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After $16 Billion Election, Nonprofit Tracking Money in Politics Lays Off 1/3 of Staff

“This is an absolutely devastating development on the precipice of the next administration,” said one journalist. Journalists and other critics of how money influences U.S. politics expressed alarm and disappointment in response to Friday reporting that shortly after the nation’s latest election, the research nonprofit OpenSecrets had to lay off …

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War and the Constitution

Can the president fight any war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses? Are there constitutional and legal requirements that must first be met before war is waged? These questions should be addressed in a national debate over the U.S. military involvement in Ukraine and Israel. Sadly, there …

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