In the middle of last year, several of Donald Trump’s closest advisers, including some of his 2024 campaign’s senior staff, started noticing an ominous trend in independent polling and in internal Republican survey data: A significant share of swing voters in key states — even some Republicans — say they …
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Dusty Deevers is a fundamentalist preacher. He’s also a state senator. And he insists he doesn’t see “any firewalls” between his two roles — as he crusades to outlaw porn, end what he decries as the “abortion holocaust,” and abolish no-fault divorce in Oklahoma. He argues that the sole purpose …
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The day after Donald Trump was indicted on charges related to his alleged post-presidency mishandling of classified documents, the former president revealed that his longtime aide and valet, Walt Nauta, had also been charged by the Justice Department. In a Truth Social post, Trump described Nauta as a “wonderful man” …
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis acknowledged on Friday that she had an affair with prosecutor Nathan Wade, who was tapped by Willis to manage her sprawling racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and his allies. While admitting that the two had a relationship, Willis denies that her involvement …
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies spent nearly $170 million for him to get utterly humiliated in his bid for the 2024 Republican nomination. According to newly released Federal Election Commission filings, Never Back Down, the primary super PAC backing DeSantis, had spent $131 million backing his campaign by …
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OnlyFans’ billionaire owner, Leonid Radvinsky, and his wife reportedly pledged $11 million to the powerhouse pro-Israel lobby American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, last year, according to an internal donor list obtained by The Lever. Radvinsky has denied making or pledging the donation. According to confidential internal documents reviewed …
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) submitted a resolution on Thursday seeking to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), accusing the Somali-American congresswoman of making “treasonous statements” and of having “revealed herself to be a foreign agent acting on behalf of a foreign government,” through her support for the Somali community. There’s …
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Amid Texas’ refusal to grant federal agents access to a 2.5 mile stretch on the southern border, the Republican Governors Association has backed this Lone Star rebellion against the Biden administration. And the vast majority of that committee’s corporate donors, including some of the most recognizable brands in America, are …
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It’s an election year, which means it’s once again time for Republicans to care about the border. The GOP has done all it can to raise hell over the issue — from holding government funding hostage over their extreme demands, to trying to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, to …
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Robert Kennedy Jr. and a super PAC backing his 2024 presidential campaign have raised $50 million, according to new federal election records released Wednesday. Half of that staggering cash haul has come from two people. Timothy Mellon, a Republican megadonor who has also backed former President Donald Trump, has donated …
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