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Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., is seen in the Capitol Visitor Center in February.

Rep. George Santos indicted on 13 charges

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 10, 2023 at 10:31am, Updated at 7:06pm
New York Republican Rep. George Santos, whose race next year is rated a Toss-up, raised just over $5,000 from January through March.

From highs to lows, FEC reports offer an early 2024 temperature

By Herb Jackson
Posted April 17, 2023 at 8:00am, Updated at 4:18pm
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in 2021.

Bankman-Fried used customer funds for campaign largesse, charges say

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 23, 2023 at 3:34pm
Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of FTX, testifies during a House Agriculture Committee hearing last year.

FTX leaders’ political donations topped $1M weeks before bankruptcy

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 23, 2023 at 5:30am
A new report by a campaign finance advocacy group criticizes the “dues” lawmakers running top committees must pay to their parties, but former Rep. Rodney Davis says the payments are not a requirement.

Gavels for top House committees don’t always come cheap

By Kate Ackley
Posted February 9, 2023 at 9:00am
Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of FTX, testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in December 2021.

US unseals fraud and conspiracy charges against Bankman-Fried

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted December 13, 2022 at 11:28am
Members of the next Congress who pledged not to accept corporate PAC contributions include Democratic Sens.-elect Peter Welch of Vermont, left, and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, right, here posing with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Nov. 15.

Vows to reject corporate PAC money on the rise for incoming Congress

By Kate Ackley
Posted December 5, 2022 at 5:01am
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks Sept. 13 as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, and Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., listen. Scott and McConnell have butted heads of late.

‘Quite extraordinary’: Taking control in November would unleash a GOP leadership maelstrom

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 23, 2022 at 6:00am
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and her husband are invested in one of the energy companies behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline in West Virginia.

Pipeline’s backers have financial, campaign ties

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted September 19, 2022 at 12:43pm
Michelle Vallejo, a Democratic candidate for a Texas House seat, did not initially report hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets.

Texas Democratic candidate Vallejo initially failed to report more than $200,000 in assets

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 29, 2022 at 2:42pm, Updated at 3:50pm