Trump-aligned super PAC sees surge in fundraising

A super PAC supporting former President Trump’s 2024 White House run hauled in over $46 million in fundraising during the second half of last year. Officials with Make America Great Again Inc. (MAGA Inc.) also confirmed to Fox News that they started the new year with more than $23 million in their coffers. MAGA Inc.’s … Read more

‘How to greenwash’: propane industry tries to rebrand fuel as renewable

Lobbying group spent nearly $30m on ads touting the ‘clean energy’ potential of propane This story is co-published with Heated Members of a propane industry lobbying group strategized to downplay the full climate impacts of propane and market it as renewable or “clean energy”, recordings reviewed by the climate newsletter Heated and the Guardian reveal. … Read more

Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro to be sentenced for contempt of Congress

Navarro, trade adviser during Trump presidency, convicted over refusal to comply with subpoena from January 6 committee The former Trump adviser Peter Navarro faces sentencing on Thursday on two counts of contempt of Congress, arising from his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the January 6 attack on Congress. … Read more

Susan Colins, key Senate GOP moderate, won’t back Trump in 2024

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, says she will not endorse former President Trump for president, even if he were to become the Republican nominee in the 2024 election.  Collins, the ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Committee, is a moderate legislator and one of seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump on the impeachment charge of … Read more

E Jean Carroll defamation trial against Trump to resume after Covid delay

Former president could stake stand on Thursday if he follows through with planned testimony, after juror’s illness sets trial back E Jean Carroll’s defamation trial against Donald Trump is poised to continue Thursday in Manhattan federal court days after a Covid scare delayed proceedings. Trump’s lawyers indicated earlier this week that they expect to call … Read more