Politics Oct 10 Trump’s small-dollar contributions have plummeted since his last campaign By Dan Merica, Aaron Kessler, Richard Lardner, Associated Press
Politics Sep 12 Watch 5:58 Democratic groups spend money on Republican primaries to nominate less appealing opponents In primary contests in New Hampshire, money is pouring in for Republican candidates from an unusual source. Democratic groups are spending millions of dollars in an attempt to ensure their candidates face less appealing opponents in the general election. Laura… By Laura Barrón-López, Tess Conciatori
Politics Aug 13 Sinema received nearly $1 million from Wall Street while killing tax hike on investors Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who single-handedly thwarted her party’s longtime goal of raising taxes on wealthy investors, received nearly $1 million over the past year from private equity professionals, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists whose taxes would… By Brian Slodysko, Associated Press
Politics Jun 28 Former GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry gets probation for lying to feds about illegal campaign contributions Former Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska was sentenced to two years of probation, a $25,000 fine and community service for lying to federal authorities about $30,000 in illegal campaign contributions. By Grant Schulte, Brian Melley, Associated Press
Politics Oct 19 Federal indictment accuses Nebraska congressman of lying to the FBI The U.S. attorney's office announced that the federal grand jury in Los Angeles had indicted the nine-term Republican on one charge of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators. By Grant Schulte, Associated Press
Oct 12 Jury selection begins in trial of Giuliani associate By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Jury selection began Tuesday for the trial of Lev Parnas, a onetime associate of Rudy Giuliani who is accused along with a co-defendant of making illegal campaign contributions. Continue reading
Aug 01 Just 60 donors gave one-third of all money raised so far for 2016 By Associated Press Nearly 60 donations of a million dollars or more accounted for about a third of the more than $380 million brought in so far for the 2016 presidential election. Continue reading
Apr 15 Rubio raises $1.25 million online during first campaign day By Philip Elliott, Associated Press Sen. Marco Rubio raised $1.25 million online during his first full day as a White House candidate. A source close to Rubio's campaign said Wednesday that the amount is the entire sum the Florida Republican had hoped to raise before… Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 5:58 Case on judges’ campaign fundraising divides Supreme Court By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court heard a case that could unravel state laws on judicial candidates asking for campaign donations. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal joins Judy Woodruff to explain the arguments in the Florida case, take a look at… Continue watching
Apr 30 Former Justice Stevens: Campaign money isn’t speech By Philip Elliott, Associated Press Campaign donations pay for more than political ads and should not be protected as free speech, former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens told a Senate panel Wednesday in urging them to rein in the billions of dollars shaping elections. Continue reading