Hostage Video and Humanitarian Aid Plus: Trump gets gagged, DeSantis spends big, techno-optimists get a manifesto, and more... Reason · Oct 17, 2023
Lawyers, Trump and money: Ex-president spends millions in donor cash on attorneys as legal woes grow Donald Trump’s political fundraising machine is raking in donations at a prodigious pace, but he’s spending tens of millions of dollars he’s bringing in to pay attorneys to deal with the escalating costs of the various criminal cases he is contending with as he moves further into the 2024 presidential… The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023
Senate FEC roundup: Cruz outraised, Brown bragging rights - Roll Call A look at financials of key Senate races in the third quarter as Democrats prepare to defend a narrow majority in 2024. Roll Call · Oct 16, 2023
Defendant caucus: FEC filings show Santos ailing, Menendez trailing - Roll Call Indicted Rep. George Santos repaid more than he took in, while indicted Sen. Bob Menendez raised 28 percent less than a rival. Roll Call · Oct 16, 2023
More charges for George Santos: stealing donors’ identities and credit cards New 23-count indictment accuses Republican congressman of charging contributors’ credit cards to fund his bank account The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2023
George Santos charged with stealing thousands from donors’ credit cards New York Republican allegedly used donor info to make more than $44,000 in unauthorised credit card transactions, including a personal transfer to his bank account The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023
Rep. George Santos faces more federal criminal charges related to 2022 election - Roll Call A federal grand jury added another 10 criminal counts Tuesday against New York Republican Rep. George Santos related to the 2022 election. Roll Call · Oct 10, 2023
Suozzi running again in New York, hits Santos for staying in office - Roll Call Former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi is running again in New York and calls GOP Rep. George Santos remaining in office an "absurdity." Roll Call · Oct 10, 2023
Santos campaign treasurer pleads guilty to conspiracy related to 2022 election - Roll Call The ex-campaign treasurer for GOP Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal criminal charge related to the 2022 election. Roll Call · Oct 5, 2023
Robert Kennedy Jr to run for president in 2024 as independent, says report The vaccine-sceptic believes changes to DNC rules may exclude his candidacy and that running as an independent is ‘the only way to go’ The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023
Trump machine "bleeding cash" quickly A Trump-aligned super PAC paid law firms representing 13 potential witnesses or co-defendants in Trump's cases Salon · Sep 29, 2023
Who is running for president in 2024? As the campaigns takes shape, here are the names you need to know The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023
Democrats rap FEC gridlock that Republicans say is a feature An House hearing on the Federal Election Commission focused on stalled enforcement efforts and funding to boost technology. Roll Call · Sep 20, 2023
Who is running for president in 2024? All of the candidates As the campaigns takes shape, here are the names you need to know The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023
The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2023 Who is running for president in 2024? All of the candidates As the campaigns takes shape, here are the names you need to know
The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023 Who is running for president in 2024? All of the candidates As the campaigns takes shape, here are the names you need to know
The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023 Who is running for president in 2024? All of the candidates As the campaigns takes shape, here are the names you need to know
Roll Call · Aug 14, 2023 Some members of Congress using donor money to repay themselves Nearly $2.3 million in contributions raised by 16 House and Senate members this cycle went to repay the lawmakers for loans to past campaigns.
The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023 FEC moves toward potentially regulating AI deepfakes in campaign ads The Federal Election Commission has begun a process to potentially regulate AI-generated deepfakes in political ads ahead of the 2024 election, a move advocates say would safeguard voters against a particularly insidious form of election disinformation
Roll Call · Aug 10, 2023 Effort to regulate ‘deepfake’ political ads moves forward - Roll Call The Federal Election Commission is advancing a nonpartisan advocacy group’s request for rules governing ‘deepfake’ political ads.
The Conversation · Aug 4, 2023 Trump's political action committee wants a $60 million refund on paying his legal fees – 3 key things to know about PACs Save America, one of former President Donald Trump’s political organizations, is seeking a US$60 million refund from Make America Great Again, Inc., another Trump political organization that is less strictly regulated by federal rules.
The Guardian - US · Aug 4, 2023 The far-right financier giving millions to the Republican party to fight ‘woke communists’ Financier Thomas Klingenstein has become one of the largest donors to the party and has increasingly used his resources to pursue a hard-edged version of rightwing politics
Salon · Aug 3, 2023 FEC fail: Trump's crimes are a cash cow The latest indictment will be another cash cow for Trump — unless the FEC acts now
The Guardian - US · Aug 2, 2023 Robert F Kennedy Jr’s campaign bankrolled by Republican mega-donor Super Pac affiliated with anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist received $5m from Trump backer Timothy Mellon
The Guardian - US · Aug 1, 2023 Donald Trump forced to recall $60m from Super Pac as legal fees grow Ex-president’s political action committee says it had less than $4m cash at end of June, having paid tens of millions in legal fees