All posts tagged "Political Donations"

President Donald Trump has received millions in donations from his Cabinet members — except for three people, according to a new report Tuesday.

The Swamp, The Daily Beast's Substack, reported that out of Trump's 23 Cabinet members, 20 have offered substantial financial gifts to the president.

"Donald Trump has another good reason to keep praising his Cabinet members as they continue their relentless sucking up through his second term — they are putting their money where their mouths are by lining the president's pockets," according to The Swamp. ...

The main super PAC supporting Senate Republicans saw a “huge spike” in dark money contributions in 2025, a sign of the massive arsenal the GOP is building to protect its hold on Congress in November’s midterm elections, according to a new report from political reform group Issue One first reported by Raw Story.

As Democrats aim to capitalize on the growing unpopularity of President Donald Trump and his Republican party and regain control of Congress, the Republican-aligned Senate Leadership Fund skyrocketed dark money contributions by 581 percent in 2025 compared to 2023.

Michael Beckel, money in politics reform director at Issue One, said: “When you see an infusion of money like this, that usually means that these big money groups want to make sure that they have all of the resources they can muster to defend seats, to defend candidates, to defend their majority.”...

In the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, many leading Minnesota businesses announced they were pausing their political donations to review their giving strategy.

Some went further, vowing not to bankroll political candidates who supported Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

But today, three and a half years later, nearly all of them have resumed giving money to politicians engaging in election denial, according to an analysis by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a nonprofit that investigates government corruption. ...

More than two dozen companies that have made a huge public showing about supporting the LGBTQ+ community have at the same time been funneling millions in political donations to conservative lawmakers who have been hostile to that same community.

According to a report from Popular Information, an examination of political donations given to conservative lawmakers and affiliated PACs features "some of the most prominent corporations in the United States."

In their report, at the top of the list is accounting giant Deloitte, which earlier this month was a prominent supporter of the pride parade in Washington, D.C. noting that the corporation also maintains an X social media account @DeloitteProud, and proclaims on its corporate website: "We are dedicated to elevating the voices, perspectives, and stories of those within our Pride community. Our social campaign #PrideIsEternal is part of our promise to elevate and celebrate the diversity of our 2SLGBTQIA+ colleagues. When our people speak, we seek to listen, embedding respect in everything we do."...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering a rule that could stem the tide of shadowy corporate money into political advocacy groups, plugging a hole in campaign finance law blown open by the Supreme Court's controversial decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.

During her Friday evening program, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow delivered a comment on that network's suspension of host Keith Olbermann for his unapproved donations to three Democratic candidates.