Foreign Agents Registration Act

Green Watch
California AG Rob Bonta’s Foreign Money Scandal
“A lot of the worst scandals arise from what is perfectly legal, yet completely wrong!” warned investigative reporter Trent Seibert. California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s lawfare against ExxonMobil appears to…
by Ken Braun on July 30, 2025

Philanthropy
A Conversation with the Quincy Institute’s Nick Cleveland-Stout (Part 1 of 2)
The former Fulbright Scholar and research fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the new report he’s co-authored on the funding of American think tanks, the online repository of data…
by Michael E. Hartmann on February 12, 2025

Philanthropy
A Conversation with the Quincy Institute’s Nick Cleveland-Stout (Part 2 of 2)
The former Fulbright Scholar and research fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the upward trend in foreign funding of American think tanks, the applicability of the Foreign Agents Registration…
by Michael E. Hartmann on February 12, 2025

Book Profile
Foreign Agents and American Nonprofits
Casey Michel’s book explores, among other things, the growing problem of foreign funding of U.S. nonprofits in order to exert political influence. Addressing this issue might be the best initial…
by Michael E. Hartmann on January 29, 2025

Commentary
Linda McMahon to Education May Choke Foreign Influence Operations on Campus
Beyond expected opposition from teachers unions and others entrenched in the current educations system, Linda McMahon, President Trump's nominee for secretary of education, will need to address foreign influence and intrigue…
by Sarah Lee on January 27, 2025

Commentary
Torn on TikTok
The proposed ban on TikTok is a lesson in paradox and lobbying. As legislators like Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) have pointed out, it’s about free speech…
by Sarah Lee on March 14, 2024

CRC in the News
Best of CRC Media Hits for May–June 2022
Capital Research Center has increasingly become the go-to think tank on issues of influencers and their funders on issues such as election integrity, Soros prosecutors, foreign funding, and organized labor.
by Sarah Lee on July 20, 2022

Organization Trends
A Long Overdue Address of Foreign Lobbying
How much are Americans aware that their domestic, internecine political squabbles are being funded by foreign entities with interests of their own? And how much are universities and think tanks…
by Sarah Lee on July 7, 2022

Organization Trends
Foreign Funding of Nonprofits Goes Unchecked
In recent years, Harvard, Stanford, and the University of Pennsylvania have been called out for receiving billions of dollars from foreign actors. Welcome to an age of heightened concerns over…
by Sarah Lee on June 22, 2022

CRC in the News
Elections in Jeopardy
On The Jacki Daily Show, Sarah Lee details foreign influence and money that targets U.S. elections, and Hayden Ludwig gives an overview of the decades-long war on the Electoral College.
by Sarah Lee, Hayden Ludwig on February 14, 2022