Money and Membership

9+ hour, 25+ min ago   (450+ words) With four weeks until Election Day, the Senate Leadership Fund has paused future North Carolina advertising and begun spending in Kansas, where Republican Sen. Roger Marshall is defending a seat Democrats have not won since 1932. Locked in a cat-and-mouse struggle,…...

14+ hour, 36+ min ago   (83+ words) Washington Examiner Congress can extend a deadline, pass a continuing resolution, create a temporary fix, or simply decide that the hardest questions will be easier to answer next year. I have spent much of my career around the federal budget…...

17+ hour, 29+ min ago   (1606+ words) Democrat Josh Shapiro has signed budgets sending nearly $2 billion more to Pennsylvania’s poorest schools. Republican Stacy Garrity wants to reexamine that spending. By Katie Meyer of Spotlight PA and A.J. Rao of Spotlight PA State College Pennsylvania will spend nearly…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (215+ words) The stranglehold lobbyists and special interests have on politicians makes it clear why almost nothing changes in government regardless of the party in charge. As seen in Demuth's and Klobuchar's September campaign finance reports, there are 14 special interest groups that…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (99+ words) BOSTON, Oct. 2, 2026 Some of the most hotly contested midterm races are in Texas, where Democratic donors are showing up in force — the state ranks third in fundraising volume since the last midterm in 2022. Compared to Q3 2022 (last non-presidential cycle): Ready to…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (797+ words) It was a big week for creative problem-solving. Britain fixed a failed government energy company by starting a second, Canada is balancing its budget by renaming the spending, and Boston paid $335,000 to call itself racist and failed. Here are a…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (39+ words) NBC News WASHINGTON — A statistically unproductive Congress has officially left town until after the midterm elections, punting a long list of tasks into the lame-duck session....

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1028+ words) Reps. Vince Fong (R-CA) and James Gallagher (R-CA) pointed to California’s unemployment system, high-speed rail project, wildfire and water policies, and regulatory costs as examples of problems they attributed to Democratic governance, including effects they said reach beyond the state....

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (355+ words) Can we say that? They suck? If not, we'll apologize later, promise. Homan took direct aim at Virginia’s Abigail Spanberger for ending state-level cooperation on detainers, shutting down 287(g) partnerships, and blocking state troopers from working with ICE. The former…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (588+ words) Editor’s note: This is the third and final profile on this year’s candidates for Pennsylvania governor. A profile of Republican challenger Stacy Garrity was published Sept. 26. One on Democratic incumbent Gov. Josh Shapiro ran Tuesday. Montgomery County Libertarian Ken Krawchuk…...