Voice of San Diego found that Supervisor Jim Desmond's office spent $249,470 of public money in eight months on paid ads for his own videos, including TV spots on Hulu and HBO Max, while he runs for the House. Three of the other four supervisors spent nothing on ads, and the fourth spent about $11,300.
Campaign records reviewed by The Intercept show Mike Rogers' Senate campaign paid $93,152 to one charter company in September alone, including a single $40,000 bill, plus chauffeurs, limos and a stay at The Breakers in Palm Beach, while Michigan families pay war-driven fuel prices.
The CEO of Navatek, a Navy contractor, told FBI agents that Joe Wilson knew exactly what he was asking for: as much campaign money as Jim Clyburn was getting, in exchange for his support. Agents were investigating Wilson when Trump's FBI fired them. Wilson's office wouldn't answer ProPublica's questions.
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Brandon Herrera, the Trump-endorsed Republican running for Congress in Texas, attacked mothers organizing against school shootings after Sandy Hook by calling their children "cum trophies."
A new ITEP analysis adds up Trump's budget bill tax cuts, the lost health insurance tax credits, and the price hikes from tariffs, the Iran war and immigration crackdowns. Every income group pays more in 2026 except the top 1%.
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Kevin Kiley quit the Republican party to run as an independent, but when a reporter asked if he was changing any of his political positions, he answered: "No."
ProPublica reports Trump's DHS appointees asked the federal election-security agency to secretly acquire and hack a voting machine and send the results to the White House — while cutting a third of its staff and leaving states on their own before the midterms.
A ProPublica investigation traces how Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor, helped Idaho revive its ban, threatened hospitals over a court-approved abortion and prosecuted a midwife — and what anti-abortion groups expect him to do with a Senate seat.
A Texas Tribune analysis found Greg Abbott has raised about $9 million from data center-related donors since July 2025 — $2.8 million of it, his biggest monthly haul, after he 'paused' the industry. His opponent got one $25,000 check.