COLORADO SPRINGS — Charles Koch, the most powerful billionaire in conservative politics, is staying on the sidelines of this year’s presidential race.
Unfortunately for Donald Trump and the GOP, so are many of Koch’s fellow travelers in the high-end donor community, particularly those in the tight orbit of Koch and his brother David.
The turbulence in Donald Trump’s campaign could cost him money — potentially a lot of it. Trump fundraisers say that large donors are holding back checks because they can’t trust that the businessman will stay disciplined enough to run a serious campaign.
The Republican National Committee is categorically denying reports that party officials are looking into how to replace Donald Trump in case he drops out of the presidential race before Election Day.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Wednesday he doesn’t think he can support Republican nominee Donald Trump. “I’ve said my intention is to get there. I want to get there, I’m not there yet. I don’t see how I get there anymore,” Kinzinger, a veteran of the Iraq war, said on CNN.
Top Republicans on Wednesday blasted the Obama administration over a report that the U.S. made a secret $400 million payment to Iran that coincided with the release of four American prisoners.
Voters in as many as nine states will get to decide whether to liberalize laws involving marijuana this year in a rush of ballot measures that pro-pot activists see as a critical tipping point in the fight over legalization.
When Donald Trump cried foul over what he describes as a “rigged” electoral system, his loosely defined claims challenged the essence of America’s democratic process and more than 200 years of peaceful transfers of power from one president to the next.
The Republican nominee’s new fund-raising numbers suggest he has tapped into the passion of his core supporters and may now have the resources to compete with Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Clinton’s historic bid for the presidency is driving women to historic levels of political giving, as they race to support the nation’s first female major-party nominee.
