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OpenSecrets is tracking how various interests influence the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP)
Outside money flows in as 30-year incumbent faces progressive primary challenger
Jamaal Bowman’s challenge to Rep. Eliot Engel has led to the most expensive race that New York’s 16th District has seen in years, including an influx of spending by “dark money” groups.
No, that company cannot fund Trump’s campaign
Despite the memes you may see on social media, Wendy’s, Olive Garden and other companies aren’t giving to Trump’s reelection campaign. They can’t.
Liberal groups and federal employee unions lobby for DC statehood amid Republican opposition
The House anticipates its first full-floor vote on D.C. statehood in 27 years as mayor Muriel Bowser demands autonomy after Trump’s handling of protests
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