Private foundation funded by founder of Slim Fast paid tax deductible dollars to consulting company owned by Ehud Olmert, Israeli political figure accused of corruption.

Ahead of the November midterms, we take stock of the state of voting rights across the country.

A new ranking of popular encrypted messaging programs finds the ones that are most effective at protecting users' privacy.

Cezary Podkul talks to Columbia University’s Anya Schiffrin about when journalism makes a difference and why.

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Super PACs are required to identify their contributors, but some of them are funded entirely or mostly by social welfare nonprofits that don't have to do so. That leaves voters in the dark about where money is really coming from.

A banking subcommittee will explore the case of fired examiner Carmen Segarra and whether the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is too soft on institutions it supervises.

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Money and strategists are shaping a nationally watched campaign amid talk of in vitro fertilization and end-of-life care.

Twitter is using a newly discovered hidden code that the telecom carriers are adding to every page you visit – and it's very hard to opt out.

The former Treasury secretary and architect of the Obama administration's financial rescue sounds more like some of his detractors in papers that were never meant to be public.