Campaign Finance

National: “Tens of Thousands of Political Ads on Facebook Lacked Key Details About Who Paid for Them, New Report Finds” by Tony Romm and Isaac Stanley-Becker for Washington Post

National: “GOP Rep. Steve Watkins’ Woes Mount with FEC Probe into His Father” by Melanie Zanona and John Bresnahan for Politico

Ethics

National: “Erik Prince Recruits Ex-Spies to Help Infiltrate Liberal Groups” by Mark Mazzetti and Adam Goldman (New York Times) for MSN

National: “House Democrats Request Appeal Asking Court to Enforce Subpoena for Former Trump White House Counsel Donald McGahn” by Spencer Hsu and Ann Marimow (Washington Post) for Seattle Times

California: “Ex-L.A. Councilman Englander Charged with Obstruction in Probe Alleging Lavish Spending and Escorts” by Joel Rubin and Emily Alpert Reyes for Los Angeles Times

Lobbying

National: “Juul Labs Sought to Court AGs as Teen Vaping Surged” by Matthew Perrone and Richard Lardner for AP News

National: “Watchdog Group Says Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s Hong Kong Lobbying Broke the Law” by Alex Daugherty for Miami Herald

Florida: “Lobbyist Sought City Benefits for Westside Property He Owned with Ex-JEA CEO Aaron Zahn” by Christopher Hong for Florida Times-Union