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 […]
Former President Donald Trump railed against prosecutors and President Joe Biden on Saturday night, telling donors at a private event in Florida that the president is “running a Gestapo administration.” Throughout a sprawling, nearly 90-minute speech, Trump criticized the criminal indictments he’s facing and the ongoing hush-money trial in New York, which is going into […]
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump compared President Joe Biden’s administration to the secret police force of Nazi Germany in remarks at a private, closed-door donor retreat on Saturday afternoon. The former president’s comments came as he was talking about his legal troubles, attacking the prosecutors in the cases and bemoaning the recent indictments in […]
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Top officials for former President Donald Trump’s campaign believe they can flip Democratic strongholds Minnesota and Virginia into his column in November, they told donors behind closed doors at a Republican National Committee retreat Saturday. Brandishing internal surveys, pollster Tony Fabrizio and senior advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita delivered a […]
Timothy Mellon, an ultra-wealthy political donor bankrolling Donald Trump‘s Super PAC, is also giving millions for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the third-party candidate who has been blamed as a potential spoiler in the 2024 presidential race. It’s an unusual arrangement that Democrats have highlighted as they seek to paint RFK Jr. as someone far more […]
Former President Donald Trump spent last week stuck in New York City for the beginning of his hush money trial. But on Wednesday, between days in court, Trump made time to call into a secretive donor meeting back at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, according to two people involved with the group who […]
BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB) – Prom is a special day for high schoolers, but the cost to attend the event does not come cheap. For the 16th year in a row Colvin Cleaners is helping students find the perfect prom dress for free. “When you can get a young person in a gown doing something where […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s independent presidential bid is largely powered by a wave of new donors who aren’t political — or at least haven’t been in years. Kennedy’s deep ties with anti-vaccine and environmental activism coupled with his campaign’s dedication to new media is engaging people like Michelle Frank, a yoga studio owner who is […]
Donald Trump is seeking donations ahead of a March 25 deadline related to his civil fraud case. He’s said he can’t afford the bond needed to forestall the possible state seizure of his assets. But Trump could face legal trouble if he uses campaign funds to pay off his massive fraud penalty. “KEEP YOUR FILTHY […]
Major Tory donor Frank Hester has been under fire since comments that he allegedly made about Diane Abbott emerged. He is accused of saying in 2019 that Britain’s longest-serving black MP made him “want to hate all black women” and that she “should be shot”. Mr Hester has not denied making the remarks, but claimed […]
In the pitched battle between TikTok and Washington, few people stand to lose more than Jeff Yass, an American billionaire options trader who has emerged in recent years as a major donor to Republican candidates and causes. Yass co-founded the Philadelphia-based trading firm Susquehanna International Group, which owns a 15% stake in TikTok’s China-based parent […]
In the pitched battle between TikTok and Washington, few people stand to lose more than Jeff Yass, an American billionaire options trader who has emerged in recent years as a major donor to Republican candidates and causes. Yass co-founded the Philadelphia-based trading firm Susquehanna International Group, which owns a 15% stake in TikTok’s China-based parent […]