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Trump's Justice Department Sued to Stop Alaska From Certifying Its Senate Election — but Only if Republican Dan Sullivan Loses

Trump's Justice Department Sued to Stop Alaska From Certifying Its Senate Election — but Only if Republican Dan Sullivan Loses

Days before Election Day, the Justice Department asked a federal court to block Alaska from certifying its U.S. Senate result if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses by fewer votes than a second, unrelated candidate named Dan Sullivan received. 'I'm the one that said do it,' Trump told reporters. A Notre Dame election-law professor called it 'one of the worst' legal arguments he's ever seen.

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A Russian-Born Ballroom Donor Got a Fast Pass Around Russia Sanctions and a $201 Million Federal Fund. His Money Also Went to Ten Republicans on This Site.

A Russian-Born Ballroom Donor Got a Fast Pass Around Russia Sanctions and a $201 Million Federal Fund. His Money Also Went to Ten Republicans on This Site.

Konstantin Sokolov gave to Trump's White House ballroom days before his company asked Treasury for a license to get around Russia sanctions. He got it in 10 weeks, used it to buy a copper mine from a sanctioned Russian bank, and was put in charge of $201 million in State Department money. FEC records show he also gave to committees raising money for Susan Collins, Pete Ricketts, Dan Sullivan, Vivek Ramaswamy and six more Republicans on this site.

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Four Republican Senate Candidates Wouldn't Say How They'd Stop Social Security's 22% Benefit Cut. Ashley Hinson Brought Up Millennials' Savings Habits.

States Newsroom asked Senate candidates in nine close races what they'd do about the automatic Social Security cut coming in 2032. Dan Sullivan, Roger Marshall, Michael Whatley and Jon Husted didn't respond. Ken Paxton, Mike Rogers and Ashley Hinson offered promises with no plan — weeks after Paxton was recorded telling lobbyists 'we have to suck it up' on spending cuts.

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The VA Calls Veterans Guardian a 'Claims Shark.' Its Founders Wrote $88,600 in Checks to Dan Sullivan's Fundraising Committee.

The VA Calls Veterans Guardian a 'Claims Shark.' Its Founders Wrote $88,600 in Checks to Dan Sullivan's Fundraising Committee.

Veterans Guardian charges disabled veterans for help the VA gives free, and a federal judge has ruled it broke federal law. In March its two founders gave $88,600 to Dan Sullivan's joint fundraising committee, which passed the money to the Senate Republicans' campaign arm. One founder has also given Sullivan's own campaign $6,000.

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