Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump’s Small Donor Base Appears to Finally Be a Bit Tapped Out He's having to hit up billionaires and Wall Street more than ever before, and it sure looks like he's making some deals. By Heather Digby Parton , Salon March 18, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Dark Money Donations for 2024 Are Outpacing All Prior Election Cycles This cycle may even surpass the roughly $660 million in contributions from unknown sources that flooded 2020 elections. By Anna Massoglia , OpenSecrets March 16, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Progressive Groups Launch New Coalition to Oppose AIPAC Influence Progressives who support a Gaza ceasefire, and even moderate Democrats, have found themselves in AIPAC's crosshairs. By Brett Wilkins , CommonDreams March 11, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Dozens of Wealthy Republicans Are Self-Funding Their Campaigns Several wealthy candidates from both parties stood out in 2023, breaking patterns amongst parties and challengers. By Joanne Haner , OpenSecrets March 3, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections “I’ll ALWAYS LOVE YOU”: Trump Spam Gets More Bizarre as Legal Bills Pile Up Donors to the Trump campaign footed $50 million in legal bills for the former president in 2023 alone. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout February 6, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Super PAC Drops $500,000 to Swing Independent Voters to Haley in New Hampshire Pro-Haley groups have spent more than $74.6 million supporting her and $35.3 million attacking her Republican rivals. By Jimmy Cloutier , OpenSecrets January 22, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections High State Courts Are Rife With Ethics Concerns Many state high court justices make their own decisions about recusal, with virtually no opportunity for review. By Aaron Mendelson , TheCenterforPublicIntegrity December 17, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections George Santos Becomes Sixth Person Ever Expelled From House After Year of Chaos Santos’s less than a year in Congress was marked by scandals and lies. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout December 1, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections George Santos Is Not Running for Reelection After Scathing House Ethics Report Santos “blatantly stole from his campaign,” ethics investigators found. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout November 16, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Campaign Exploits Gag Order to Raise Money as Legal Bills Pile Up Groups in Trump’s political network are spending millions of dollars from small donors on mounting legal costs. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout October 19, 2023 Truthout