Trump’s DOGE Will End But CRC’s Investigations Won’t
Trump’s DOGE program exposed government waste. But CRC has been doing it for 40 years. Enter The DOGE Files—Capital Research Center’s independent investigation into some of the worst examples of…
Deception & Misdirection
The Letter, a COVID-Era Public Health Infamy
During the COVID-19 pandemic, an open letter signed by 1,288 alleged “public health professionals" promoted differential treatment of left-wing BLM protests and right-wing anti-lockdown protests. The defenses of that letter…
States Banning or Restricting “Zuck Bucks”—UPDATED 5/5/2025
Private financing of government election offices under the guise of COVID-19 relief skewed voter turnout in the 2020 election and may have tipped the presidential election to Joe Biden. As…
Foreign Grants: The Darkest of “Dark Money”
New tax filings reveal tens of millions of dollars in “dark money” flowing from the massive nonprofit network managed by the consulting firm Arabella Advisors. But it’s not of…
BEST OF 2024
NewsGuard and Uncle Sam: The Nutrition Label
According to its vision statement, NewsGuard Technologies provides “transparent tools to counter misinformation for readers, brands and democracies.” But while the firm portrays itself as Captain America resisting the enemies…
Agents of Influence: The Pitiful Presidential Pollsters
Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit. —George Carlin Every four years,…
What Is Ballot Harvesting?
What is ballot harvesting and how exactly does it threaten democracy? Ballot harvesting can happen when ballots are mailed to every voter in a state regardless of whether they requested…
Active Federal Meddling in Elections: “Bidenbucks”
Some of the most notorious leftwing interest groups partnered with federal agencies for what amounted to a taxpayer-sponsored get-out-the-vote campaign under President Biden’s election-meddling executive order. The Biden-Harris administration kept…
Active Federal Meddling in Elections: “Listening Session”
While a who’s who of the far Left attended the July 2021 listening session, only a few gave presentations. Representatives from the White House, Leadership Conference for Civil and Human…
Active Federal Meddling in Elections: Federal Bureau of Prisons
The Federal Bureau of Prisons announced that it aligned with the League of Women Voters, the ACLU, the Campaign Legal Center, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee, Disability Rights DC, and the…