Why the GOP is poised to create large-scale voting chaos this year

A coalition of conservative political organizations is asking the Supreme Court to weaponize the First Amendment in the service of dark money.

The former New York mayor is trying to spend his way to the White House.

By constantly tallying candidates' fundraising hauls, journalists perpetuate a misleading narrative about how elections are won.

A litany of naive decisions has enshrined a system in which the rot lives right out in the open.

After the 2016 election and its fallout, it's astonishing that the vice president would team up with someone tied to despotic foreign actors.

The indictment of two shady cronies of Rudy Giuliani only proves that the real crime is what's legal.

There's a solid dirty money case to be made against the Democratic contender, but Ed Rendell is the wrong person to litigate it.

The banal, evil, all-destructive reign of Mitch McConnell

A new campaign finance disclosure rule was hailed as a "victory for transparency." But most groups found a way around it.

The Massachusetts senator has a big plan to clean up Washington, but the Supreme Court has proven hostile to anti-corruption laws.

As the Arizona senator struggles with brain cancer, one reporter looks back on his time in Washington.

How to get more working-class candidates like Kerri Harris to run for office

The New York governor presides over one of the strangest legislative arrangements in American politics. Is it a prelude to a presidential run?

The activist and former congressional candidate talks about grassroots politics, the future of the Democratic Party, and Super PACs.