Sludge produces investigative journalism on lobbying and money in politics. We look beyond public records and disclosures to reveal the hidden networks and conflicts of interest that drive systemic corruption.
Sludge reports on the ways industries launder their agendas through independent groups, the power maps of corporate networks that extend deep into government, how concentrated economic powers dictate public policy, and more. We scour traditional lobbying disclosures and campaign contributions, but our primary focus is all the ways that money influences politics that don’t fit established patterns and often don’t have to be disclosed.
- Lobbying Filings Reveal What Companies Paid for Trump's Freedom 250
- Cleta Mitchell's Voter Suppression Charity Tripled Its Spending Ahead of the Midterms
- Democrats' Fundraisers Are Also Running AI's Congressional Access Operation
- Carville's War on the Democratic Left Is Funded by Centrist Billionaires
- Former Trump Officials Are Lobbying the Agencies They Just Left
- Dark Money Group Led by Corporate Lobbyists Funds Pro-Stevens Super PAC
- AI Companies Are Funding the AGs Investigating Them
- Jeffries Opposes Bid to Cut Israel Aid After Record AIPAC Earmark
- The 'Dark Money' Web Behind the Biden-Harris Campaign Is Finally Coming Into View
- Chemical Lobbyist-Packed EPA Boosts PFAS Pesticides
- The Billionaire Money Behind New Centrist Pledge
- Trump Bought Hundreds of Stocks the Day Before He Paused Tariffs and Sparked a Historic Rally
- Big Bank Lobby Pumps Millions Into Corporate Dems’ Super PACs
- Trump's $88B Iran War Supplemental Would Reward the Contractors Funding His Fourth of July Bash
- Palantir Goes on a Democratic Lobbyist Hiring Spree
