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Foreign Donations Are Buying Influence Over K-12 Schools. Here’s What Parents Need to Know.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Education revamped efforts to track foreign donations to postsecondary institutions. State lawmakers have never required the same oversigh...

Bluenest, Related Group, Swerdlow are top donors to Miami-Dade politicians 

Bluenest Development, a relative newcomer to South Florida real estate that needs Miami-Dade approvals for its workforce housing projects, is the top donor to county politicians so...

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Meet all 37 White House ballroom donors funding the $400 million build, including Silicon Valley tech giants, crypto bro...

The list, reviewed by Fortune, did not mention specific dollar amounts offered by each contributor.

Who’s funding who in election year?

In 2026, every donation of more than $20,000 a political party receives must be declared within 20 days. So who’s getting – and who’s giving – the biggest sums? It’s election year...

Trump’s Foreign Aid Overhaul Sent Millions More Dollars to Big U.S.-Based Contractors

While organizations in the developing world were nearly shut out, the big aid agencies DOGE had called wasteful received huge infusions of cash, a new analysis found.

Report: ActBlue Likely Lied to Congress on Foreign Donors

ActBlue told Congress in 2023 that it took "multilayered" steps to "root out" illegal donations from foreign citizens. But it turns out "some of the steps ... described were not al...

Californians are pouring money into Democrats' Senate races in other states

California donors helped Democrats in key Senate races outraise their Republican opponents, according to latest campaign filings.

Dem Darling Raked In Cash From Donors With Chinese Gov't, CCP Intel Ties

Donors with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its intelligence arms have contributed more than $100,000 to the political war chest of California Treasurer Fiona Ma, a D...

Big spenders reveal why they give huge sums to political parties

Wealthy donors from across the political spectrum say there should be a limit on political donations.

ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Foreign Donations

A law firm working for ActBlue last year warned the Democratic fundraising giant that its CEO “had given a potentially misleading response to congressional Republican investigators...

ActBlue's Lawyers Panicked Over Dem Fundraiser's Illegal Foreign Contributions

Leading Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue is “all but declaring war” on a law firm it fired last year that raised alarms over the group potentially concealing foreign donatio...

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ActBlue’s Own Lawyers Sounded Alarm Bells About Illegal Foreign Contributions

by Anthony Iafrate at CDN - Leading Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue is “all but declaring war” on a law firm it fired last year that raised alarms over the group potential...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Democratic donor platform ActBlue

Paxton alleges ActBlue allows improper donations from people outside the United States and those who have already hit the mandated donor limit.

Contract reveals fundraising deal for Trump's East Wing overhaul

The agreement, which was signed this fall, ensures donor anonymity, establishes a fee structure and institutes a ban on foreign contributions.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Democratic donor platform ActBlue

Paxton alleges ActBlue allows improper donations from people outside the United States and those who have already hit the mandated donor limit.

NPR Gets $113 Million from Two Donors

“NPR has received two of the largest gifts in the public media network’s existence, totaling $113 million,” NPR reports. “They will go toward fueling innovation in NPR’s use of dig...

Canadians donated $529 million online last year, but there’s a problem

Fewer small donors are sustaining growth, raising concentration concerns for non-profits

Report: ActBlue Likely Lied To Congress About Illegal Foreign Donations, Its Lawyers Feared Privately

'This presents a substantial risk for ActBlue.'

NPR gets $80 million gift from Democratic megadonor in major boost after losing government funding

NPR says it received $113 million in charitable donations to invest in digital infrastructure after Congress rescinded public media federal funding.

House GOP Demands ActBlue Forfeit Info About ‘Unserious’ Efforts To Stop Foreign Donations

House Republican leaders are demanding Democrat-aligned fundraising platform ActBlue forfeit records related to its “fundamentally unserious approach to fraud prevention” — includi...

ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Vetting Foreign Donations, Its Lawyers Warned

The Democratic fund-raising group is facing investigations from the Justice Department and congressional Republicans ahead of the midterm elections.