Author: Gabe Kaminsky

A fact-checking group led by Democratic operative David Brock and seeking to counter alleged “bad-faith lies and misinformation” stemming from GOP-led congressional investigations has quietly shut down ahead of President-elect Donald Trump taking office, records show. Facts First USA, a nonprofit organization that Brock formed in 2022 with the help of two Democratic consultants who…

EXCLUSIVE — Incoming Trump administration officials and GOP lawmakers are contacting conservative nonprofit groups to facilitate research for the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, illustrating the wide scope of the new cost-cutting effort, according to 10 people familiar with the discussions. Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, conservative groups are informally providing guidance to incoming…

EXCLUSIVE — Conservatives are sounding the alarm over how President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead NASA donated over $300,000 to Democrats while his companies promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Jared Isaacman, a billionaire astronaut and businessman, was tapped in late December of last year to be NASA’s next administrator. However, to some conservatives and…

EXCLUSIVE — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has donated $50,000 to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration committee, according to a spokesperson for Washington’s largest business advocacy group. The giving of the Chamber, which spent a staggering $53.4 million lobbying in favor of pro-business interests last year, is double that of its $25,000 check in 2017 to…

A businessman considered to be a contender to lead the Federal Aviation Administration under President-elect Donald Trump has expressed support for diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and Black Lives Matter, statements show. Alex Wilcox, the FAA administrator contender, made the remarks as the CEO and co-founder of JSX, a public charter company that he co-founded…

A Democratic megadonor who helped pressure President Joe Biden to pass the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris is holding on to hundreds of millions of dollars in lucrative Chinese investments, according to new financial disclosures. Silicon Valley venture capitalist and billionaire Michael Moritz donated $7.8 million to political action committees that supported Harris in…

EXCLUSIVE — The State Department has crafted plans to distribute staffers from a shuttered office accused of censoring conservatives to a new internal “hub” that will coordinate its activities, according to documents obtained by the Washington Examiner. The Global Engagement Center, the office that Republicans accused of working with groups aiming to demonetize right-leaning media outlets in the United States, shut…

A Federal Election Commission opinion in March that was thanks to legal pressure from Democratic attorney Marc Elias ended up giving an assist to the Trump campaign and is poised to reshape the campaign finance system. The FEC opinion put forth that political campaigns and outside political action committees may coordinate on canvassing get-out-the-vote efforts,…

Vice President Kamala Harris’s historic — and unsuccessful — $1.5 billion spending spree in the 2024 election is poised to influence how future candidates use their coffers, namely when it comes to avoiding her mistake of running a celebrity-centric campaign. The Harris campaign burned through the money in just 15 weeks, operating on a highly…

EXCLUSIVE — Republicans in Kansas plan to back a proposal to close an alleged loophole allowing foreign money to fund statewide ballot measures, the Washington Examiner has learned. The introduction of the bill could come as early as January 2025, said GOP state Rep. Pat Proctor, the chairman of the Elections Committee and an assistant…