hauled in more than $25 million in April, May, and June of 2012.

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| Mon Jul. 16, 2012 9:11 AM PDT

Karl Rove and Company's "Sucker-Punch" Ad Strategy

"This is the end of accountability in elections," says one dark-money watchdog.

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| Fri Jul. 13, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

This Week in Dark Money

George Soros' son protests money in politics, the first lesbian super-PAC, and more news from the murky world of campaign finance.

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| Fri Jul. 13, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Shadowy Group Pushing for Tax Chaos in Michigan

The Michigan Alliance for Prosperity is trying to fundamentally alter the state's politics, but it hasn't revealed its donors.

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| Thu Jul. 12, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Dems: Dark Money Groups Use "Secret Money to Subvert the Democratic Process"

A new complaint targets political nonprofits that attack Democrats and hide their donors.

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| Mon Jul. 9, 2012 1:30 PM PDT

This Week in Dark Money

Democrats long for their own Karl Rove, super-PACs go to the Olympics, and more news from the world of campaign cash.

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| Fri Jul. 6, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

America's Most Patriotic Super-PACs

In honor of the Fourth of July, a salute to seven groups that vaguely embody what makes us great.

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| Wed Jul. 4, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Is Rick Santorum's New Dark-Money Group Breaking the Law?

Patriot Voices says its "first priority" is defeating Obama. Tax experts say that could land Santorum in hot water with the IRS.

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| Tue Jul. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

This Week in Dark Money

The Obamacare decision becomes fodder for fundraising and attack ads, and more news from the murky world of campaign cash.

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| Fri Jun. 29, 2012 3:00 AM PDT