Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin apologizes for his handling of cancer diagnosis and hospitalization

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin apologizes for his handling of cancer diagnosis and hospitalization

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2024.  Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin publicly apologized Thursday for not telling President Joe Biden and the public about his prostate cancer diagnosis and his subsequent hospitalization. “We … Read more

Trump campaign raised $19 million, went into 2024 with $33 million

Trump campaign raised  million, went into 2024 with  million

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally ahead of the Republican caucus in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., January 27, 2024.  Ronda Churchill | Reuters Donald Trump’s presidential campaign raised $19 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 and entered the presidential election year with $33 million in cash, according … Read more

Biden, allied groups $140 million campaign war chest dwarfs Republican rivals

Biden, allied groups 0 million campaign war chest dwarfs Republican rivals

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the debt ceiling from the State Dining Room of the White House on October 4, 2021 in Washington, DC. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images A coalition made up of President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, the Democratic National Committee, the president’s joint fundraising committees and his allied … Read more

Nikki Haley campaign raised $17 million, has $14 million in the bank

Nikki Haley campaign raised  million, has  million in the bank

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during her New Hampshire presidential primary election night rally in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., January 23, 2024.  Faith Ninivaggi | Reuters Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley’s campaign for president raised over $17 million last quarter and came into the crucial election … Read more

Biden administration may expand student loan forgiveness plan

Biden administration may expand student loan forgiveness plan

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to United Auto Workers members at the UAW’s Community Action Program legislative conference in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24, 2024. Leah Millis | Reuters The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it will try to deliver student loan forgiveness to borrowers experiencing financial hardship. After the Supreme Court struck down … Read more

Nikki Haley super PAC comes into 2024 with $3.5 million in war chest

Nikki Haley super PAC comes into 2024 with .5 million in war chest

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley visits a polling place as voters cast their votes in the New Hampshire presidential primary election in Hampton, New Hampshire, U.S., January 23, 2024.  Brian Snyder | Reuters A political action committee backing former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley entered the election year … Read more

Man pleads guilty in $1B scheme to dodge NY money laundering rules

Man pleads guilty in B scheme to dodge NY money laundering rules

Las Vegas Review-journal | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A man described as an “experienced anti-money laundering specialist” pleaded guilty on Wednesday to illegally funneling more than $1 billion in lucrative, high-risk transactions through small financial institutions, the U.S. Department of Justice said. The massive transfer, which included hundreds of millions of dollars from … Read more

QAnon-linked legal fund spent $400,000 defending Trump allies, filing shows

QAnon-linked legal fund spent 0,000 defending Trump allies, filing shows

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd during a campaign rally on September 25, 2023 in Summerville, South Carolina. Sean Rayford | Getty Images A fund intended to pay the legal bills of former president Donald Trump’s allies backed chiefly by reported QAnon supporters has spent nearly $400,000, the bulk of which went … Read more

Judge dismisses Disney lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

Judge dismisses Disney lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stands at a campaign event at the Los Angeles Harbor Grain Terminal on September 29, 2023 in Long Beach, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images A judge on Wednesday dismissed a federal lawsuit Disney filed against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other defendants that alleged he retaliated against … Read more

Trump campaign chief urges Republican megadonors to ignore his words

Trump campaign chief urges Republican megadonors to ignore his words

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to his supporters, as he departs for his second civil trial after E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of raping her decades ago, outside a Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 26, 2024.  Eduardo Munoz | Reuters A top adviser to Donald Trump’s 2024 … Read more