Shane Goldmacher
The New York Times
New York, NY, United States
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Trump Ignores Deadline for Personal Financial Disclosure to F.E.C.
The disclosure will eventually provide the first look at the former president’s businesses since leaving the White House. → Read More
Republicans Gain Edge as Voters Worry About Economy, Times/Siena Poll Finds
With elections next month, independents, especially women, are swinging to the G.O.P. despite Democrats’ focus on abortion rights. Disapproval of President Biden seems to be hurting his party. → Read More
Live Updates: Raffensperger and Kemp Crush Trump-Backed Challengers
The victories in Georgia by Gov. Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger, the secretary of state, handed the former president his biggest primary season setback so far. → Read More
Live Updates: What the Texas Primaries Could Tell Us About Nationwide Dynamics
Texas is just the first piece of the primary puzzle. For Republicans, it will provide a tangible measure of former President Donald J. Trump’s continued grip on the party. → Read More
Under G.O.P. Pressure, Tech Giants Are Empowered by Election Agency
New rulings by the Federal Election Commission protect the flexibility of major social media companies to control political content shared on their platforms. → Read More
The F.E.C. dismisses claims that Twitter illegally blocked a Hunter Biden article.
The commission’s ruling provides further flexibility to social media giants to control what is shared on their platforms regarding federal elections. → Read More
Trump’s Repeating Donation Tactics Led to Millions in Refunds Into 2021
Donald Trump and the Republican Party returned $12.8 million to donors in the first half of the year, a sign that their aggressive fund-raising tactics ensnared many unwitting contributors. → Read More
Trump Raised $56 Million Online in First Half of 2021
The former president raised far more money online than any other Republican, federal records show, and more than each of the three main fund-raising arms of the Republican Party itself. → Read More
L.G.B.T.Q. Elected Officials in U.S. Number Nearly 1,000, Rising Fast
Every state but Mississippi now has at least one L.G.B.T.Q. elected official, a new report says. Most are Democrats, and anti-Trump fervor spurred many to run. → Read More
F.E.C. Drops Case Reviewing Trump Hush-Money Payments to Women
The case had examined whether Donald Trump violated election law with a $130,000 payment shortly before the 2016 election to a pornographic-film actress by his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. → Read More
Facebook Ban Hits Trump Where It Hurts: Messaging and Money
Facebook has increasingly become one of the most vital weapons in a political campaign’s arsenal, and few had tapped into its potential for advertising and fund-raising as aggressively as Mr. Trump’s. → Read More
New York Loses House Seat After Coming Up 89 People Short on Census
New population figures released on Monday confirmed that after the latest census, New York would lose a congressional seat, but only by the narrowest of margins. → Read More
Dozen Megadonors Gave $3.4 Billion, One in Every 13 Dollars, Since 2009
A new study shows the role of the super rich in politics since the Supreme Court loosened restrictions on political spending more than a decade ago. → Read More
‘A Tremendous Complication’: G.O.P. Dances Around Trump’s Lingering Presence
A gathering of Republican leaders and top donors in Florida this weekend is less a reset of priorities and more a reminder of the tensions that Donald J. Trump instills in his party. → Read More
Trump Wins CPAC Straw Poll, but Only 68 Percent Want Him to Run Again
The Conservative Political Action Conference, made up largely of far-right Trump supporters, held two 2024 presidential straw polls. Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida won one that did not include Mr. Trump. → Read More
Ted Cruz’s Trip to Cancún Draws Fire Amid Texas’ Deep Freeze
The Texas senator faced fierce blowback for fleeing his state as a disaster unfolded. Text messages sent by his wife revealed a hastily planned trip away from their “FREEZING” family home. → Read More
Senator Ted Cruz left Texas for Cancún as the state was battered by a brutal winter storm.
Photos of Mr. Cruz and his wife boarding a flight from Houston to Cancún, Mexico, sparked a fierce outcry on social media late Wednesday. → Read More
Trump’s Sleight of Hand: Shouting Fraud, Pocketing Donors’ Cash for Future
With breathless, often misleading appeals, the former president promised small donors that he was using the money to fight the election results, but in fact stored much of it for future use. → Read More
As Trump Raked In Cash Denying His Loss, Little Went to Actual Legal Fight
The picture that emerged in new campaign finance reports was of Donald J. Trump waging a public relations effort to falsely argue that he had won the election rather than mounting a serious legal push. → Read More
Democratic Party Enters 2021 in Power — and Flush With Cash, for a Change
The Democratic National Committee has a roughly $75 million war chest, raising the party’s hopes of keeping power in 2022 and accelerating a Democratic shift in the Sun Belt states. → Read More