The president’s company is selling an estate likely worth upward of $20 million, presenting yet another avenue for currying favor with him. By Jeremy Venook.

While the White House hides behind more alternative facts, the outrage has seemingly multiplied. By Lauren McCauley.

"We don’t get to keep him. We don’t get to keep the first black president. We don’t get to let that be ours; we have to reject it, in the same way we’d have to reject the first female president had Hillary won…" By Caitlin Johnstone.

“I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency.” By Zaid Jilani.

Predictions about the mercurial Donald Trump are risky. Nonetheless, I cannot hesitate from making two… By John Dean.

America’s incoming top cop on finance is literally married to industry. By Matt Taibbi.

Scott Pruitt is under fire for his supposed ties to a nonprofit controlled by billionaire oil tycoons, Charles and David Koch. By Lorraine Chow.

“The Foundation took its current activities and compiled them into a ‘mission.’ So our action words are ‘convene,’ ‘improve,’ ‘increase,’ ‘reduce,’ ‘create,’ and ‘help.’ In my estimation, the only part of that which is able to be documented is ‘convene.’ They do hold those gala meetings with regularity.” By Amy Sterling Casil.

AARP, the non-profit seniors organization that exists to promote the financial security, pensions and healthcare of those over 50, is secretly funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). By Nick Surgey and Calvin Sloan.

Today the Securities and Exchange Commission is continuing its illusion of dealing with the rigged structure of the U.S. stock market by holding a meeting of its Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee, some of whose members have themselves been charged with rigging the market... By Pam Martens and Russ Martens.

"The railway giant CSX brought in old railroad cars for a reception led by Rodney E. Slater, the former United States transportation secretary turned lobbyist, who also headlined a panel on transportation policy in a future Clinton administration..." By Nicholas Confessore and Amy Chozick.

A subpoena issued by a Republican congressman to a science advocacy organization is a constitutional travesty. By Ken Kimmell, Union of Concerned Scientists. (July 19, 2016)

“Every chart, every ‘outcome’ and every ‘program’ listed in the 20 page report is a program or activity already conducted by the individual organizations represented at the one-day meeting, with no involvement with the Clinton Foundation….” By Amy Sterling Casil.

What America Saw on July 7th in No Way Resembles Our Justice System. By Seth Abramson.

The rise of commercial institutional review boards has led to questions over whether they can adequately protect the safety of study participants. By Sheila Kaplan. (July 6, 2016)

I am now officially an economic advisor to Senator Sanders, and this column reflects some of that advice.  Part of my advice is not to take money from Wall Street felons. By William K. Black.

A nonprofit with ties to Senator John McCain received a $1 million donation from the government of Saudi Arabia in 2014, according to documents filed with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. By Bill Allison.

Television, turnout, and the election-industrial complex. By Andrew Cockburn.

It's damage-control time at the world's biggest encyclopedia. By Joe Mullin.

Several consultants who work at firms retained by Hillary Clinton's campaign and her affiliated Super PACs appear on TV frequently touting Clinton. Lee Fang.