Author: Gabe Kaminsky

The State Department sent a notification to Congress that it plans to terminate an agency accused of censoring conservatives after losing support from lawmakers, according to a court filing and a source familiar with the correspondence. In the filing, attorneys for the State Department said the agency told lawmakers on Friday of its plan to…

The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump group that has been mired in controversy since its formation, routed millions of dollars this election cycle to companies owned by its leaders, according to federal records. Documents filed with the Federal Election Commission show that, over the last year, the Lincoln Project paid around $7 million to consulting firms…

Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman, who spent millions of dollars trying to will Vice President Kamala Harris to the White House, is reportedly considering fleeing the United States. Three sources told the New York Times that Hoffman is considering the move over President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Harris. Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn and a venture…

At least five Democrats in Congress were targeted on Thanksgiving with bomb threats, but they announced they are safe with their families and in touch with the authorities. The lawmakers were Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), as well as Reps. Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jim Himes (D-CT), John Larson (R-CT), and Joe Courtney (D-CT). The news comes…

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised President-elect Donald Trump as “intelligent” on Thursday, congratulating him for winning the election and saying he believes Trump “will find a solution” to the Ukraine-Russia war. “As far as I imagine the again-elected president, he is actually an intelligent person, already quite experienced. I think he will find a solution,”…

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition will continue to rely solely on money from private donors, a break from norms that will allow his team to raise unlimited sums. Trump announced an agreement this week with the Biden administration that allowed his team to begin coordinating with agencies on the transition, though progressives have raised concerns over…

EXCLUSIVE — Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, who some conservatives are seeking to brand as the “new George Soros” of the Left, cut a $1.1 million check last year to a Democratic dark money-linked umbrella group for state-focused news outlets. The donation to States Newsroom is just one example of the almost $150 million in grants…

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for transportation secretary, former congressman Sean Duffy, recently dipped into old campaign funds to pay expenses at the Ritz-Carlton hotel giant, records show. Duffy disclosed having around $2 million in his campaign committee as of October, Bloomberg Government reported. The ex-Wisconsin House member cut a $5,700 check in March from his…

The largest outside group that supported Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election paid companies owned by or otherwise linked to its founders more than $10 million for consulting services, records show. Future Forward, the pro-Harris group, disbursed the funds between 2022 and 2024, according to Federal Election Commission filings and tax documents filed…

To Media Matters for America and the American Independent Foundation, two progressive groups formed by the conservative journalist-turned-Democratic operative David Brock, the scourge of so-called right-wing “dark money” is a stain on democracy. Media Matters once declared, in a blog post on its website that Brock promoted, that the press ignores “the GOP’s dark money…