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  1. 2016 preview? Three videos by GOP groups all target Hillary Clinton

    By Keenan Steiner May 16, 2013 3:50 p.m.

    As the White House released long-sought documents on the Benghazi affair and Republican lawmakers have renewed their criticism of the Obama administration's handling of it, three big Republican groups have all produced videos on the episode that led to the death of an American ambassador. All strike a similar tone and focus on the same target: Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state whose strong polling numbers make her an early favorite in the 2016 presidential election.  

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  2. How ex-Det. Guy Bowers became the biggest campaign donor of all

    By Keenan Steiner May 16, 2013 10 a.m.

    One of the most prolific donors to political candidates running for federal office has no idea that’s his status.

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  3. Tangled web: The IRS role in campaign finance

    By Nancy Watzman May 15, 2013 10:28 a.m.

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  4. What's wrong with this picture? Greenhouse gas at all-time high

    By Sunlight Reporting Group May 10, 2013 10:31 a.m.

    Carbon dioxide levels are going up. So are campaign contributions by fossil fuels interests.

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  5. Whom Mark Sanford owes

    By Kathy Kiely May 8, 2013 10:20 a.m.

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  6. Key elements of food safety law stuck at White House regulatory agency

    By Nancy Watzman May 7, 2013 11:20 a.m.

    Regulations designed to improve food safety have been languishing in an obscure White House office.

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  7. Mayors Against Illegal Guns hits the airwaves in N.H and Pa.

    By Kathy Kiely May 6, 2013 6:23 p.m.

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  8. Reading the big green tea leaves in Sanford-Colbert Busch race

    By Kathy Kiely and Jacob Fenton May 6, 2013 4:45 p.m.

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  9. In the Kentucky Derby of political giving, one horse laps the field

    By Louis Serino May 3, 2013 11:35 a.m.

    While bettors will be spending big on the 20 thoroughbreds racing to win Saturday's 139th Kentucky Derby, many of the horses' owners have been making their own high-stakes bets -- the kind that could pay off in much more than roses.

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  10. Mel Watt's ties to the banking industry

    By Keenan Steiner May 2, 2013 11:25 a.m.

    (CORRECTION: This post has been updated to eliminate the name of the American Bankers' Association's Michael Hunter, incorrectly identified in earlier versions as an alumnus of Watt's office. Hunter worked for former Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla.) 

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  11. There he goes again: Larry Flynt backs Mark Sanford

    By Keenan Steiner Apr 30, 2013 6:56 p.m.

    If Mark Sanford accepts the endorsement of Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and the $2,600 that goes along with it, the South Carolina Republican congressional hopeful will be joining a list of well-known Democrats and breaking a long streak for the pornographer-turned-political activist.

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  12. New appointees are long overdue but is the FEC broken?

    By Keenan Steiner Apr 30, 2013 6:25 p.m.

    Is the Federal Election Commission broken? That's the question a watchdog group asked a panel of experts on the day that the last of the current commissioners' terms expired, leaving the agency that oversees campaign finance law with one vacancy and five holdovers. Campaign finance reformers used the occasion to call on President Barack Obama to appoint new commissioners, something the president hasn't bothered to do since the Senate refused to act on his last nominee.

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  13. Stanley Cup runneth over with political cash: NHL owners scored big for GOP

    By Louis Serino Apr 30, 2013 3:41 p.m.

    The puck drops tonight for the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and while hockey's bigwigs will be watching from afar in their box suites, they certainly took the ice during last year's election -- scoring big for the GOP. According to data from Sunlight's Influence Explorer, National Hockey League owners provided more than $3 million to politicians, PACs and independent expenditure groups during the 2012 election cycle.

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  14. Sanford continues to draw big money in S.C. race versus Colbert Busch

    By Jacob Fenton and Kathy Kiely Apr 29, 2013 3:24 p.m.

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