Campaign Finance

National: “Elon Musk Is Now America’s Largest Political Donor” by Trisha Thadani and Clara Ence Morse (Washington Post) for MSN

Ethics

California: “LA Times Owner Plans to Add AI-Powered ‘Bias Meter’ on News Stories, Sparking Newsroom Backlash” by Liam Reilly and Jon Passantino (CNN) for MSN

National: “White House Weighs Preemptive Pardons for Potential Trump Targets” by Tyler Pager and Meryl Kornfield (Washington Post) for MSN

Florida: “Mayor’s Office: Attending party on Shad Khan’s Kismet allowed by gift law restrictions” by David Bauerlein (Florida Times-Union) for MSN

Louisiana: “Louisiana AG Launches Investigation into Ethics Board’s Alleged Open Meetings Violations” by Julie O’Donoghue for Yahoo News

Massachusetts: “Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson Arrested by Feds on Corruption Charges” by Chris Van Buskirk, Gayla Cawley, and Joe Dwinell, (Boston Herald) for MSN

Missouri: “Kansas City Mayor Accused of Skirting City Gift Ban by Using Nonprofit to Pay for Travel” by Allison Kite (Kansas Reflector) for Yahoo News

Lobbying

Montana: “Auditors Say Montana’s System of Tracking Lobbyists Broken” by Darrell Ehrlick (Daily Montanan) for Yahoo News