The Democratic nominee for Maryland’s Senate race has repeatedly distanced herself from corporate interests, but a slew of corporate lobbyists have flooded her campaign with cash. Democratic Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks on April 26 stated that she is “not beholden to large corporate interests like Big Oil,…
Read More Maryland Democrat Who Says She’s ‘Not Beholden’ To Corporate Interests Rakes In Lobbyist Cash
A congressman indicted for a bribery scheme involving the Azerbaijani government has spent over half of his campaign cash this cycle on legal services, records show. Federal Election Commission (FEC) records show that Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar spent more than $750,000 on payments to…
Read More Texas Congressman Indicted For Bribery Spent Roughly Half Of Campaign Cash On Legal Fees
President Joe Biden has a new problem cropping up in polling data: more Americans now dismiss even the possibility of voting for him. Among likely voters living in six key swing states, 51% say there’s “not really any chance” they’d vote for Biden, compared to…
Read More More Voters Now Say They’ll Never Vote For Biden
A nonprofit focused on health research that has been subjected to scrutiny due to its association with the Wuhan Institute of Virology is losing access to federal funding, according to a memorandum from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS informed EcoHealth Alliance on Wednesday…
Read More Nonprofit Linked To COVID Lab Leak Theory Cut Off From Government Funding
A Democrat running for Congress in California’s Silicon Valley paid a Chinese foreign agent for advertising, Federal Election Commission (FEC) records show. Evan Low, a California assemblyman running for Congress in the state’s 16th Congressional District, paid roughly $5,000 to Sing Tao Newspapers for print advertisements in February, according to…
Read More California Democratic Congressional Hopeful Paid Thousands To Chinese Foreign Agent
California is slowly regaining the half million residents it has lost since the pandemic, but it could take the state until 2030 to fully return to pre-COVID population levels. Between April 2020 and July 2022, roughly covering the COVID-19 pandemic, California lost approximately 500,000 people, according to…
Read More It Could Take California Until 2030 To Fully Recover From Its Population Exodus
A federal court sentenced a Chinese billionaire convicted in an illegal political donation scheme to time served, with the billionaire leaving the country shortly after the fact. Hui Qin, a Chinese entertainment magnate who ran the Hong Kong-based firm SMI Culture, was sentenced to seven…
Read More Chinese Billionaire Convicted Of Illegal Campaign Donations Gets Time Served, Leaves US
The federal government funded a multilateral research project investigating how “populist” politicians allegedly sowed disinformation and eroded public trust during the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Science Foundation (NSF) paid out a grant to support research investigating “how populist politicians distorted COVID-19 pandemic health communication to…
Read More Taxpayer-Funded Research Investigated How ‘Populist’ Politicians Spread ‘Misinfo’ During COVID-19 Pandemic
Palestinian donors have pumped millions of dollars into several American universities that have ties to academic institutions in the region, according to a new report. Harvard University, Brown University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania have collectively received nearly $10 million from entities in the Palestinian…
Read More Report: Palestinian Donors Pour Millions Into American Universities
An influential left-of-center donor’s charity launched an initiative compelling other philanthropies to pour money into voter mobilization efforts ahead of the 2024 elections. Democracy Fund, which was founded and is funded by liberal philanthropist Pierre Omidyar, has rallied a group of 174 organizations and individuals pledging to expedite their…
Read More Influential Liberal Donor Organizes Massive Coalition To Throw Cash Behind Voter Mobilization