Author: Robert Schmad

When Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) first ran for state office in 2019, her campaign was funded almost entirely by small-dollar donors. As Crockett increased in prominence, however, cryptocurrency moguls, corporations, union bosses, and even foreign governments have lined up to shower her with resources. Crockett, who got her start practicing law, ran to represent a…

The Democratic Party’s premier fundraising machine faces an uncertain future amid investigations, staff departures, and political headwinds. ActBlue stands accused by Republicans of illegally collecting money for Democrats during the 2024 election by using deceptive methods. But its brushes with controversy go back further than the last cycle, and its next chapter could be consequential…

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) denounced the anti-police movement of 2020 as “lunacy” in a March 6 podcast interview with conservative activist Charlie Kirk. A Washington Examiner review of California grant records, however, found that Newsom’s administration was actively funding millions of dollars in grants intended to reduce the use of police officers at the time…

The Democratic Party’s premier fundraising machine is facing an uncertain future amid investigations, staff departures, and political headwinds. ActBlue stands accused by Republicans of illegally collecting money for Democrats during the 2024 election by using deceptive methods. But its brushes with controversy go back further than the last cycle. And its next chapter could be…

Media outlets began circulating news this week that the United States had been added to a “global human rights watchlist” due to President Donald Trump’s policies. What the outlets failed to report, however, is that the group responsible for publishing the watchlist takes millions of dollars from many of Trump’s political adversaries, including the Soros…

The Trump administration’s foreign aid freeze may have inadvertently revealed the identities of anti-authoritarian activists in China, possibly jeopardizing their safety and efficacy, sources who have worked closely with pro-democracy groups in China told the Washington Examiner. Chaos gripped the National Endowment for Democracy in early February when Elon Musk’s Department for Government Efficiency ordered…

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, who is expected to attend Friday’s White House Digital Asset Roundtable at the invitation of President Donald Trump, donated roughly $100,000 to Democrats during the 2024 election cycle despite friends claiming Coplan is “apolitical” and his own insistence that Polymarket is “deeply committed to being non-partisan.” Coplan’s popularity with the online…

Two lobbying firms that have made headlines recently for their proximity to President Donald Trump’s inner circle have a history of selling that access to foreigners looking to make money or, in some cases, to alter American policy. Ballard Partners and Mercury Public Affairs, outfits viewed in Washington, D.C., as having some of the closest…

A clique of Democratic donors quietly took control of a sprawling taxpayer-funded nongovernmental organization and, with the assistance of liberal billionaires, influenced foreign journalism to push for feminism, LGBT acceptance, and “environmental justice” in the developing world. The Internews network has long been one of the chief vehicles used by the United States Agency for…

Three elite universities maintain partnerships with a Qatari government-funded media venture that frequently publishes editorial content critical of the United States, a Washington Examiner investigation has found. Doha Debates, a project of the Qatari government-led Qatar Foundation, presents itself as a neutral forum through which “a vanguard of intellectually curious truth-seekers” can “constructively debate differences…