Revealed: how US senators invest in the firms they're supposed to regulate

Analysis of financial disclosure data shows 51 senators and their spouses have as much as $96m invested in corporate stocks

As they set national policy on important issues such as climate change, tech monopolies, medical debt and income inequality, US senators have glaring conflicts of interest, an investigation by news website Sludge and the Guardian can reveal.

An analysis of personal financial disclosure data as of 16 August has found that 51 senators and their spouses have as much as $96m personally invested in corporate stocks in five key sectors:...