Dark money' groups don't need to disclose donors to IRS, Treasury says

Nonprofits that spend money to influence elections but are not required to disclose donors to the public — called “dark money” groups by critics — no longer need to share their donors' names or addresses in their tax filings under a new Treasury rule ... Treasury defends move to halt nonprofit disclosures amid Wyden threat Politico Wyden plans to vote against Trump IRS nominee due to new Treasury guidanceThe Hill [26 CFR 1.6033-2]: Returns by exempt organizations and returns by cert - IRS.govIRS.gov Treasury Department

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Supreme Court says no mobocracy, need anti

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and all states and Union Territories not to allow “cow vigilantism” or “lynching” by any group or mob by taking law into their hands and nip it in the bud. A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice

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The Supreme Court Doesn't Need 9 Justices. It Needs 27

Justice Kennedy's retirement has prompted a chorus of cries by Democrats to resuscitate a seemingly unlikely idea: “packing” the Supreme Court. For would-be packers, expanding the court from nine to 11 justices, if and when the Democrats take back ... Obamacare, once a GOP target, is now a midterm rallying cry for DemocratsWashington Post The Supreme Court Has Been Making PolicyNational Review Comments by former clerks may backfire on Trump's high court pickReuters Salt Lake Tribune -SCOTUSblog (blog) -Boston Herald -Politico

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Putin and Trump, Amazon Prime Day and Yosemite fire: 5 things you need to know Monday

President Donald Trump says “nothing bad … maybe some good” will come out of his first, formal summit Monday with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. Trump said he has "low expectations," though he will consider asking Putin to extradite the 12

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