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The Top 10 Donors in the 2024 Election

Elon Musk tops OpenSecrets' list, with 5 others breaking the $100M mark

(Newser) - It's no secret that Elon Musk dumped millions of dollars into the 2024 campaign of President Trump and others, but now there's more of a peg on the total. OpenSecrets says the DOGE chief forked over more than $290 million to GOP candidates, PACs, and other outside spending...

RFK Jr. Tries to Ask Harris for a Cabinet Job, Gets Snubbed

'We've been told that they have no interest in talking with me,' he says

(Newser) - After President Biden dropped out of the White House race last month, the 2024 election became a "two-man race" between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump, according to the former. The independent candidate now appears to be taking Vice President Kamala Harris' candidacy more seriously. The Washington Post...

Lifting the Veil on Trump's Biggest Donor

New York Times profiles rail magnate Timothy Mellon, also a backer of RFK Jr.

(Newser) - Timothy Mellon has the unique claim to being the single biggest backer of two rival presidential candidates in the same race, reports the New York Times . The 81-year-old has pumped $75 million into Donald Trump's campaign and $25 million into Robert F Kennedy Jr.'s. But despite his...

Trump Fundraising Figures Are 'Jaw Dropping'

Former president's campaign received a big boost in May, including after his fraud conviction

(Newser) - Recall President Biden's big fundraising lead over former President Trump? It's nowhere near as big owing to a surge of donations following Trump's May 30 fraud conviction in New York, the Washington Post reports. Trump and the Republican National Committee say they raised $141 million in May,...

'Reclusive Heir' Makes Massive Donation to Pro-Trump Super PAC

Timothy Mellon donated $50M the day after Trump was convicted

(Newser) - On the day after Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felonies, a super PAC supporting his campaign received one of the largest donations in American political history. According to federal filings, transportation tycoon Timothy Mellon donated $50 million to Make America Great Again Inc. on the last day of May,...

Earhart's Wreckage Not Caught on Video, Say Experts

Court battle continues over donations to search

(Newser) - News from another, far older search for a missing plane: Experts yesterday filed court statements saying underwater video at the heart of a lawsuit doesn't show Amelia Earhart's plane after all, the AP reports. At the center of the saga, and suit, is the claim from a donor...

Group Found Earhart Plane, Kept It Quiet: Suit

TIGHAR rejects accusation

(Newser) - About two weeks ago, TIGHAR (that's the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery) announced that it may have spotted the location of Amelia Earhart's downed plane during a 2012 search. The most important part of that sentence, according to an angry donor, is the year: Timothy Mellon says...

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