The Biden campaign took a victory lap Wednesday over its major fundraising and cash advantage compared to the Trump campaign.
Election filings made public Wednesday showed former President Trump’s 2024 campaign brought in $10.9 million last month, while his joint fundraising committee raised nearly $11 million. His operation overall had about $42 million in cash on hand entering March.
Those figured lagged far behind President Biden's campaign operation, whi...
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Five reasons the Trump campaign needs more money — lots more money
Can money win an election? Not necessarily — just ask Hillary Clinton, who outraised Donald Trump two-to-one in 2016 and went on to lose anyway. That race Politico called “the most lopsided contest in modern campaign finance.”
That doesn’t mean money isn’t important. In 2020, Biden outraised Trump by hundreds of millions of dollars, raking in more than $1 billion in campaign cash to the former president’s $774 million. Biden’s incredible haul allowed a la...
What made the cut in Congress’ $1.2 trillion funding deal?
Congressional leaders rolled out a sprawling $1.2 trillion legislative package to fund swaths of the government into the fall.
The 1,012-page, six-bill funding package was released in the wee hours of Thursday, as lawmakers push to get the legislation quickly across the finish line to avert a shutdown this weekend.
Here are just some of the highlights:
Homeland SecurityThe package includes more than $490 million ...
Best Buy says it will close 10 to 15 stores in 2024
(WKBN) — Best Buy is looking to close some stores this year and work to offer a smaller experience for customers in some markets.
The company is looking to close 10 to 15 stores, following the closing of 24 stores last year, CFO Matthew Bilunas said during a fourth-quarter earnings call with investors last month.
He explained that Best Buy will "close existing traditional stores during our rigorous review of stores as their leases come up for renewal."
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6 names being floated as potential RFK Jr. VP picks
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made a decision about his 2024 vice president, a pivotal step toward becoming an independent option for voters on Election Day in November.
The environmental lawyer’s forthcoming announcement, planned for Tuesday in Oakland, Calif., brings him closer to meeting a necessary ballot qualification for a number of states.
Here are six people Kennedy is considering as a possible running mate.
Nicole ShanahanKenne...
Biden campaign: House’s conservative caucus budget is pulled from Trump’s 2025 wish list
President Biden’s reelection campaign argued Wednesday that the Republican Study Committee’s (RSC) budget proposal was pulled straight from former President Trump’s wish list for another term.
The group, which comprises nearly 80 percent of all House Republicans, called for raising the retirement age for those not near retirement “to account for increases in life expectancy” in its budget released Wednesday. The budget also backs legislation that would put r...
Democrats press GOP for evidence as they push forward on impeachment inquiry
Democrats on Wednesday pressured Republicans to identify the criminal conduct underlying their probe into President Biden in a hearing scheduled amid rising GOP doubts about the future of their impeachment investigation.
Wednesday’s Oversight Committee hearing was relatively fireworks-free, for a panel known for dishing up some of Congress’s most eyebrow raising moments, and proceeded even as Hunter Biden declined to participate.
Republicans left an empty se...
‘That hearing was embarrassing’: White House bashes GOP for not dropping impeachment inquiry
The White House on Wednesday bashed House Republicans for not dropping the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, calling the hearing earlier that day embarrassing for them.
“That hearing was embarrassing for House Republicans. A total waste of time. It’s time to move on from this sad charade. There are real issues the American people want us to address,” White House spokesperson for investigations Ian Sams said in a statement.
The White House has been pu...
House’s largest conservative caucus calls for increase in retirement age
The Republican Study Committee (RSC), which comprises nearly 80 percent of all House Republicans, called for an increase in the retirement age in its budget proposal released Wednesday.
The RSC budget proposes raising that age for those who are not near retirement “to account for increases in life expectancy.” The budget did not provide specifics.
The budget also proposes limiting and phasing out auxiliary benefits for “high income earners.”
Withou...
Evening Report — Plenty of theatrics, little news from latest House hearing over Hunter Biden’s business dealings
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