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With legal troubles mounting and spending slowing, NRA promises to boost Trump

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President Donald Trump sits with NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre (Michael Reynolds – Pool/Getty Images) The National Rifle Association plans to

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Election spending boosted by secret money tops $100M as IRS ends donor reporting rules

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(Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Political groups that don’t fully disclose their sources of funding have already spent more

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GOP challengers outraised in race to unseat sole Utah Democrat in Congress

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Rep. Ben McAdams (D-Utah) speaks at a Problem Solvers Caucus press conference in February. (Michael Brochstein / Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media

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Shell companies hide Trump campaign’s financial dealings as super PAC coordination rules kick in

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Screenshot from an America First Action ad (via YouTube) President Donald Trump’s official super PAC, America First Action, recently unveiled

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Trump admin deems gun dealers and shooting ranges essential after lobbying push

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(DOMINICK REUTER/AFP via Getty Images) The Trump administration designated the firearms industry as essential “critical infrastructure” over the weekend following

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CPAC gets cozy with opaque groups and foreign sponsors

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President Donald Trump greets supporters during CPAC 2019 (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) This week marks another year of America’s long-running gathering

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Cash-strapped NRA discloses spending on foreign fundraising for first time

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(Scott Olson/Getty Images) The National Rifle Association disclosed spending on foreign fundraising for the first time in the gun rights

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‘Dark money’ groups drove support for IRS rule eliminating donor disclosure

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(ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) A proposed Trump administration rule to exempt some “dark money” groups from disclosing their donors

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