Anna Massoglia

1 week ago | brennancenter.org | Anna Massoglia

Types of Dark Money Spending The term dark money as used in this analysis refers to election spending and contributions by nonprofits and shell companies that are not legally required to — and do not — disclose the identities of their donors. The lack of transparency does not make the spending analyzed here illegal, although the Brennan Center supports legislation to require full disclosure of more of it.

3 weeks ago | counteroffensive.news | Yelyzaveta Tkachenko |Anna Massoglia |Tim Mak |Mariana Lastovyria

Editor’s note: Please don’t take our war correspondence for granted. Investigative journalism like this is among the hardest forms of reporting. If you’d be disappointed if The Counteroffensive didn’t exist anymore, you should probably upgrade to a paid subscription. We need your support to press on!Trump and Witkoff share deep passions for three things:Real estate. Golf. And oligarchs who made their money in Russia.

1 month ago | influencebrief.com | Anna Massoglia

Today’s White House meeting between President Donald Trump and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele isn’t just another international handshake — it’s the capstone of a multi-million-dollar foreign lobbying blitz aimed at building deep ties with Trumpworld and reshaping U.S. policy toward El Salvador. This meeting was years in the making—and it didn’t come cheap.

1 month ago | thehill.com | Anna Massoglia

Skip to content A battle is being waged in the quiet corners of government websites and data repositories. Essential public records are disappearing and, with them, Americans’ ability to hold those in power accountable.

Dec 20, 2024 | influencebrief.com | Anna Massoglia

After nearly a decade of following the money at OpenSecrets, I’ve made the difficult decision to step away. Transparency and government accountability work has been a cornerstone of my life for years, and it has been the privilege of a lifetime to contribute to that fight at such a storied organization. For years, I’ve had the honor of working with a team of dedicated colleagues to shine a light on the forces wielding financial power to shape our political system.