Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former fixer, made the extraordinary admission in court on Tuesday that he had arranged payments to two women at Mr. Trump’s behest to secure their silence about affairs they said they had with him. Mr.Source: Michael Cohen Says He Arranged Payments to Women at Trump’s Direction...
Republican megadonors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson gave $25 million last month to the Senate Leadership Fund, the flagship super PAC charged with keeping the Senate in Republican hands, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission.Source: Adelsons shell out $25 million to keep Senate in GOP hands...
Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Benjamin L. Cardin are concerned about Russian ownership of a Maryland election contractor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo) Maryland’s Democratic senators want a Senate committee to require disclosures of foreign investments in U.S.Source: A Russian Oligarch Bought Maryland’s Election Vendor. Now These Senators Want Action...
Mere days after it sprang to life in a burst of paperwork, the new super PAC Red and Gold spent nearly $1 million attacking Rep. Martha McSally, a battleground GOP Senate candidate favored by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. But first, Red and Gold took a step to hide its tracks.Source: 'Oh that's cool — do that!': Super PACs use new...
Jesse Unruh, the legendary speaker of the state Assembly during the 1960s, was fond of pithy quips, and one of his more enduring is that “money is the mother’s milk of politics.Source: Walters: ‘Biggest rollback of campaign finance law’ weighed...
