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States that passed measures explicitly described as banning Sharia or restricting foreign/religious law include Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, South Dakota, Tennessee, North Carolina and Alabama; Oklahom...
Since 2020, reporting shows a renewed push by some Republican lawmakers and state officials to curb the influence of “Sharia” by advancing new bills or touting existing laws; Texas actions and multipl...
Debate over “Sharia” in the U.S. has re‑emerged as a political flashpoint: lawmakers have proposed national and state bans such as the 2025 "No Shari'a Act" and Texas’ law targeting so‑called “Sharia ...
Tunnel to Towers reports a program-service ratio of about 90–93% (meaning 7–10% overhead) depending on the source and year: CharityWatch and Tunnel to Towers state 93% program spending / 7% overhead (...
George Soros has been a major financier of U.S. political activity for two decades, using both direct personal donations and a web of nonprofits and super PACs; reporting finds hundreds of millions of...
The materials supplied do not establish a specific dollar amount that AIPAC PAC donated directly to Senator Lindsey Graham in 2020, 2022, or 2024; multiple summaries and investigations referenced say ...
Anti‑Sharia and “foreign‑law” restrictions have been proposed in roughly two dozen states; a handful of states enacted versions of the American Laws for American Courts (ALAC) model and related measur...
Federal courts have repeatedly struck down or blocked state measures that single out “Sharia” or broadly ban foreign or religious law as unconstitutional, finding such provisions unnecessary and discr...
Between 2010 and his death in January 2021, Sheldon Adelson and his family directed substantial sums to conservative causes broadly, but explicit, well-documented “conservative youth group” line-item ...
Available sources show that several state legislatures continued to consider bills referencing “Sharia” or “foreign law” after 2020, often using model language from American Laws for American Courts; ...
Available reporting shows a clear long-term rise in congressional wealth: multiple analyses conclude that the share and total net worth of members of Congress have grown over recent decades, and by th...
Bernie Sanders’ publicly available financial records show a few procedural controversies — notably missed or delayed disclosure filings in 2016–2017 and watchdog complaints about associated nonprofits...
Public registries maintained by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the IRS are the primary places where campaigns, PACs and 527 groups report vendors and expenditures that could reveal payments...
Public records and tax filings do show many of Pete Buttigieg’s campaign donors and his own tax returns: his campaign disclosures to the Federal Election Commission and aggregated databases like OpenS...
A wave of state-level measures explicitly aimed at blocking from American courts spread across statehouses in the 2010s, driven largely by a model bill and activists; courts and legal groups have repe...
’s financial picture is disclosed through standard and separate political committee reports: , as a 501(c), files IRS Form 990s that appear in public databases and record major grants and revenue sour...
Federal campaign records and reporting show that a small number of federally registered and executives tied to corporate interests have made itemized contributions to ’ Senate and presidential campaig...
translate messy public filings into donor tallies by aggregating and state disclosure records, mapping donors to employers/industries and counting PAC, individual and outside spending — a process that...
Several states proposed anti‑Sharia or foreign‑law bans that ultimately failed in legislatures or were struck down by courts; notable examples include Idaho, where a bill failed repeatedly after 2016,...
Since 2020, supporters of state-level bans on Sharia or “foreign law” typically argued such laws protect the Constitution, women’s rights, and public safety—casting Sharia as incompatible with America...