Campaign Finance

New York: N.Y. Democrats Vowed to Get Big Money Out of Politics. Will Big Money Interfere?by Vivian Wang (New York Times) for WRAL

Washington D.C.: D.C. Council Approves Sweeping Reforms to Combat ‘Pay-to-Play’ Politics by Peter Jamison for The Washington Post

Ethics

National: Trump Wanted to Order Justice Dept. to Prosecute Comey and Clinton by Michael Schmidt and Maggie Haberman (New York Times) for MSN

National: Conservative Nonprofit with Obscure Roots, Undisclosed Funders Paid Whitaker $1.2 Million by Robert O’Harrow Jr., Shawn Boburg, and Aaron Davis (Washington Post) for The Seattle Times

Colorado: Hickenlooper Paid Own Way for Some Trips, Says He Followed Ethics Law on Others by David Migoya for The Denver Post

New York: New York State Judge Allows Suit Against Trump and His Personal Charity to Proceed by Jonathan O’Connell and David Fahrenthold (Washington Post) for The Chicago Tribune

Lobbying

Missouri: Parson Alters Lobbyist Gift Ban Rules Imposed by Greitens by Kurt Erickson for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch