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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 14: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with President of Argentina Javier Milei in the Cabinet Room at the White House on October 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is hosting Milei for a working lunch days after the U.S. Treasury finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina in an effort to help stabilize its economy. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WAR CHEST WASTE

GOP Panic Over Trump’s Missing Midterm Millions Explodes

GOP officials fear the president’s $400 million war chest may sit unused until it’s too late to matter.

Leigh Kimmins

Elon Musk shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump back stage during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds on October 05, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania.

MAGA Musk Gives $75M and Launches Swing-State Campaign Tour

Musk plans to barnstorm Pennsylvania, giving a series of “talks” that require attendees to fork over valuable data to his Trump-backing political action committee.

Sean Craig

Elon Musk

VOTER DATA DILEMMA

Michigan Officials Open Probe Into Elon Musk’s Pro-Trump PAC

The state’s top election official is a vocal opponent of election denialism and has been sued at least twice by The Republican National Committee this year.

Lily Mae Lazarus

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the first Republican candidates’ debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Aug. 23, 2023.

ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS

DeSantis Was ‘Apoplectic’ About Debate Strategy Leak: Report

The Florida governor has also apparently been carping about a top strategist supporting his presidential campaign.

Dan Ladden-Hall

An FBI agent

Donors Thought They Gave to Charities—It Was a Skeevy PAC

Two men have been charged after raising millions from defrauded donors, and could face decades in prison if convicted.

Erik Uebelacker

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend the Freedom Ball in honor of his inauguration in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2017.

Trump PAC Paid Melania’s Stylist for ‘Strategy Consulting’

Hervé Pierre Braillard managed to clear six figures for his sage advice in just six months.

Dan Ladden-Hall