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Ted Cruz is once again pushing the bounds of campaign finance laws, this time with his super PAC pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars for his podcast appearances.

Ethics experts said having a part-time legislature can bring outside expertise but also contribute to perceived conflicts of interest from lawmakers.

A nonpartisan congressional watchdog filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday, alleging the congressman lied on financial disclosure documents. The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) said Ogles failed to disclose a $320,000 personal loan to his campaign in 2022 and a $700,000 line of credit from a bank later that same year,…

Where did Andy Ogles get $320,000 for his campaign?

Emory Law’s Michael Broyde, Indiana Law School’s Charles Geyh, and Campaign Legal Center’s Danielle Caputo reflect on what the US Supreme Court’s new ethics code accomplishes and how it falls short.

EXCLUSIVE: The Democrat nominee in what could be one of this year's most unexpectedly close races is accusing his Republican opponent, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, and the governor's family of "corruption." In a statement to Fox News Digital, Mississippi Democrat gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley, the second cousin to famed rock-n-roll legend Elvis Presley, went after

Democrat Mississippi gubernatorial nominee Brandon Presley is accusing GOP Gov. Tate Reeves and his family of corruption after a family business raked in large sums from state contracts.

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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyPay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas released a 2021 Kindle and Audiobook version of his bestselling 2007 memoir, a powerful longtime friend pitched in to juice the sales.But even with that boost—which The Daily Beast reported came from conservative dark money mastermind Leonard Leo—the sales apparentl...

Leonard Leo — “a powerful longtime friend” to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas — “pitched in to juice the sales” of Thomas’ 2008 book, “My Grandfather’s Son,” the Daily Beast reports. But, despite earning Thomas a $1.5 million advance, the conservative justice “hasn’t reported any royalty incom...