Inside Donald Trump’s curious relationship with Fox News — and what it means for other candidates

Inside Donald Trump’s curious relationship with Fox News — and what it means for other candidates

NEW YORK — At this moment in the 2024 election cycle, complaining about Fox News — even if for different reasons — may be what unites Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis the most. At conservative America’s favorite news source, the Republican nomination process is essentially over and has been for awhile, leaving DeSantis … 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

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

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

FBI shut down China ‘Volt Typhoon’ hackers targeting U.S.

FBI shut down China ‘Volt Typhoon’ hackers targeting U.S.

The FBI shut down a major China-backed hacking group that attacked hundreds of routers and had been working to compromise U.S. cyber infrastructure, FBI Director Christopher Wray announced Wednesday at a House committee hearing. The hacking group, code-named “Volt Typhoon,” had compromised hundreds of office and home-office routers to allow the Chinese government to access … Read more

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan hit with new 14 year prison sentence

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan hit with new 14 year prison sentence

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Asif Hassan | Afp | Getty Images Pakistan’s embattled former Prime Minister Imran Khan was hit with a fresh 14-year jail sentence on Wednesday after a state court found him guilty of graft, just one day after being handed a 10-year term on a conviction of leaking state secrets. … Read more

Trump allies target Taylor Swift ahead of Super Bowl

Trump allies target Taylor Swift ahead of Super Bowl

Taylor Swift performs during The Eras Tour at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Taylor Swift endorsed President Joe Biden’s winning 2020 campaign — and while she hasn’t backed Biden’s reelection bid yet, … Read more

Ken Griffin donated $5 million to Nikki Haley super PAC

Ken Griffin donated  million to Nikki Haley super PAC

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, a billionaire and major Republican campaign donor, gave $5 million to a political action committee backing former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley over Donald Trump in the GOP primary for president, according to his company spokesman. Griffin wrote the seven-figure check in January to the SFA Fund, a super PAC that … Read more