How a Mysterious Overseas Shell Company Used a Former GOP Congressman to Lobby Trump and Congress
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last year, Howard “Buck” McKeon, a former Republican congressman who chaired the House Armed Services Committee, was hired to lobby for an Albanian political party seeking access to the Trump administration and congressional Republicans. But most of his firm’s work was bankrolled…
We Just Found Out About Another Federal Investigation into Russian Meddling
The National Rifle Association booth at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference.Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Federal Election Commission has launched an inquiry into potential illegal donations made to the National Rifle Association by Russian individuals and businesses in support of President Donald Trump’s…
How a Russian-Linked Shell Company Hired An Ex-Trump Aide to Boost Albania’s Right-Wing Party in DC
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Images; Twitter; Facebook Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A former Trump campaign aide working as a lobbyist, a half-million-dollar payment, a conservative Albanian political party, four Republican congressmen, Breitbart News, a kosher restaurateur in New York City, an online dating service that promotes “beautiful” Ukrainian women,…
Republicans Want to Make the Koch Brothers’ Political Donations Tax Deductible
Donald Trump speaks at Liberty University during the 2016 presidential campaign. As President, Trump has tried to make it easier for churches to endorse political candidates.Steve Helber/AP Few adolescents who’ve sat through homilies would accuse priests or rabbis of lacking material. House Republicans beg to differ. Under their tax bill, religious institutions—and all nonprofits—would be…
Republicans Say They’ve Got to Act on Tax Reform—or Donors Might Get Mad
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Everyone knows politicians pay excessive attention to the demands of their campaign donors. But if you’re a politician, you’re not supposed to actually say that publicly. Yet so far this week, two Republican politicians have done exactly that. “My donors are basically saying, ‘Get it done or don’t ever call me again,’”…