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Blind Trusts

The use of blind trusts as a mechanism to manage conflicts of interest for politicians.

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Jan 27, 2026

How have partisan media outlets framed politicians’ financial disclosures differently when the assets are held jointly or by spouses?

Partisan outlets have seized on the technicalities of and spousal holdings in politicians’ financial disclosure forms to tell competing stories: one side frames such arrangements as loopholes and opac...

Jan 6, 2026

How has Nancy Pelosi's office responded to fact-checks on corruption claims?

Nancy Pelosi’s office has not offered a single, uniform reaction to public fact-checks about alleged corruption; instead it has pursued a two-part strategy of asserting a broader anti‑corruption recor...