The House Democratic leader's campaign operation recently took in AIPAC PAC's largest earmarked donation ever, from a ...

OpenAI, Google, Meta, and others sent a wave of donations to both parties’ attorney general groups as AGs move to regulate the AI industry. Elon Musk's xAI contributed as well.

Almost two years after Future Forward spent record levels of “dark money” in the 2024 election backing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, we're finally getting a partial answer to where the money came from.

OpenAI, Google, Meta, and others sent a wave of donations to both parties’ attorney general groups as AGs move to regulate the AI industry. Elon Musk's xAI contributed as well.

Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with close ties to President Trump, has drawn a surge of high-paying clients with foreign interests seeking access to the administration and federal agencies. Led by ...

More than a dozen city and state governments have active contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—even though many of the jurisdictions have adopted, or are advancing, policies that ...

In the crowded Democratic primary for New York's 12th Congressional District, the AI industry has already spent more than $2.4 million to defeat state Assemblymember Alex Bores, the candidate who ...

The day before President Trump announced a 90-day pause on his sweeping tariffs, sending markets exploding higher, his investment accounts quietly purchased hundreds of stocks near the market low, ...

Lobbying group the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was by far the largest PAC contributor to members of Congress and federal candidates in the 2023-2024 election cycle, funneling hard ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has grown its network of private industry partners since the start of the second Trump administration to support its agents as they storm into cities and ...

This article is Part 1 of an ongoing Sludge series on donor-advised funds. Click here to read the other parts. Several charitable gift funds, including the largest charity in the United States, are ...