Throughout his 2024 campaign, former President Donald Trump has managed to keep his political operation afloat by walking a delicate financial tightrope. The guilty verdict in a Manhattan hush money case added to a long list of legal challenges that have cost him more than $100 million in donor money to date. Campaign finance experts … Read more
WASHINGTON — When Robert De Niro showed up outside a Manhattan courthouse to decry Donald Trump as his New York hush money trial was winding down, it sparked a life-imitates-art screaming match with a nearby group of the former president’s supporters. “You are gangsters!” De Niro, who starred in “Goodfellas” and won an Oscar for … Read more
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A near-total abortion ban was defeated in South Carolina with the help of the only three Republican women in the Senate, but after Tuesday’s primary, they’re losing their election bids. Voters handed the senators – and winners of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award for people who risk their careers … Read more
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during a campaign event, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. June 9, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Former President Donald Trump has spent years attacking Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s only surviving son, and raising campaign cash on his unfounded claims that the Biden family is … Read more
Gene Folkes had just been jettisoned as a contestant on “The Apprentice” and was commiserating with a crew member at a bar inside the lobby of Trump Tower. He was indignant — and not just at having been kicked off the reality show after its star, Donald Trump, had delivered his catchphrase: “You’re fired.” One … Read more
Xtreme Manufacturing owner and Ahern Rentals CEO and Chairman Don Ahern speaks at a campaign event for President Donald Trump at Xtreme Manufacturing in Henderson, Nevada, Sept. 13, 2020. Ethan Miller | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump will be hosted at a fundraiser Saturday by a construction equipment magnate who was accused in a … Read more
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, August 8, 2023. Reba Saldanha | Reuters Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee announced Monday that the two entities together raised $141 million in May. The massive haul would represent a major shift … Read more
NEW YORK — CNN and MSNBC both cut away from former President Donald Trump as he spoke live on Friday less than 24 hours after being convicted in his New York hush money trial. The decisions, along with coverage of the trial’s aftermath in general, spoke to how the nation’s divisions are reflected in the … Read more
PHOENIX — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed an election complaint Wednesday alleging CNN is colluding with Democratic President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump to exclude him from a debate the network is hosting next month. Kennedy alleges the requirements to participate in the June 27 debate were designed to … Read more
OPELIKA, Ala. — On the second floor of a single-family home in a sprawling suburban development, a three-member production crew sat behind banks of computer monitors and guided the conservative Right Side Broadcasting Network’s coverage of a recent Donald Trump rally. RSBN’s show director, whispering into a microphoned headset, instructed the camera operators and on-air … Read more
