Scathing federal complaint accuses Susan Collins of misusing campaign fundsA group of Maine veterans has asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate Sen. Susan Collins , her campaign, 1820 PAC and convicted contractor Martin Kao, WABI reports . Complainant Jason Tkacs and fellow veterans allege Kao donated to Collins and an allied super PAC in connection with Navy research funding secured through appropriations. They…Raw Story3d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomyfec complaint filed
White House 'money laundering operation' exposed by ex-DOJ pardon attorney: 'Shady'After records revealed the donors behind President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, former Justice Department pardon attorney Liz Oyer called the project “basically a money laundering operation.” Oyer made the charge Thursday in a YouTube video reacting to a Washington Post investigation published that morning. The Post obtained an internal…Raw Story3d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomywhite house donor scandal
Fact-checkers wreck Trump's 'phony' inflation claims from all angles: 'He's misstating'President Donald Trump is citing precise inflation numbers on the campaign trail that CNN’s Daniel Dale says can’t be squared with the data, and the White House hasn’t said where they came from. At a Tuesday rally in Alaska , Trump said inflation had been “1.7” over the last three months and that former President Joe Biden had “real inflation of 19…Raw Story3d agoWhole story →Economy2024 presidential campaign
Chaos engulfs Education Dept over Trump’s ‘cartoon’ student loans plan: reportThe Trump administration’s rush to spin off the Education Department’s student loan office has thrown the agency into chaos, with one official involved in the planning dismissing the effort as “basically just a cartoon,” The Washington Sun reported Thursday. Current and former officials told The Sun the department is taking a chaotic approach that is…Raw Story3d agoWhole story →Educationstudent loans overhaul
GOP analyst comes unglued over nonsensical Trump 'blood money' plan: 'Nefarious!'A GOP analyst came unglued on CNN on Thursday while discussing President Donald Trump's plan to send "blood money" to Russia in exchange for a little diesel fuel. Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, told CNN's Boris Sanchez that Trump's plan to import Russian diesel fuel in an attempt to offset high costs ahead of the…Raw Story3d agoWhole story →SecurityEconomytrump russia diesel plan
Why the GOP's voter fraud messaging may backfireWhy the GOP’s voter fraud messaging may backfire A sticker on a lamppost warns of voter fraud on Nov. 7, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Christopher Miller , University of Richmond With Election Day 2026 just weeks away and control of Congress hanging in the balance, the results will almost certainly hinge on voter turnout, just as…Raw Story3d agoWhole story →EducationJustice
Trump aide’s firm quietly pocketed millions from crypto giant his law now governs: WSJA Trump White House crypto adviser's family business quietly collected millions from a company with everything riding on the law he was shepherding. Bo Hines , who led the Trump administration's push for the Genius Act stablecoin law, kept a one-third stake in his consulting firm Nxum while Tether, the world's largest stablecoin issuer, steered millions…Raw Story3d agoWhole story →EconomyGovernmentcrypto regulation scandal
Trump voters scold president to start ‘taking care of the people in your country’: NYTSome voters who sent President Donald Trump back to the White House have a pointed message for him ahead of the midterms . Grocery shoppers who backed Trump in 2024 told The New York Times for a Wednesday report that rising prices have left several of them frustrated, with a retired nurse in Maine telling the president, "you should be taking care of the…Raw Story3d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomymidterm elections
Trump admin just revealed the best evidence GOP is ‘probably in for a drubbing’: analysisPresident Donald Trump’s economic agenda is coming back to bite him as voters face rising prices and paychecks that aren’t keeping up, according to a new Slate analysis . Politics writer Ian Prasad Philbrick argued Wednesday that booming stocks and relatively low unemployment offer little comfort to Americans more concerned about affording groceries,…Raw Story3d agoWhole story →Economymidterm elections
