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A major liberal advocacy group run by the founder of Media Matters received $100,000 worth of stock shares in Chinese tech firm Baidu, which runs China’s government-censored search engine, from an anonymous donor, according to its latest tax filings. The records, first reported by The Washington Free Beacon, show that American Bridge, which is run …

Rep. Justin Amash speaks at the Liberty Political Action Conference (LPAC) in Chantilly, Va., September 19, 2013. Congressman Justin Amash (I., Mich.), who left the Republican party last year after breaking caucus ranks by calling for President Trump’s impeachment, said Monday that he is considering a White House run as an independent. “Americans who believe …

The Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign on Monday reported raising $212 million in the first quarter of 2020. Fundraising increased 36 percent from the fourth quarter of 2019, despite a drop in fundraising in March following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The Trump campaign and RNC raised $86 million in February versus …

Rose McGowan has slammed fellow #MeToo advocate Alyssa Milano for endorsing 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden after he was recently accused of sexual assault by a former staffer. “You are a fraud,” McGowan, 46, tweeted the former “Charmed” star. “This is about holding the media accountable. You go after Trump & Kavanaugh saying Believe …

The Supreme Court ruled along ideological lines in a 5-4 decision to block an extension of absentee voting for Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary, with the conservative majority siding with state Republicans who had argued the extension would create “a fundamental unfairness that undermines the integrity of the election.” The case, which was brought to the court …

Some campaign staffers working on Michael Bloomberg’s doomed presidential bid only learned he dropped out when they read news reports about his decision a day after his anemic Super Tuesday performance, according to a new report. “I had people texting me saying, ‘Why did I just find out that we dropped out from a New …

Democratic presidential contender Tulsi Gabbard ended her 2020 campaign on Thursday and said she will support Joe Biden for the party’s nomination.

Senator Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) claimed in a conference call with reporters Wednesday that President Trump could cite the delay of Ohio’s presidential primary as a “precedent” in making the case to delay the general presidential election in November.

Will a president with authoritarian tendencies actually try to suspend a constitutionally mandated presidential election?

The Bernie Sanders campaign released a statement saying the Vermont senator would “assess his campaign” in the wake of another disappointing primary night which saw Joe Biden further his delegate lead and all but secure his path to the nomination.