Buying Your Vote

Oct. 21, 2015, 10:11 a.m. EDT

Could Scott Walker's Legal Victory Expand PAC Superpowers?

by Robert Faturechi,

Aug. 5, 2015, 8 a.m. EDT

New IRS Rules on Dark Money Likely Won't Be Ready Before 2016 Election

Jan. 5, 2015, 9 a.m. EST

Secret Donors Behind Some Super PACs Funneling Millions into Midterms

Oct. 31, 2014, 2:31 p.m. EDT

A Kansas Group's Push to Oust Judges Reveals a Gap in Campaign Finance Rules

by Robert Faturechi,

Oct. 27, 2014, 8 a.m. EDT

In Wisconsin, Dark Money Got a Mining Company What It Wanted

Oct. 14, 2014, 5:45 a.m. EDT

Cuomo Has Raised Millions Through Loophole He Pledged to Close

June 13, 2014, 5 a.m. EDT

IRS Delays New Rules for Dark Money Groups

May 23, 2014, 12:05 p.m. EDT

Senate to Take Up Longshot Amendment to Regulate Campaign Finance

April 30, 2014, 7:31 p.m. EDT

Dark Money Group Sues IRS Over Targeting, Disclosure

April 30, 2014, 2:20 p.m. EDT

Liberal Outside Money Groups Spend Big in North Carolina

by Theodoric Meyer and Kim Barker,

April 29, 2014, 1:36 p.m. EDT

What Happens When a Dark Money Group Blows Off IRS Rules? Nothing.

April 25, 2014, 11:08 a.m. EDT

What Newly Released Docs Tell Us About the IRS and How It Handles Dark Money Groups

April 9, 2014, 11:52 p.m. EDT

Podcast: The Hidden Power of Dark Money

by Nicole Collins Bronzan,

March 27, 2014, 11:45 a.m. EDT

Who Controls the Kochs’ Political Network? ASMI, SLAH and TOHE

March 17, 2014, 12:35 p.m. EDT

How Dark Money Flows Through the Koch Network

by Al Shaw,

Feb. 14, 2014, 1:32 p.m. EST

The Dark Money Man: How Sean Noble Moved the Kochs’ Cash into Politics and Made Millions

Feb. 14, 2014, 1:30 p.m. EST

A Reading Guide on the Billionaire Koch Brothers

by Naveena Sadasivam,

Feb. 14, 2014, 1:24 p.m. EST

The IRS Moves to Limit Dark Money – But Enforcement Still a Question

Nov. 26, 2013, 6:03 p.m. EST

New Tax Return Shows Karl Rove’s Group Spent Even More On Politics Than It Said

Nov. 25, 2013, 10:04 a.m. EST

Dark Money Groups Pay $1 Million in Fines in California Case

Oct. 24, 2013, 7:04 p.m. EDT

Dark Money Operative Sees Hope for Meth House Documents Go Up in Smoke

Oct. 16, 2013, 12:29 p.m. EDT

D’Oh! 'America Is Not Stupid' Wins IRS Recognition as Tax-Exempt Nonprofit

Oct. 8, 2013, 12:08 p.m. EDT

IRS Office That Targeted Tea Party Also Disclosed Confidential Docs From Conservative Groups

by Kim Barker and Justin Elliott,

May 13, 2013, 5:40 p.m. EDT

Senator Pushes for Investigation of ‘False Statements’ by Dark Money Groups

April 10, 2013, 12:15 p.m. EDT

Voter Information Wars: Will the GOP Team Up With Wal-Mart’s Data Specialist?

April 9, 2013, 7 a.m. EDT

Inside Game: Creating PACs and then Spending Their Money

March 15, 2013, 12:55 p.m. EDT

From Citizens United to Super PACs: A Campaign Finance Reading Guide

Feb. 21, 2013, 4:27 p.m. EST

IRS Should Bar Dark Money Groups From Funding Political Ads, Lawsuit Says

Feb. 20, 2013, 12 p.m. EST

Can Vote-By-Mail Fix Those Long Lines At The Polls?

by Christie Thompson,

Feb. 19, 2013, 5:02 p.m. EST

Big Corporations Put Up Seed Funding for Republican Dark Money Group

Feb. 14, 2013, 8 a.m. EST

Obama Says We Need to Fix Voting Lines. But How?

by Christie Thompson,

Feb. 12, 2013, 6:13 p.m. EST

The Best Reporting on Redistricting Shenanigans (#MuckReads)

by Christie Thompson and Theodoric Meyer,

Jan. 29, 2013, 8 a.m. EST

Four Graphs That Show How Democrats Predict Your Political Beliefs

Jan. 18, 2013, 4:27 p.m. EST

In Minnesota, Democratic Grandmas Gather Data About Their Neighbors

Jan. 9, 2013, 6:30 p.m. EST

Controversial Dark Money Group Among Five That Told IRS They Would Stay Out of Politics, Then Didn't

Jan. 2, 2013, 12:34 p.m. EST

In Montana, Dark Money Helped Democrats Hold a Key Senate Seat

Dec. 27, 2012, 12:40 p.m. EST

How Much Did Sheldon Adelson Really Spend on Campaign 2012?

Dec. 20, 2012, 12:47 p.m. EST

Karl Rove's Dark Money Group Promised IRS It Would Spend 'Limited' Money on Elections

Dec. 14, 2012, 11:19 a.m. EST

Are Voter ID Laws Here to Stay?

Dec. 13, 2012, 4:11 p.m. EST

Everything We Know (So Far) About Obama’s Big Data Tactics

Nov. 29, 2012, 10:45 a.m. EST

Why Is Arizona Still Counting Votes?

Nov. 20, 2012, 12:21 p.m. EST

What Effect, If Any, Did Voter ID Laws Have on the Election?

Nov. 15, 2012, 2:34 p.m. EST

Check ’Em Out: Donations to Dark Money Group Revealed

Nov. 8, 2012, 3:06 p.m. EST

Obama's Microtargeting 'Nuclear Codes'

Nov. 7, 2012, 4:03 p.m. EST

Welcome to Election Day: Seven Things That Could Go Wrong (or Already Have)

Nov. 6, 2012, 5:35 p.m. EST

Why It May Be Illegal to Instagram Your Ballot

Nov. 6, 2012, 10:46 a.m. EST

Five of the Most Confusing Ballots in the Country

Nov. 5, 2012, 10:58 p.m. EST

Key Montana Senate Race Draws Deluge of Dark Money

Nov. 5, 2012, 2:20 p.m. EST

Dark Money Group’s Donors Revealed

Nov. 5, 2012, 10:19 a.m. EST

Dark Money Group's Bank Records Suggest Ties to Campaign Work

Nov. 2, 2012, 9:58 p.m. EDT

Reading Guide: Where Romney and Obama Actually Stand on Global Warming

by Cora Currier and Theodoric Meyer,

Nov. 1, 2012, 12:05 p.m. EDT

A Pop-Up Problem

Nov. 1, 2012, 7 a.m. EDT

When Dark Money Goes Local

Nov. 1, 2012, 7 a.m. EDT

Dark Money Rises

Nov. 1, 2012, 7 a.m. EDT

More Evidence Key Dark Money Group May Have Misled IRS

Oct. 30, 2012, 7:57 p.m. EDT

Documents Found in Meth House Bare Inner Workings of Dark Money Group

Oct. 29, 2012, 12:01 a.m. EDT

Reading Guide: Where Romney and Obama Stand on the Supreme Court

Oct. 26, 2012, 10:48 a.m. EDT

Dark Money and Citizens United: What Obama and Romney Would and Wouldn’t Do About It

Oct. 23, 2012, 9:33 a.m. EDT

How Companies Have Assembled Political Profiles for Millions of Internet Users

Oct. 22, 2012, 2:07 p.m. EDT

Reading Guide: Where Obama and Romney Actually Stand on Iran

Oct. 22, 2012, 11:50 a.m. EDT

Did the Dark Money Group that Spurred a Landmark Ruling Mislead the IRS?

Oct. 22, 2012, 10 a.m. EDT

Democratic Congressman Takes Heat For Lobbyist-Organized Taiwan Trip

Oct. 18, 2012, 3:06 p.m. EDT

Message Machine Starts Providing Answers

Oct. 18, 2012, 1:29 p.m. EDT

Money is Speech: A Musical History of Campaign Finance

Oct. 17, 2012, 11:16 a.m. EDT

The Campaign Finance Free-For-All: How We Got to This Point

Oct. 17, 2012, 10:41 a.m. EDT

Four Ways Ohio and Others Have Toughened Voting Rules

Oct. 9, 2012, 3:54 p.m. EDT

11 Key Reads on the Economy Ahead of Tonight's Debate

by Cora Currier, Blair Hickman and Theodoric Meyer,

Oct. 3, 2012, 11:21 a.m. EDT

What We Still Don’t Know About Mitt Romney’s Taxes

Oct. 2, 2012, 11:30 a.m. EDT

Adelson: My Casino is Being Investigated Because I Oppose Obama

Sept. 25, 2012, 9:24 a.m. EDT

Finders Weepers: Early Bain Disputes Cast New Light on Its Business

by Jesse Eisinger,

Sept. 10, 2012, 12:33 p.m. EDT

Mitt Romney's Tax Mysteries: A Reading Guide

by Cora Currier,

Aug. 28, 2012, 11:55 a.m. EDT

How an Obscure Federal Rule Could Be Shaking Up Presidential Politics

by Jake Bernstein,

Aug. 27, 2012, 6:07 p.m. EDT

Campaign Email Overload? We've Got a Website for That

Aug. 27, 2012, 2:04 p.m. EDT

No Tax Returns for You, Dark Money Groups Say

Aug. 22, 2012, 9:19 a.m. EDT

Akin Controversy Stirs GOP: Where Do Republicans Stand on Abortion Exemption?

Aug. 21, 2012, 3:41 p.m. EDT

Ask Kim Barker Anything About Campaign Finance (a Reddit Chat)

by Amanda Zamora,

Aug. 21, 2012, 7:52 a.m. EDT

Political or Not? You Be the Judge

by Amanda Zamora,

Aug. 20, 2012, 9:08 a.m. EDT

Dark Money: Methodology

Aug. 18, 2012, 11:25 p.m. EDT

How Nonprofits Spend Millions on Elections and Call it Public Welfare

Aug. 18, 2012, 11:25 p.m. EDT

How Some Nonprofit Groups Funnel Dark Money Into Campaigns

by Kim Barker and Al Shaw,

Aug. 18, 2012, 11:25 p.m. EDT

Two Dark Money Groups Outspending All Super PACs Combined

Aug. 13, 2012, 12:50 p.m. EDT

Campaign Ads and the 2012 Election: Join Our Google Plus Chat

by Amanda Zamora,

Aug. 8, 2012, 1:16 p.m. EDT

Pandora Asks Listeners to Share Their Emails With Romney

Aug. 8, 2012, 8:07 a.m. EDT

Is Your Neighbor a Democrat? Obama Has an App for That

Aug. 3, 2012, 2:52 p.m. EDT

Help Us Find Out How Politicians Are Targeting You Online

July 27, 2012, 2:26 p.m. EDT

New Questions About Sheldon Adelson’s Casino Operations in Macau

by Stephen Engelberg,

July 27, 2012, 11:30 a.m. EDT

Dark Money Political Groups Target Voters Based on Their Internet Habits

July 26, 2012, 1:13 p.m. EDT

Explore Hundreds of Campaign Emails in the Message Machine

July 17, 2012, 10:54 a.m. EDT

Emails on Alves' Employment and Payment

July 16, 2012, 5:30 a.m. EDT

Inside the Investigation of Leading Republican Money Man Sheldon Adelson

by Stephen Engelberg,

July 16, 2012, 5:30 a.m. EDT

How Mitt Romney Followed Me Around the Internet

June 27, 2012, 3:27 p.m. EDT

Message Machine Update: A Cameo by Sheldon Adelson

June 19, 2012, 12:47 p.m. EDT

Message Machine: Dinner at Sarah Jessica Parker’s House

June 12, 2012, 1:40 p.m. EDT

How Microsoft and Yahoo Are Selling Politicians Access to You

June 11, 2012, 11:45 a.m. EDT

Help Us Track How Politicians Target You

by Jeff Larson and Al Shaw,

May 30, 2012, 11:51 a.m. EDT

Donations to Scott Walker Flagged as Potential Fraud

May 18, 2012, 11:18 a.m. EDT

Read the Tax Returns From Karl Rove’s ‘Dark Money’ Group (Donors Still a Mystery)

April 18, 2012, 5 p.m. EDT

The Return of CREEP

April 12, 2012, 10:14 a.m. EDT

Where Do FCC Members Stand on Posting TV Stations’ Political Ad Data?

by Cora Currier,

April 12, 2012, 9:52 a.m. EDT

Ron Paul Is Really Serious About Transparency

April 2, 2012, 10:41 a.m. EDT

Campaign Spending Shows Political Ties, Self-Dealing

by Kim Barker and Al Shaw,

March 28, 2012, 12:02 p.m. EDT

Three Things We Don’t Know About Obama’s Massive Voter Database

March 27, 2012, 3:48 p.m. EDT

Untangling a Web of FEC Data

by Al Shaw,

March 23, 2012, 4:53 a.m. EDT

A Tangled Web: Who's Making Money From All This Campaign Spending?

by Al Shaw, Justin Elliott and Kim Barker,

March 21, 2012, 1:41 p.m. EDT

Could Corporations Take Tax Breaks on Political 'Dark Money'?

March 19, 2012, 12:45 p.m. EDT

When the GOP Tried to Ban Dark Money

March 8, 2012, 3:15 p.m. EST

Reverse-Engineering Obama’s Message Machine

by Lois Beckett and Jeff Larson,

March 6, 2012, 5:34 p.m. EST

Message Machine: "You Probably Don't Know Janet"

by Jeff Larson, Al Shaw and Lois Beckett,

March 6, 2012, 5:29 p.m. EST

CPAC Tips: How to Win Friends and Influence

Feb. 13, 2012, 5:34 p.m. EST

With Spotlight on Super PAC Dollars, Nonprofits Escape Scrutiny

by Kim Barker, Al Shaw and Ariel Wittenberg,

Feb. 3, 2012, 6:01 p.m. EST

In the Gusher of Super PACs, Even One Named ‘The Internet’

Jan. 20, 2012, 1:53 p.m. EST

Our Guide to the Best Coverage on Jon Huntsman and His Record

by Daniel Victor,

Jan. 9, 2012, 10:09 a.m. EST

Our Guide to the Best Coverage on Rick Santorum and His Record

by Lena V. Groeger,

Jan. 3, 2012, 9:16 p.m. EST

FEC Deadlocks (Again) on Guidance for Big-Money Super PACs

Dec. 2, 2011, 12:21 p.m. EST

Uncoordinated Coordination: Six Reasons Limits on Super PACs Are Barely Limits at All

Nov. 21, 2011, 12 p.m. EST

Super PAC Man Gobbles Up Regulators' Time, Patience

Nov. 18, 2011, 11:50 a.m. EST

FEC Data Show Big Jump in Spending by Super PACs and Outside Groups

Nov. 9, 2011, 2:26 p.m. EST

As Political Groups Push Envelope, FEC Gridlock Gives ‘De Facto Green Light’

Nov. 7, 2011, 12:16 p.m. EST

Our Guide to the Best Coverage of Herman Cain

Oct. 18, 2011, 1:39 p.m. EDT

Rick Perry v. 'Rick Parry': A Study in Pushing Campaign Finance Frontiers

Oct. 6, 2011, 12:44 p.m. EDT

What Is Obama’s Actual Record on Creating Jobs?

Oct. 5, 2011, 12:04 p.m. EDT

Our Handy Guide to the Best Coverage on Gov. Rick Perry and His Record

Oct. 3, 2011, 8:19 a.m. EDT

Our Guide to the Best Coverage on President Obama and the Economy

Sept. 8, 2011, 7:53 a.m. EDT

Our Guide to the Best Coverage of Newt Gingrich and His Record

Sept. 6, 2011, 2:17 p.m. EDT

Candidates Increasingly Connected to Supposedly Independent PACs

Aug. 31, 2011, 1:11 p.m. EDT

2012 Presidential Campaign Reading Guides

by Braden Goyette, Lois Beckett and Marian Wang,

Aug. 30, 2011, 8:43 p.m. EDT

Our Guide to the Best Coverage of Mitt Romney and His Record

Aug. 30, 2011, 6:35 p.m. EDT

Our Guide to the Best Coverage on Rep. Michele Bachmann and Her Record

Aug. 24, 2011, 11:21 a.m. EDT

Our Guide to the Best Coverage of Ron Paul and His Record