Democratic megadonor John Morgan said that Biden has placed “misplaced trust” in his top aides. Morgan said Biden needs to eliminate his “cabal,” which includes Anita Dunn and Bob Bauer. He joins the camp of Biden supporters who have pinned blame on his aides for his poor debate show. Democratic megadonor John Morgan has joined the camp […]
Investor Whitney Tilson says he felt “deceived” after watching the Biden debate with Trump last week. Tilson said Biden should pull out “if the man I saw at the debate is the real Joe Biden right now.” The Biden donor said it would be a “waste of my time and money” to continue backing him. Investor Whitney […]
Former US Navy doctor turned Texas congressman Ronny Jacksoon may have broken campaign finance laws by using donor funds to cover thousands of dollars worth of bills at a swanky Texas club, according to the nonpartisan House Office of Congressional Ethics. The six-member House Ethics Committee, which is evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, voted […]
It was a beautiful early summer day a few weeks ago. We were on the campaign trail – the United Way campaign. We had just finished presenting to 70 or 80 employees of a great local company that has supported our United Way and the community for more than 100 years. A few people approached; […]
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says his committee has uncovered at least three additional trips given to Justice Clarence Thomas by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow as part of the panel’s ethics investigation into the Supreme Court. Durbin, D-Ill., said Thursday the committee obtained information from Crow that Thomas took three trips, and at least […]
ST. LOUIS — Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died at age 98 he had one last thing to give: his liver. Allen, a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War and a longtime educator in rural southeastern Missouri, is the oldest American to ever donate an organ, […]
A 98-year-old man may be the oldest American to ever donate an organ, according to transplant organisations. Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died he had one last thing to give: his liver. Mr Allen was a veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War and a longtime educator […]
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday formally disclosed a 2019 trip to Indonesia paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, a vacation that was at the center of the controversy over his travel. The trip to Bali was the focus of the original report in ProPublica last year that triggered months of headlines about […]
The Conservative Party has accepted another £5 million (€5.8 million) from Frank Hester, the businessman accused of saying Labour’s Diane Abbott “should be shot”, new figures show. UK Electoral Commission data released on Thursday showed the payments from Mr Hester’s healthcare software firm, the Phoenix Partnership, in January, before he became embroiled in a row […]
BEIRUT (AP) — International donors meeting in Brussels said Monday they will commit 7.5 billion euros ($8.1 billion) in both grants and loans to support Syrians battered by war, poverty, and hunger for the rest of this year and beyond. The pledges surpassed the modest $4.07 billion that the United Nations had appealed for, but […]
On a Friday morning in April, Dan Stein, the founder of Giving Green, a climate philanthropy organization, found some big news in a surprising email. An anonymous donor had given his fund $10 million. “I didn’t quite process the number of zeroes,” Stein said, adding he was “tickled, awestruck, surprised” by the gift. Giving Green […]