Campaign Finance

California: “Santa Clara County Weighs Raising Campaign Donation Limits” by Brandon Pho (San Jose Spotlight) for MSN

Ethics

National: “Biden Preemptively Pardons Milley, Fauci, Jan. 6 Panel – and His Family” by Sabrina Rodriguez and Matt Viser (Washington Post) for MSN

Illinois: “Regardless of Verdict, Could Madigan Trial Be Make-or-Break Moment for Illinois?” by Ray Long, Megan Crepeau, and Jason Meisner (Chicago Tribune) for MSN

Montana: “Montana Senate Republican Leaders Looking into Use of $170K of State Funds by Former President” by Micah Drew (Daily Montanan) for Yahoo News

Oklahoma: “Second Ethics Probe Examines Ryan Walters for Social Media, Political Activity” by Michael McNutt and Sasha Ndisabiye for NonDoc

Legislative Issues

Ohio: “Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted Will Succeed JD Vance in the US Senate” by Julie Carr Smyth and Stephen Groves (Associated Press) for MSN

Lobbying

National: “Washington Lobbyists Turn to Musk’s DOGE to Influence Trump” by Gregory Korte and Ted Mann (Bloomberg) for MSN

New York: “NYC Council Pushing Lobbying Ban on Mayor’s Office Staffers – but Excludes Itself from Crackdown” by Carl Campanile (New York Post) for MSN