A look in to the money behind Tuesday's primaries in Alaska and Wyoming. We're following the political cash to show you who's spending big in these races and what they want in return.
Continue readingProminent Democratic advisers join big GOP funder in upping pressure on Argentina
A GOP donor is underwriting some top Democratic foreign policy advisors in an effort to get his money back.
Continue readingEnvironmental Defense Fund backs Republican in much-watched NY House race
A House race with a well-funded Democratic challenger in upstate New York has caused a split in the environmental community.
Continue readingDon’t trouble Marc Andreessen with bad news
Marc Andreessen blames scandals for the declining fortunes of print news. But his critique puts the cart before the horse.
Continue readingKoch vets’ group picking up where Freedom Partners left off
Freedom Partners, a political nonprofit affiliated with Charles and David Koch, is transferring TV air time to a veterans' group also associated with the conservative activists.
Continue readingWho’s ruling the airwaves in Philadelphia?
The Sunlight Foundation, the Internet Archive, the Committee of Seventy and others are working together to map Philadelphia's media landscape in the weeks leading up to Election Day 2014.
Continue readingFrom the Piedmont to the Rockies, outside money swamping candidates
A Sunlight analysis of ad buys in sample TV markets show outside groups outspending Senate candidates in three key races.
Continue readingFCC docs shed light on Phoenix dark money group
FCC documents identify the president and treasurer of "Save Our Future Now" a dark money group that's spent more than $500,000 airing TV ads against candidates running for an obscure Arizona state office.
Continue readingFCC considering more transparency for political ads
The Federal Communications Commission may require cable and satellite providers, as well as radio stations, to follow broadcast TV's lead and begin making political ad contracts available for online viewing.
Continue readingMayday PAC sheds light on largest donors
About 57 percent of the $7.8 million disclosed online is anonymized. The committee's next FEC release — with more complete data — won't be public until Oct. 15.
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