Andrew Perez

Bush, while trying to temper his own "anchor babies" comment, dismissed Trump's border wall plan as "a great sound bite" but not practical or "conservative."

GOP presidential candidates Jeb Bush and John Kasich left government for the doomed bank — and got big paychecks as Lehman lost their states’ money.

As governor, Jeb Bush forged a relationship with Lehman Brothers that proved disastrous for Florida's pension fund -- but it was quite lucrative for him.

As a presidential candidate, Bush has made a point of his disdain for lobbyists -- but after leaving the governorship, he essentially acted as one.

Carly Fiorina won plaudits for her debate performance, but some of her best lines conflict with her business record.

President Obama pledged to "hold Wall Street accountable" after the financial crisis, but government records show corporate crime prosecutions have plummeted.

Financial disclosure forms show that Republican presidential candidates John Kasich and Ted Cruz are millionaires, while Scott Walker may be in debt.

Chris Christie’s super PAC took $50,000 from Exxon Mobil’s lobbying firm as the New Jersey governor fought for a low-dollar environmental settlement.

Jeb Bush's Super PAC released its list of donors Friday. Many of them financially gained during his time as Florida Governor.

A Democratic Party financier's firm received $1 billion in Illinois pension cash after he and his wife donated to a political action committee.

New Jersey's pension chief says the state's GOP governor is trying to block an audit of payments to Wall Street.

Jeb Bush’s speech on government ethics was arranged by a lobbying group that has financially supported his 2016 bid.

In a Tallahassee speech, presidential hopeful Jeb Bush criticized the influence-peddling industry he's relied on for policy advice and campaign cash.

The Wisconsin governor's push for a subsidy for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena may benefit a longtime donor who is now his fundraising chief.

California may seem an odd destination for a GOP presidential hopeful, but its tech epicenter outspends Hollywood and defense firms on elections. Jeb Bush is in Silicon Valley today.

Hillary Clinton assails financial executives who break the law, even though her family has accepted money from banks that admitted wrongdoing.

The New Jersey governor's administration granted a $40 million subsidy to a man whose lawsuit helped prosecute a Democratic financier.

The U.S. Senate quietly passed a bill on Wednesday that lets public education money for low-income kids flow to financial consulting firms.

A letter from a whistleblower to U.S. attorney general Loretta Lynch raises questions about the federal prosecutor leading the probe.

Five key takeaways from Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's release of three decades of tax returns as he runs for president.

The New Jersey governor will launch his presidential campaign at the school where he met the scandal's central figure.

The former Florida governor’s campaign responds to an IBTimes report detailing his deep ties to influence-peddlers.

Jeb Bush attacks D.C. lobbyists on the stump, but Florida lobbyists had open access to his administration when he was governor.

As Florida governor, Bush backed land deals for a timber company. Then it hired him.

Presidential campaign announcement speeches are usually mundane affairs -- not so for the former Florida governor.

During the Arab Spring, Hillary Clinton's State Department boosted arms sales of chemical and biological agents to Mideast regimes that donated to the Clinton Foundation.

New York officials now acknowledge that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s housing agency is involved in a law enforcement investigation.

The indicted former House Speaker Dennis Hastert found a lucrative career in lobbying after leaving Congress.

Under Hillary Clinton, the State Department approved $165 billion worth of commercial arms sales to 20 nations whose governments had given millions to the Clinton Foundation.