Latest Campaign finance News

Outpaced by Biden, Trump hopes to rake in $33 million during Florida fundraiser

Mar. 28, 2024 21:44 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump's campaign is seeking to outraise President Joe Biden next week, aiming to take in more than $33 million to top a new single-event fundraising record set by Biden on Thursday with $25 million, said a person familiar with the Trump event who spoke on condition of...

Trump attends wake of slain New York officer, calls for 'law and order,' to show contrast with Biden

Mar. 28, 2024 17:10 PM EDT

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Donald Trump attended Thursday's wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty and called for “law and order,” as part of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's attempt to show a contrast with President Joe Biden and focus on...

Texas Rep. Troy Nehls target of investigation by House ethics committee

Mar. 27, 2024 17:31 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Richmond, is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, the bipartisan panel announced. It did not specify the focus of the investigation, but Nehls said it was related to his campaign’s finances. The committee announced Tuesday...

Poland's ruling coalition wants the central bank chief tried in court over hurting state interests

Mar. 26, 2024 20:52 PM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lawmakers with Poland’s ruling pro-European Union coalition launched a rare process Tuesday to bring the central bank chief before a special court on allegations of acting against the country's financial interests. The result could ban him from political life. ...

Imprisoned ex-Ohio Speaker Householder indicted on 10 new charges, 1 bars him from public office

Mar. 25, 2024 21:52 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Imprisoned ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was indicted Monday on 10 new felony counts, including one that would ban him from ever holding public office in the state again. The fresh indictments brought by the state extend action in what was already...

George Santos says he'll ditch GOP, run as independent, in bid to return to Congress after expulsion

Mar. 22, 2024 19:08 PM EDT

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos of New York said Friday that he will leave the Republican Party and run as an independent in a bid to return to Congress after having been expelled while facing federal fraud charges. In social media postings, Santos criticized Friday's vote by the...

Prosecutors in 3 Wisconsin counties decline to pursue charges against Trump committee, lawmaker

Mar. 22, 2024 17:35 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors in three Wisconsin counties declined to pursue felony charges of campaign finance violations against former President Donald Trump 's fundraising committee and a Republican state lawmaker related to an effort to unseat Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. ...

Former Georgia insurance commissioner John Oxendine pleads guilty to health care fraud

Mar. 22, 2024 15:36 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia insurance commissioner who made a failed Republican run for governor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud. John W. Oxendine of Johns Creek entered the guilty plea Friday in federal court in Atlanta. The 61-year-old had been...

Trump's invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC

Mar. 21, 2024 20:42 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president's legal bills before the RNC gets a cut, according to a fundraising invitation obtained by The...

Trump's latest 2024 campaign fundraising report shows him lagging behind Biden in cash

Mar. 21, 2024 19:10 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's fundraising picked up last month, but his political operation is still struggling to catch up to President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party in money coming in. Trump's campaign and his Save America political action committee, two...