The conservative billionaire Timothy Mellon donated $50 million to a super PAC supporting Donald Trump on May 31, the day after the former president was convicted in his New York hush money trial. Mellon has now given a total of $75 million to support the pro-Trump super PAC this election …
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As Donald Trump seeks a second presidential term, he has been promising major policy wins to donors while seeking their cash — and testing corruption laws in ways never before seen. In April, Donald Trump asked oil and gas executives to donate $1 billion to help his 2024 presidential campaign, …
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Louisiana’s governor has signed a bill requiring every classroom in the state to display a copy of the Ten Commandments, and Donald Trump is all for it. On Friday the former president — a serial fabricator and convicted fraudster who has said he doesn’t think adultery is a sin — …
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In a last-ditch effort to avoid serving a four-month prison sentence, former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon is pleading for the Supreme Court to intervene on his behalf. On Thursday, the D.C. Court of Appeals rejected Bannon’s request to be released from detention while he once again attempts to appeal …
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The Democratic primary in New York’s 16th Congressional District is getting ugly. The race between progressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and Westchester County Executive George Latimer is already the most expensive House primary ever, and now Latimer is facing accusations of using racist tactics against the incumbent congressman. In a …
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Florida District Court Judge Aileen Cannon’s handling of Donald Trump’s classified documents case — and her perceived favoritism towards the former president — has been under a wave of national scrutiny for some time now. According to a report from The New York Times, the growing ethical questions could have …
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Swing voters indicate they may not vote for President Joe Biden because he is too old and incompetent. That narrative is already widely believed — but as Republicans try to add fuel to the fire, they have resorted to spreading deceptively edited videos to make Biden appear incapacitated, confused, and …
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Republican Governor Jeff Landry, who appears hellbent on dismantling Louisiana‘s education system, signed a bill on Wednesday mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom in the state. The new legislation requires that a poster-sized display of the religious text be placed in all state-funded schools …
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New York’s Court of Appeals has declined to take up Donald Trump’s challenge to a gag order restricting him from attacking jurors, witnesses, and others involved in his felony conviction on charges of falsifying business records. In a Tuesday ruling, the court determined that despite Trump’s complaint, “no substantial constitutional …
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In the aftermath of the 2017 Harvest Festival mass shooting — in which 60 Las Vegas concertgoers were killed by a gunman armed with bump stock-equipped rifles — prominent Republican lawmakers supported efforts to ban the firearm accessory. One such legislator was South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. But after the …
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