The Republican National Committee (RNC) raised $26.2 million in September, part of a larger three-month haul of $56.9 million in 2018’s third quarter, breaking its previous fundraising record for a single month outside of a presidential election year.
It’s a good thing that political “dark money” is being brought to light. Now let’s bring all political spending into the light, including the indirect spending that dwarfs what the Federal Election Commission tracks. Let’s consider five specific examples of “money in politics” that don’t fall under the purview of the FEC, and thus aren’t measured.
Republican candidates are poised to hold on to five key Ohio seats in the U.S. House of Representatives just four weeks before the midterm elections.
A panel of attorneys closely associated with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh praised his fair-minded approach on Tuesday.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), the California congresswoman known for being an outspoken member of the “resistance” against President Donald Trump, is getting slammed with an ethics complaint from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) over money raised from her campaign mailers.
Republican U.S. Senate nominee Bob Hugin has wasted no time reaching out to Democrats after his GOP primary victory in New Jersey on Tuesday.
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday evening that President Donald Trump had repaid his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, the $130,000 that he had paid porn star Stormy Daniels as part of a
Conservative author and commentator Brad Thor announced on Twitter Saturday evening that he would challenge President Trump in the 2020 Republican presidential primary.
A lawsuit alleges that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) ignored the Democrat National Committee (DNC) and the Clinton campaign’s laundering of $84 million in campaign donations to get around legal donation limits.
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) says Planned Parenthood’s political arm in Wisconsin has been fined for failing to report nearly $120,000 in expenditures to support Hillary Clinton in her failed presidential bid and Russ Feingold’s failed attempt to unseat Sen. Ron Johnson (R).
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) launched a 30 second television spot on Tuesday blasting Conor Lamb, the Democrat candidate in the special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, for opposing middle class tax cuts and standing with House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
WASHINGTON, DC — Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign is still paying some of its top aides almost a year after election day, parting with a total in excess of $300,000 since mid-November 2016.
Former Democratic FEC Chairman, Ann Ravel, is pushing for the introduction of fines for individuals sharing “fake news,” according to a report.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Tuesday on legislation that would limit the ability of a president or attorney general to fire a special counsel who has been appointed to investigate high-ranking government officials. Unfortunately for the senators pushing the bill, this legislation is unconstitutional.
Special interest lobbyists are flocking to support their former colleague and establishment favorite Senator Luther Strange (R-AL) in the September 26 Alabama U.S. Senate Republican primary runoff election contest against conservative champion Judge Roy Moore.
Kid Rock fired back at the media and left-leaning watchdog group Common Cause on Friday over accusations that he is violating federal election law by failing to register as a candidate for the U.S. Senate and complying with campaign contributions rules.
The two most recent polls in Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District special election to be held on Tuesday show the race is a statistical tie between Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff and Republican candidate Karen Handel.
A new poll charting the battle to replace Rep. Tom Price in Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District special election that will be held on June 20 shows the race between Jon Ossoff, the Democrat, and Karen Handel, the Republican, is tied. This is despite the $23 million that Ossoff has raised for his campaign, the vast majority of which has come from out-of-state:
The Federal Election Commission has slapped the Michigan Democratic Party with a whopping $500,000 fine after the commission ruled the party had underreported cash contributions at bingo fundraisers by $4.4 million.
President Trump has already raised millions of dollars for his 2020 re-election campaign in the first three months of the year, new Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show as of Friday evening.
Former chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission Ann Ravel recently spoke at an event at UC Berkeley titled “Future of Democracy” where she discussed the possible need for regulating political speech and ads on social media. Ravel, who has previously
HOUSTON, Texas — Federal authorities arrested former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman on charges of using contributions intended for a non-profit in his political campaign. He is also accused of making false statements in an effort to cover up his actions.
FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel resigned from her post on Sunday, effective March 1.
President Trump started off 2017 with more than $7 million in his campaign coffers, according to new Federal Election Commission filings.
James O’Keefe of Project Veritas joined Breitbart News Sunday SiriusXM host Matt Boyle to discuss his recently released videos, as Breitbart News reported here and here, and to also speak about a video he will release Monday.
In the aftermath of James O’Keefe’s videos showing Democratic operatives bragging about breaking the law and inciting violence at Donald Trump events, on Tuesday, a watchdog group filed a formal complaint against Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC), alleging that Clinton’s campaign violated federal election law.
According to the Ward campaign, the intern was contacted over the phone regarding the contribution information provided. The conversation was described as the McCain intern accusing the Ward campaign of bullying and the Ward campaign response, “It’s not bullying when someone attends a private fundraiser on private property, knowingly falsifies a document for federal reporting, and tries to get out of paying.”
With the WikiLeaks email scandal already causing the resignation of Democrat Party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hillary Clinton and the Democrat Party may now face legal risk regarding violations of campaign finance guidelines.
On June 21, NPR corrected their earlier report on Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts by pointing out that she was not just a “regular” mom who happened to begin a gun control group. Rather, she was public relations officer, a Democratic Party donor, and a “corporate communications executive.”
The Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich campaigns agreed this week that Cruz would focus on competing against Donald Trump in next Tuesday’s Indiana primary, and that Kasich would zero in on the May 17 primary in Oregon and the June 7 primary in New Mexico. The move drew GOP front runner Trump’s ire, but election law experts tell Breitbart News it is legal.
According to Federal Election Commission documents, pop singer Katy Perry’s production company was paid roughly $70,000 by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
American Future Fund, an Iowa based 501(c)(4) group that is not required to disclose its donors, has launched a television ad in South Carolina attacking Sen. Ted Cruz as “weak” on defense.
According to the New York Times, contrary to his campaign narrative about funding his successful 2012 Senate run by liquidating personal assets, Ted Cruz and his wife Heidi took out a loan for up to $500,000 from Goldman Sachs, where Mrs. Cruz worked.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is financially insolvent heading into the 2016 election year, Breitbart News has learned.
A former Canadian Liberal legislator is calling for a permanent ban on political television and radio ads in Canada, citing the status quo of restrictions on political messaging in Britain as his model. In Britain, John Milloy says, “major political parties” are each apportioned an equal amount of time by on government-licensed television stations to make their pitches.
