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Guardians or Guests? How Washington's Regulatory Agencies Became Finishing Schools for Corporate America
Investigative

Guardians or Guests? How Washington's Regulatory Agencies Became Finishing Schools for Corporate America

Across financial services, energy, pharmaceuticals, and technology, a well-worn path connects boardrooms to federal agencies and back again. The officials entrusted with policing American industry are frequently alumni of that very industry — and their successors in government often become their colleagues in the private sector.
Ballot Box or Black Box? Grading America's Voting Infrastructure Four Years After 2020
Election Integrity

Ballot Box or Black Box? Grading America's Voting Infrastructure Four Years After 2020

Four years after the most scrutinized presidential election in modern American history, states have had ample time — and in many cases, federal funding — to modernize their voting systems and harden them against interference. The results are deeply uneven. Some states have made genuine, measurable improvements to their election infrastructure; others have allowed partisan battles over election administration to crowd out the technical work that security experts say is urgently needed.
Cashing In on Capitol Hill: The Lucrative Second Act of Washington's Insider Class
Political Analysis

Cashing In on Capitol Hill: The Lucrative Second Act of Washington's Insider Class

When a senior congressional staffer leaves the Hill for a K Street lobbying firm, the salary increase is often immediate and staggering — frequently exceeding $200,000 in the first year alone. But the financial windfall for former staffers is only one dimension of a systemic arrangement that raises fundamental questions about whose interests Congress is actually designed to serve. VIS News examines the mechanics, the incentives, and the policy consequences of Washington's most durable institutio
Invisible Influence: The Anonymous Money Reshaping State Legislatures Across America
Investigative

Invisible Influence: The Anonymous Money Reshaping State Legislatures Across America

Hundreds of millions of dollars flow through opaque nonprofit networks each election cycle, shaping state and local races while the donors behind the money remain legally shielded from public scrutiny. VIS News traced the financial architecture of several shadow funding operations active in key swing states, revealing a system designed not by accident but by deliberate legal engineering. The picture that emerges is one of profound democratic accountability gaps that neither party has shown serio