Campaign Finance

National: “Super PAC Funded by Ted Cruz’s Podcast Deal Gave $1 Million to Back His Campaign” by Sanford Nowlin for San Antonio Current

Kansas: “Inside the Kansas Court Case That Could Cripple a Sweeping Campaign Finance Investigation” by Jonathan Shorman (Kansas City Star) for Yahoo News

Kentucky: “Federal Court Halts, for Now, Kentucky Election Finance Opinion on School Choice Measure” by Steve Bittenbender for The Center Square

Elections

New York: “Judge Delays Donald Trump’s Sentencing in Hush Money Case Until After November Election” by Michael Sisak and Jennifer Pelz for Associated Press News

Texas: “New Paxton Lawsuit Targets Mail-in Voter Registrations in Texas’s Bexar County” by Arelis Hernández (Washington Post) for MSN

Ethics

Florida: “Mayor’s Office: No conflict for chief of staff Darnell Smith to also do Florida Blue work” by David Bauerlein (Florida Times-Union) for Yahoo News

New York: “Mayor Eric Adams Faces Crisis as U.S. Investigations Reach Inner Circle” by William Rashbaum, Dana Rubenstein, Jeffrey Mays, and Michael Rothfeld (New York Times) for DNyuz

Lobbying

National: “Justice Dept. Charges Two Russian Media Operatives in Alleged Scheme” by David Nakamura, Catherine Belton, and Will Sommer (Washington Post) for MSN