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One thing Trump and Obama have in common: a fondness for 'czars' toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Like it or not, the term "border czar" keeps coming up. "'Czar' is a relatively amorphous term because it's used in the media so fast and loosely," says Mitch Sollenberger, a professor of political science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and co-author of …

Internal emails obtained by The Daily Beast reveal that Project 2025 director Paul Dans has stepped down from the position at the Heritage Foundation after former President Donald Trump's campaign leadership grew increasingly frustrated. As Daily Beast reporter Roger Sollenberger wrote on X, "Trump campaign leadership, ongoing power rift over staffing control for potential second Trump admin, per internal email. …

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman James Comer was exposed Thursday for sending thousands of emails using two addresses listed to fake names, according a report. "In a previous communication, you were advised that more than 1591 parent emails containing 199 attachments had been identified as possibly related to your request," read the letter sent to Sollenberger by the Kentucky …

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According to a report from the Daily Beast's Roger Sollenberger, a "bombshell" footnote in documents filed by the special monitor appointed by the court in the $370 million Donald Trump financial fraud trial is raising questions about a $50 million Trump loan that may or may not exist. According to the report, former federal judge Barbara Jones included a "major …

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A GOP lawmaker feud has reportedly been explained. "According to private correspondence reviewed by The Daily Beast, Gaetz indicated to a friend that his effort to undercut, isolate, and ultimately remove McCarthy was, indeed, payback for the ethics probe," reported Roger Sollenberger and Reese Gorman. "In the communications, Gaetz singled out McCarthy individually for reviving an Ethics Committee probe against …

An admission by House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer that he helped publicize a 2015 leak of a journalist’s private emails is casting a cloud over his investigations into President Joe Biden's administration but also his desire to question Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. As the Daily Beast's Roger Sollenberger wrote, Comer "'confirmed, for the first time' that he had …

One of Donald Trump's attorneys is scrambling about in what appears to be a panicked attempt to find out if there are more new criminal investigations coming for her client as the walls close in on the former president. According to a report from the Daily Beast's Roger Sollenberger, attorney Alina Habba is using her subpoena power to chase after …

George Santos and his associates are scrambling to find someone to blame following a bombshell Federal Election Commission filing that admits $500,000 of his $700,000 "personal loan" to his own campaign was not actually his money, reported Roger Sollenberger for The Daily Beast on Thursday. "Chaos followed a blitz of amended Federal Election Commission filings on Tuesday, which among other …

According to reporting by the Daily Beast's Roger Sollenberger, Donald Trump's PAC's are struggling to keep the coffers full as fundraising lags and expenses pile up. "In real terms, Trump’s fundraising last quarter was actually something closer to $3.6 million—that’s how much he actually raised for his two main committees, which he can use for things like political activity, events, …

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In a tweet posted on Tuesday evening, The Daily Beast's Roger Sollenberger pointed out that, during a speech celebrating his win to garner the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, candidate J.D. Vance failed to thank Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz. Tonight, Vance thanked a slew of public figures who backed him, including MTG, but he didn’t thank …

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According to a report from the Daily Beast's Roger Sollenberger, former president Donald Trump could be looking at a massive fine from the Federal Election Commission over the handling of $800 million in campaign donations. Coming on the heels of that, Sollenberger reports watchdog group Campaign Legal Center previously filed a complaint with the FEC alleging Trump's people " violated …

Under U.S. campaign finance law, candidates can directly donate no more than $2000 per election to other candidates. But Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, journalist Roger Sollenberger reports in the Daily Beast, found a way around that when he "poured a staggering $137,183 into the House campaign for Cassy Garcia, his former staffer turned Texas congressional candidate." "Along the way, …