About the only thing going right so far for Ron DeSantis in his neophyte presidential campaign is the money. The Washington Post reported that the super PAC is running “a paid-field operation bigger than ever before tried in a presidential primary, on the scale of four simultaneous congressional races.” This is not a campaign bringing in enthusiastic volunteers; it’s a …
A right-wing businessman funneled $1.6 billion to a new political group controlled by conservative legal activist Leonard Leo. Electronics manufacturing mogul Barre Seid donated 100 percent of the shares of his Chicago-based company Tripp Lite to Leo's group before selling his business to an Irish conglomerate in a transaction that appears to be structured to avoid tax liabilities, reported the …
Gen. Luis Fernando Navarro, center, commander of Colombia’s armed forces, acknowledged on July 9 in Bogota that the recruitment of retired Colombian soldiers to serve as mercenaries around the world had been an issue, but he said there was no rule preventing it. “He was a man who always tried to do the right thing.” Haitian authorities said Romero was …
