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MIAMI — A political action committee supporting Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s failed presidential campaign paid its top fundraising consultant more money than the super PAC raised in new donations last year, according to an analysis of the committee’s latest report filed last week. The pro-Suarez super PAC paid nearly $2.2 million to Virginia-based consulting firm Starboard LLC, while raising just $1.5 million, the report showed. The report underscores the desperation and inexperience of Suarez’s campaign, which relied on gimmicks to drum up support, including an AI version of the candidate and......

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden on Wednesday made a quick fundraising trip to New York City as he ramps up efforts to fill his already bulging campaign war chest for the fall campaign. The commander-in-chief and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee was scheduled to attend three separate fundraisers during the afternoon before returning to Washington, D.C. No public appearances were planned. The White House didn’t announce locations or times of the events, raising the specter of traffic-snarling delays as his motorcade zigzags across town. Biden has intensified fundraising efforts since D......

In the two months since its launch, Mayor Eric Adams’ legal defense trust has raised at least $650,000 to help cover lawyer fees he and his associates rack up as part of an FBI investigation into his 2021 campaign’s finances. Vito Pitta, Adams’ longtime campaign compliance attorney who helps run the trust, disclosed the fundraising haul in a statement Monday. “The Eric Adams Legal Defense Trust has drawn strong support in a short amount of time, raising more than $650,000 since it was formed just two months ago,” Pitta’s statement said. Pitta would not immediately provide any more information ......

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has created a legal defense trust in response to the FBI probe into his 2021 campaign finances. The fund — first reported by Politico — will allow Adams to raise money to cover legal expenses “in connection with inquiries by the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (‘SDNY’) related to the operations of the Eric Adams 2021 mayoral campaign committee,” according to an agreement posted with the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board. It’s unclear when Adams started the fund, but the COIB site shows a letter dated Nov. 13 ......

DETROIT — Republican Perry Johnson of Michigan announced Friday that his campaign met the polling and fundraising benchmarks to win a spot on stage for the first 2024 GOP presidential debate next week in Milwaukee. The debate is scheduled for Wednesday and will be hosted by Fox News. The chance to participate in it would be a significant achievement for Johnson, a businessman from Bloomfield Hills who's been running as a political outsider for the nation's top office. Under criteria set by the Republican National Committee, candidates must have 40,000 unique donors and get at least 1% in three......

ORLANDO, Fla. — One name stands out among the list of millionaire and billionaire contributors to the Super PAC backing Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign: the Orlando Magic basketball team. Orlando Magic Ltd. is listed as giving $50,000 to Never Back Down, the political committee now essentially operating as DeSantis’ campaign in many states, according to its first FEC filing. The Magic are owned by Dan DeVos, whose family are longtime Republican donors and have given millions to the party and GOP candidates over the years. Carlos Guillermo Smith, a former Democratic state House member ......