Campaign Finance

National: “Campaign Finance Watchdog Issues Massive Fine for Foreign National’s Trump Super PAC Donation” by Zach Montellaro and Myah Ward (Politico) for MSN

Alaska: “Lawsuit Challenges Alaska Campaign Disclosure Rules” by Becky Bohrer (Associated Press) for Alaska Public Media

Elections

Wisconsin: “Elections Commission Fines Election Denier $2,400 for Frivolous Voter Fraud Allegations” by Mitchell Schmidt (Wisconsin State Journal) for Madison.com

Ethics

National: “DOJ Plans to Investigate Boxes of Records Taken to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago” by Matt Zapotosky and Jacqueline Alemany (Washington Post) for MSN

Michigan: “Jury Acquits Two in Michigan Governor Kidnap Plot; Deadlocks on Two Others” by Devlin Barrett (Washington Post) for MSN

New Jersey: “With Revelation of Racist Recordings, Prosecutors Face Scrutiny Over Their Handling of Investigation” by Riley Yates and S.P. Sullivan (NJ Advance Media) for MSN

New York: “Read: The plan to replace JCOPE” by Chris Bragg for Albany Times Union

Lobbying

Minnesota: “Elephants in the Room? Bill Language Would Ban Private Clubs for Lawmakers, Lobbyists Proposed by GOP Campaign Committee” by Peter Callaghan for MinnPost