The spouses, children and siblings of U.S. House members are traveling around the world on trips paid for by special interest groups. Critics say the practice amounts to “influence-peddling vacations.’’
Think tanks, often funded by foreign governments, send House members on trips around the world
Private funders paid for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or their staff to travel overseas more than 4,000 times in the past decade. The bill for the vast majority of those trips was footed by nonprofit organizations, including prestigious think tanks that receive foreign government funding.
Maryland lawmakers ask NASA why it’s cancelling Goddard spacecraft project
Nine Maryland lawmakers wrote a letter earlier this week to NASA demanding answers regarding the agency’s termination of OSAM-1.
Experts see AI contributing to election misinformation with little federal government response
Capital News Service spoke to multiple experts about the role AI will play in the election as Americans prepare to cast their ballots.
Lobbyists use nonprofits to sponsor trips for House, revealing blind spot in ethics rules
U.S. representatives and their staff have taken at least 17,000 trips since 2012 that were paid for by private parties, many of them nonprofits with deep ties to lobbyists and special interests.
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As Maryland voters get ready to head to the polls on Nov. 5, Capital News Service is here to provide answers about how, when and where to vote.
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Congressional reforms passed nearly 20 years ago were supposed to severely restrict the role of lobbyists in congressional trips. Reporters for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland and at Boston University spent nine months examining…
With abortion question on the ballot, Maryland voters debate reproductive rights
As Maryland questions whether reproductive rights should appear in the state constitution, advocates for and against the referendum work to sway voters.
Maryland ballot drop boxes installed as vote-by-mail deadlines approach
The Maryland State Board of Elections began the installation of 286 ballot drop boxes across the state.
Justice Department sues ship companies for $100M in Baltimore’s Key Bridge cleanup
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the owner and operator of the ship that collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge for more than $100 million.