Political action committees

U.S. 10/03/21, 17:06

A major Republican donor launched a sexual misconduct lawsuit against one of Donald Trump's top aides on Oct. 1. Trashelle Odom accuses former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski of using unwelcome language and behaving aggressively towards her at a Las Vegas dinner, on Sept. 26. The accuser claims Lewandowski scared her when ...

California 06/15/21, 23:27

A Republican ally of the previous president will do everything in his power to help defeat the Democratic Party. Mike Pompeo wants to see a red wave sweep across America the next time voters cast their ballots. The former Secretary of State hopes his newly launched Political Action Committee (PAC) will ...

2022 Campaign 11/24/20, 18:36

A leftist political party that advocates for defunding the police and that received a million-dollar donation from globalist speculator George Soros is actively supporting Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock. The left-leaning Working Families Party (WFP), founded in 1998, announced on Nov. 23 that it is backing Warnock in the Georgia runoff. ...

Politics 03/18/19, 09:53

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke raised more than $6 million online during the first 24 hours after he announced his White House bid, the highest first-day number reported by any candidate, his campaign said Monday. The "record-breaking" $6.1 million came "without a dime" from political action committees, corporations or special interests, ...

Politics 03/11/19, 20:58

The Federal Election Commission is fining a super PAC that supported former Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush for accepting over $1.3 million in illegal donations from Chinese nationals. The Right to Rise super political action committee was fined $390,000 for soliciting the foreign contributions during the 2016 campaign. American Pacific International ...

U.S. 03/07/19, 17:12

Days before last November's elections, members of a political action committee in Oregon went door-to-door in Portland and its suburbs and collected filled-in ballots from voters, saying they would mail them in.But about 100 of those ballots were mailed a day after the election. They were not counted, disenfranchising those ...

U.S. 02/13/19, 20:27

Lyndon LaRouche Jr., the political extremist who ran for president in every election from 1976 to 2004, including a campaign waged from federal prison, has died. He was 96.LaRouche's political action committee confirmed Wednesday on its website that LaRouche died a day earlier.The cult-like figure, who espoused a wide range ...

Sports 11/27/18, 18:38

Major League Baseball will put in place new procedures for vetting political contributions after giving $5,000 to Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican senator from Mississippi, and then asking for the money back following her controversial remarks.MLB's political action committee donated $472,500 from the start of 2017 through this Oct. 17, according ...

Politics 10/16/18, 02:49

Democrats lead Republicans in the money race in many of the key Senate and House campaigns three weeks ahead of midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.Although the Senate map positions Republicans to maintain their narrow majority, some of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents continued to rake in cash ...

Politics 10/15/18, 18:27

Democrats lead Republicans in the money race in many of the key Senate and House campaigns three weeks ahead of midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.Although the Senate map positions Republicans to maintain their narrow majority, some of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents continued to rake in cash ...

Entertainment 10/09/18, 08:45

Filmmaker Richard Linklater is the latest celebrity wading into the tight U.S. Senate race in Texas with a social media ad attacking Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.The "Boyhood" and "Dazed and Confused" director made a 30-second spot for a political action committee backed by Cruz opponents. It doesn't mention Democratic Congressman ...

California 09/24/18, 11:27

The Stanford University law professor who led the successful recall of a California judge over his handling of a sexual assault case announced Monday that she is broadening her fight to target politicians.Michele Dauber said the Enough is Enough Voter Project will raise money to campaign against candidates for state ...