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An analysis suggests as much as half of pension fees paid to private equity firms aren't being disclosed.

According to a new poll, 58 percent of Americans see the U.S. legalizing weed in all 50 states within the next 20 years.

A shooting and a copter landing in the shadow of the United States Capitol renew questions about security.

New Jersey pension officials voted for an audit of skyrocketing fees paid to Wall Street firms by the Christie administration.

Despite helping China develop surveillance capabilities, the tech giant won a State Department award -- after donating to a foundation run by the former secretary of state.

Top fundraisers for George W. Bush's presidential campaigns received $1.7 billion in business from the state of Florida while Jeb Bush was in charge.

Snoop Dogg is among several investors pumping funding into Eaze, a San Francisco-based marijuana delivery service.

The former Florida governor's administration gave $1.7 billion to President George W. Bush's top fundraisers.

A one-term senator cites his "improbable" biography and offers "generational" change? Marco Rubio sounds a lot like Barack Obama.

Clinton has a huge advantage with name recognition, but that makes it awfully hard for her to campaign as a fresh face.

It's not 2008 anymore: The economy, Iraq, becoming a grandmother and getting older might benefit Clinton's 2016 campaign.

Advocates say legalizing marijuana in California in 2016 could be a slam dunk.

Hillary Clinton, then secretary of state, lauded Colombia's human rights record as oil company cash flowed to her family foundation.

Republicans and Democrats, Presidents Bush and Obama: Rand Paul is an equal opportunity critic. Is his independence a winning strategy?

Although he's running as an outsider, Rand Paul is set to inherit a presidential campaign years in the making — courtesy of his father, former Rep. Ron Paul.

But some law enforcement officials and policymakers have expressed concerns over making marijuana — a "gateway drug" — more widely available.

Chicago's purportedly independent elections chief accepted city lobbying contracts from Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration.

Location, location, location! The choice of campaign headquarters can show something about a candidate's priorities -- or vulnerabilities.

Congressional Republicans demand oversight of any agreement with Tehran about the country's nuclear program.

Six of the nine CEOs that have criticized Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's RFRA "anti-gay" law lead firms that have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to his political campaigns.

As the Chicago mayor nears Tuesday's re-election vote, his administration has blocked the release of emails to his top donor.

New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez, the top foreign relations Democrat, is accused of bribery and using his office to help a donor.

As governor, Jeb Bush pressed Florida pension officials on behalf of a donor’s firm, then shrouded the pension fund in secrecy.

More than 30,000 Coloradans went to court on a marijuana charges in 2010. That number dropped to under 2,000 by 2014, according to the report.

Watchdog groups say Bush, Walker, Santorum and O'Malley are acting like candidates -- and therefore must follow campaign finance rules.

The N.J. Ethics Commission has dismissed a complaint against the state's former top pension official and ally of Gov. Chris Christie.

A smartphone app that measures eye movements could help determine whether someone is too high to be behind the wheel.

Gov. Christie’s administration, criticized for the skyrocketing fees that New Jersey has paid private firms to manage the state’s billions of dollars of pension investments, tried a novel way to defend itself this week.

Schumer has quickly moved into the position of probable successor to the Nevada senator as leader of the Senate Democrats.