Presidential candidate Martin O'Malley, who casts himself as a populist public enemy of Wall Street, led a group that recruits business-friendly politicians into the Democratic Party.
While viewers might mistake the ads for campaign commercials, the National Associaton for Broadcasters calls them PSAs to fulfill a civic duty.
Criminal justice reform and helping the lower class are hardly the Koch Brothers' real political priorities. Lee Fang follows the money.
The U.S. Institute of Peace is chartered by the U.S. government to promote international peace through nonviolent conflict resolution. But its chairman, Stephen Hadley, is a relentless hawk.
"If I were a defense contractor, I'd be big time for Lindsey Graham, because I've been forward-leaning on rebuilding our military," Graham says.
Lobbyist Mark Isakowitz had Apple as a client. Now he's chief of staff to Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, the new chief of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
Kurdish militias have provided a rare bright spot in the battle against the Islamic State. But they're being left high and dry as Turkey flexes its political muscle in Washington and applies its military might in the region.
After a long and storied career as a small-arms dealer, Ori Zoller shows up as a middleman in Hacking Team sales.
Positive Train Control could have prevented the Amtrak crash. But Congress is about to approve a three-year delay in its implementation.
Lobbyists for two major prison companies, whose fortunes could turn if there are fewer people to lock up in the future, are serving as top fundraisers for Hillary Clinton.
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