[ad_1] About This Data What is a 527? A 527 is a nonprofit formed under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, which grants tax-exempt status to organizations whose primary purpose is attempting to influence the election of one or more people to public office at the national, state or local level. But contributions to […]

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Each year, people and companies contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to tax-exempt political organizations in an effort to influence elections nationwide. These organizations, commonly known as 527s after a section of […]

[ad_1] A Secret Service agent monitors activity outside the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, as Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, attends a hearing on July 26, 2023. Mark Makela/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Mark Makela/Getty Images/Getty Images North America Law enforcement officials in California are asking for the […]

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In September 2020, the Federal Trade Commission joined regulators in four states to sue four men behind a notorious telemarketing company called Outreach Calling. The FTC alleged that the company, which it […]

[ad_1] National security professionals are warning that climate change is a growing threat to global elections. Tobias Schwarz/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tobias Schwarz/Getty Images Billions of people around the world are expected to vote in elections this year. And some national security professionals warn that there’s a growing threat to these elections — […]

[ad_1] As President Biden and former President Donald Trump gear up for their first televised debate, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds them tied among registered voters nationally. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Bill Pugliano/Getty Images The presidential election remains essentially tied as […]

[ad_1] One pair of Dorthy’s slippers, worn by Judy Garland in 1939, are displayed at a viewing at the Plaza Athenee on December 5, 2011 in New York City. Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – This weekend, Grand Rapids, Minnesota will honor its best-known former resident – […]

[ad_1] Most of them are with Trump, and that’s not going to change. Instead, Democrats should target a far more winnable group of voters. Ad Policy Former president Donald Trump attends a rally on June 9, 2024, in Las Vegas, (Eric Thayer / The Washington Post via Getty Images( Democrats need to realize that if […]

[ad_1] For hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops and their families, when the Pentagon orders them to find health care off base there is none. An NPR analysis found that 50% of active duty military installations stand within federally designated health professional shortage areas (HPSA). Those are places where medical services are hard to find […]

[ad_1] On the 35th anniversary of the First Congress of People’s Deputies in Moscow. Ad Policy President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during the opening of the Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR in Moscow on December 17, 1990. (Vitaly Armand / AFP via Getty Images) Editor’s note: […]