Track-It Federal Election Commission

In the wake of the Internal Revenue Service’s admission that it gave special scrutiny to tax-exemption applications from “tea party” groups, Rep. Jim Renacci wants to know whether the Treasury Department also used political considerations...

Its Exempt Organizations division has been horribly dysfunctional since the agency was restructured in 1998    

by Mike Webb Update: A transcript of this conversation was added to this post. Last week, ProPublica's Kim Barker and Justin Elliott explained how the IRS sent us tax-exempt applications for nonprofit status...

The State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company formally registered a federal political action committee after years of not having a federal PAC but having very active officers and employees give contributions. State Farm had been one of only...

This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. Billionaires with an ax to grind, now is your time. Not since the days before a bumbling crew of would-be break-in artists set into motion the fabled Watergate scandal, leading to the first...

Her Democratic challenger is out with a new poll showing him in a close race.

One of the largest super PACs active in Virginia’s high-profile U.S. Senate race last year has ceased operations and transferred its leftover funds to a Georgia-based nonprofit — though what the group plans to do with the money is unclear....

Opinion: The Wyden-Murkowski "follow the money" bill does not withstand the spotlight.

Congresswoman Jackie Speier wants an independent, bipartisan commission to probe the IRS scandal; also, district attorneys meet with Attorney General Kamala Harris seeking ways to curb gun violence.

Survey puts Bachmann's favorable rating below the magic 50 percent