Political Action Committees
Bernie Sanders Prepares for ‘War’ With AIPAC and Its Super PAC
In North Carolina, Nida Allam, the Sanders-backed candidate, lost to Valerie Foushee, a state legislator, in an open congressional race. Ms. Foushee’s campaign was supported by nearly $3.5 million in spending from two pro-Israel groups and a super PAC linked to a cryptocurrency billionaire. Super PAC spending for Ms. Allam was $370,000. Maya Handa, Ms. […]
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Donations Steered to Trump Super PAC by Canadian Are Found to Be Illegal
Mr. Zekelman used the small gathering, in a private room at the hotel, to press Mr. Trump for more than six minutes to use his executive power to curb imports of foreign steel to the United States from Asia, a move that would help his sales. He also asked Mr. Trump, pressing him for another […]
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Dissatisfied With Their Party, Wealthy Republican Donors Form Secret Coalitions
A “lawfare and strategic litigation” effort with a projected cost of $3.75 million is intended to use the courts “to hold bad actors, including the media, accountable.” A “transition project,” with an estimated price tag of $3 million, is intended to assemble policy experts and plans to create a “government-in-waiting” to “staff the next Republican […]
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A Democratic Super PAC’s Ad Buy Shows a Widening Battle for House Control
WASHINGTON — The House Democrats’ main political action committee is spending nearly $102 million to reserve advertising spots in 50 media markets, from Bangor, Maine, to San Diego, Calif., a battlefield that is considerably larger and more expensive than it was in the past two congressional elections. The breadth of the congressional map reveals the […]
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Peter Thiel, the Right’s Would-Be Kingmaker
The wine flowed. Donald Trump Jr. mingled with the guests. And Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire and host of the event, had a message for the well-heeled crowd: It was time to clean house. The fund-raiser at Mr. Thiel’s Miami Beach compound last month was for a conservative candidate challenging Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming […]
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Selling Trump: A Profitable Post-Presidency Like No Other
The book’s sales are scarcely spectacular: The tell-all from his niece, Mary Trump, had sold 950,000 copies by the day it went on sale. But Mr. Trump’s picture book is priced far higher. Signed copies went for $229.99 and quickly sold out. Sergio Gor, a co-founder of Winning Team Publishing with Donald Trump Jr., called […]
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That ‘Team Beto’ Fund-Raising Email? It Might Not Be From Beto.
In one solicitation, the link to the Blue South PAC donation page on ActBlue, the Democratic digital donation-processing site, was highlighted in bright yellow and appeared as if it belonged to the campaign: actblue.com/donate/team-beto. Those who clicked were greeted by a message: “Show your support by donating and joining Team Beto!” Except 100 percent of […]
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