Author: Gabe Kaminsky

Watchdog groups are urging 2024 presidential candidates to disclose their top campaign fundraisers, which are known as “bundlers,” according to a letter. While presidential campaigns can accept maximum contributions of $6,600 per person each election cycle, bundlers, who are typically wealthy and well-connected people, are permitted to tap into their lucrative networks and solicit large…

EXCLUSIVE — A little-known organization fighting for “the interests of progressive voters through public advocacy” is quietly overseeing an unusual “fellowship” to ensure repeat Democratic congressional hopefuls get paychecks between runs. New Politics Leadership Academy, a charity that trains prospective candidates and has an affiliated New Politics 527 advocacy group also focused on “recruiting, developing,…

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is getting a last-minute boost ahead of the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday from a Bill Kristol-led group bankrolled by the largest Democratic dark money network in the United States, documents show. Defending Democracy Together has spent more than $96,000 on pro-Haley advertisements and mailers and roughly $448,500 against former…

An influential Democratic dark money group called Sixteen Thirty Fund has come under the spotlight after a Washington Examiner report on one of its lobbyists becoming a top campaign staffer for GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley. Former President Donald Trump criticized Haley on Saturday over the revelation during his Manchester, New Hampshire, rally ahead of…

EXCLUSIVE — The move by left-wing billionaire George Soros to pour major cash into turning Texas blue in 2024 shows Democrats are afraid of the GOP’s momentum in the state, Republican candidate and ex-Rep. Mayra Flores told the Washington Examiner in an interview. Soros personally has transferred at least $100,000 since August 2023 to the…

Former President Donald Trump blasted Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley in a Saturday speech in New Hampshire over her top campaign staffer’s ties to a left-wing dark money group, citing an exclusive Washington Examiner report. “It was just reported that Nikki Haley’s state director in New Hampshire, this is a very bad one, listen carefully,…

EXCLUSIVE — The New Hampshire state director for Republican Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign lobbied in 2020 for a Democratic dark money organization that spent millions of dollars that year willing Joe Biden to the White House, among other left-wing groups, documents show. Tyler Clark, who became Haley’s 2024 state director for the Granite State late…

Republican businessman Vivek Ramaswamy capped off his unsuccessful 2024 presidential campaign with a higher net worth than when he entered the race 11 months ago, according to a new report. Ramaswamy, who dropped out of the race after a fourth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, saw his fortune surge by more than $100 million, according…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has raised more than $650,000 in connection to a legal defense fund he launched amid a federal corruption investigation into the Democrat. The FBI and federal prosecutors are investigating whether the Adams campaign in 2021 unlawfully conspired with the Turkish government to receive contributions, an allegation that came under…

The top-ranking Justice Department prosecutor in Washington, D.C., worked on behalf of Qatar and numerous foreign banks that have been accused of bankrolling terrorism, documents show. As the U.S. attorney in the nation’s capital, Matthew Graves has come under the spotlight for supervising a sprawling investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and faced…