Politics

Since Hillary Clinton began her career as a politician in 2000, she and the outside groups that support her have raised nearly $750 million in the course of her two runs for the U.S. Senate and two bids for the presidency. About a fifth of that money came from the finance, insurance and real estate…

On Thursday, Bill Clinton announced major changes to the Clinton Foundation if Hillary is elected President in November. No more donations from foreign governments or corporations. Refocused efforts. Bill's resignation from the board. But is it enough? The Boston Globe, in an editorial published Tuesday, made a compelling case for a full-on Clinton Foundation shutdown...

When last we checked in on Dryer Lint Donald Trump, he was running unopposed in the race for the coveted title of "artistic work most likely to simultaneously instill existential horror and admiration." But now, finally, he has a challenger. Enter, Dryer Lint Hillary Clinton. Artist Sandy Buffie, creator of the dryer lint monstrosity, plans to auction the sculpture alongside her Trump to raise money for charity...

Stories about John F. Kennedy, who served as U.S. president from Jan. 20, 1961 until he was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, frequently make their way around the internet devoid of citations. While memes cut from the same cloth are commonly either misinformation or outright lies, one tidbit—that Kennedy donated his entire presidential salary to charity—turns out…

Leaked Democratic Party email exposed a simple fact: People gossip. But in today’s cybersecurity environment, leaders would do well to recognize that a bigger crowd can listen. At this point, you may be so tired of hearing about email that you’ve decided to stop using it—instead, you've thought about using smoke signals, telegraphs, semaphore flags,…

Look, there are some headlines you just hope you never have to write, but because we have now seen unspeakable terror, we felt we had no choice. It's like a horror movie where the only way to free yourself from the curse is to pass it to another person. We're sorry. But anyway, here it is, a bust of Donald Trump made from 30 gallons of dryer lint, which if all goes well will be auctioned for charity...

Legislation introduced in the Senate last week would open the American Red Cross to outside oversight that it has long resisted. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced the bill following his staff's lengthy investigation that raised questions about the charity’s spending after the 2010 Haiti earthquake and documented how Red Cross leaders resisted an earlier congressional inquiry...

On June 21, supporters on Trump’s mailing list received the first fundraising email the campaign has ever sent with the subject line, “The First One.” Well, they were supposed to. According to Ad Age, nearly 60 percent (59.3 percent, if you want to get specific) of those emails went straight to the spam folders. Only 12 percent of recipients opened the email and 6 percent of recipients deleted it without reading...

A court order forced the IRS to release a lengthy list of groups that applied for nonprofit status and were given extra scrutiny based on their political views...

About a year ago, Maine Gov. Paul LePage threatened to withhold $500,000 in state funding from a nonprofit charter school if it didn't remove its president, Mark Eves—who also served as Maine's speaker of the House. His tactics worked that time, and he has continued to make controversial comments and play hardball with nonprofits in order to try to get his way...