MILWAUKEE — One Wisconsin nonprofit is encouraging those planning to donate on Giving Tuesday to do so safely. The Better Business Bureau is urging donors to check out charities on its Give.org website to ensure that contributions are going to trustworthy organizations. BBB Wise Giving Alliance detailed, standards-based charity evaluations […]
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Cash-strapped Trump campaign awaits a bailout from big donors
Republican Party megadonors are racing to bail out President Donald Trump’s cash-strapped reelection campaign, with a newly formed super PAC pouring a further$25 million into battleground states. Preserve America is set to begin running a trio of TV commercials savaging Democrat Joe Biden as Republicans express growing alarm over the […]
Big GOP donors rush to rescue Trump
Republican Party megadonors are racing to bail out President Donald Trump’s cash-strapped reelection campaign, with a newly formed super PAC pouring another $25 million into battleground states. Preserve America is set to begin running a trio of TV commercials savaging Democrat Joe Biden as Republicans express growing alarm over the […]
‘I trusted them.’ Some ‘Build the Wall’ donors feel cheated by Bannon. Some don’t care.
Kathy McLain doesn’t often give money to charities or political causes. But when she learned about an online campaign to raise money to help build President Trump’s border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, McLain was compelled to donate — twice. “I 100% support building a wall. I 100% support […]
The ‘We Build the Wall’ Huckster Is Accused of Duping Donors. Turns Out, He Planned to Sell Their Data Too.
Mike Segar/Reuters Federal prosecutors on Thursday arrested former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and Brian Kolfage, the head of a nonprofit seeking to privately finance construction of a southern border wall, and accused them of illegally using that nonprofit to enrich themselves. But the sums the two men allegedly extracted from […]
The ‘We Build The Wall’ Huckster Is Accused of Duping Donors. Turns Out He Planned To Sell Their Data Too.
REUTERS Federal prosecutors on Thursday arrested former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and Brian Kolfage, the head of a nonprofit seeking to privately finance construction of a southern border wall, and accused them of illegally using that nonprofit to enrich themselves. But the sums the two men allegedly extracted from the […]
Public colleges hide donors who seek to influence students. Will COVID-19 make it worse?
Long before the coronavirus hit the United States, cash-strapped public higher education systems looked to private donors to offset the steady decline in public funding, sometimes with significant secrecy and strings attached. Critics fear the economic downturn could give donors more leverage to quietly influence curriculum, hiring and scholarships. Open government […]
California donors spend $38 million trying to tilt Senate races around the country
Top row from left: Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and challenger Jaime Harrison; Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell. Bottom row from left: McConnell’s Democratic challenger, Amy McGrath; Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly, who is battling Sen. Martha McSally. (Associated Press) Californians have spent $38 million and counting trying to […]
Wealthy donors pour millions into fight over mail-in voting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deep-pocketed and often anonymous donors are pouring over $100 million into an intensifying dispute about whether it should be easier to vote by mail, a fight that could determine President Donald Trump’s fate in the November election. In the battleground of Wisconsin, cash-strapped cities have received $6.3 […]