Our new recurring feature covers key stories from the world of campaign finance and influence buying, from the AI industry to super PAC support for a lame-duck president.

I asked Dan Weiner of the Brennan Center to write a bit about the interesting position they’ve taken in the NRSC campaign finance case. Here is his guest post: On Monday the Brennan Center for Justice...

Experts lay out a plan to end the culture of kleptocracy.

Mounting forces of violence and fundraising pressure have made Congress increasingly inhospitable to change.

All practicing lawyers within and outside the government are bound by ethical rules, standards, and commitments that protect against abuses of power.

<p>MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle examines the disappointing job numbers the Trump administration just received. <em data-start='153' data-end='175'>The Brennan Center’s</em> Dan Weiner details the congressional stock ban now being reconsidered.</p><p>See <a href='https://omnystudio.com/listener'>omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

President Donald Trump said Chicago is his next likely target to crack down on urban crime. Military planning has been ongoing for weeks, officials say.

The threat that corruption poses to democracy has never been greater, requiring bold reforms to return power to the American people.

It hurts ordinary Americans in concrete ways, and the risk has never been greater given today’s unprecedented mixing of private wealth with political power.

Local election officials are concerned about the loss of federal support for election security and hope state and local governments will step in to fill the void.

The Republican-led U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to remove a 10-year federal moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence from President Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill.

The legislation would make it harder for judges to hold defiant parties, including government officials, in contempt.

Why is the Pentagon removing his name from a Navy ship?

President Trump has used emergency declarations to push through his agenda. Elizabeth Goitein, analyst at the Brennan Center for Justice, discusses his use of emergency powers.

When it comes to the general public, ‘move fast and break things’ isn’t exactly popular. But that Silicon Valley culture continues to seep into policy as tech billionaires expand their influence in Wa...

When it comes to the general public, ‘move fast and break things’ isn’t exactly popular. But that Silicon Valley culture continues to seep into policy as tech billionaires expand their influence in Wa...