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How the IRS’s Nonprofit Division Got So Dysfunctional
The IRS division responsible for flagging Tea Party groups has long been an agency afterthought, beset by mismanagement, financial constraints and an unwillingness to...
California Republican Group Pocketed Millions from Anti-Obama Campaigns
In August 2008, as the right wing of the Republican Party grew increasingly disenchanted with the party’s direction, the men from Russo, Marsh and...
Arizona Dark Money Group Lied to IRS
Five conservative dark money groups active in 2012 elections previously told tax regulators that they would not engage in politics, filings obtained from the...
Karl Rove’s Dark Money Group Promised IRS It Would Spend ‘Limited’ Money on Elections
In a confidential 2010 filing, Crossroads GPS — the dark money group that spent more than $70 million from anonymous donors on the 2012...
Flood of Secret Campaign Cash: It’s Not All Citizens United
The emergence of nonprofits as the leading conduit for anonymous spending in this year's presidential campaign is often attributed to the Supreme Court's 2010...
How Nonprofits Spend Millions on Elections and Call it Public Welfare
Matt Brooks describes the mission of the Republican Jewish Coalition as educating the Jewish community about critical domestic and foreign policy issues. But the...
Two Dark Money Groups Outspending All Super PACs Combined
Two conservative nonprofits, Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity, have poured almost $60 million into TV ads to influence the presidential race so far,...
